2023 TRADE DEADLINE MEGATHREAD
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When he's healthy, sure. They'll look unbeatable for stretches but losing depth will hurt their ability to keep those old guys healthy and it's not like Ayton and Booker are regularly playing all the games either. I'd have a very different opinion of this deal if the Suns had gone all-in on the 2018 version of KD before he tore his Achilles. He's got a lot of NBA mileage on his legs and Phoenix's new owner is now on the hook for 50 million a year for the next 3 years with no Plan B.
What a bummer. Why these guys have to always be traded out West? To a team behind us, no less.
I hope the KINGS are able to land a player or two that can really help them stay in place (or better).
W/O control of all our 1st rounders we all knew there was no chance for the KINGS to get a player of KD’s caliber. Let’s just hope it doesn’t workout for them.
I hope the KINGS are able to land a player or two that can really help them stay in place (or better).
W/O control of all our 1st rounders we all knew there was no chance for the KINGS to get a player of KD’s caliber. Let’s just hope it doesn’t workout for them.
Great move for Phoenix. They are the top 3 with Denver and Memphis. Clippers, Wolves, and Pellies are going to be the top competition to avoid the play in. Warriors, Mavs, Lakers and blazers are the play in contenders. Not sure where we fall, but we got at least a few game advantage on all the teams but Memphis and Denver. Guessing we end up right on the play in border.
I still don’t understand the Dallas love. I think they really struggle. That roster is no better then .500 moving forward.
I still don’t understand the Dallas love. I think they really struggle. That roster is no better then .500 moving forward.
Yeah, we have some time. Sabonis 26, Fox 25, Keegan 22, Monk 24, Huerter 24, Mitchell 24. 6 of their 7 most important players. Kings certainly don't need to shove all-in and try to compete with the arms race. CP3 is ancient, KD is 34: Bron probably has 2 more years: No one has any idea where Kyrie will be next season, if he'll even be playing at all. The West landscape likely looks very different in a couple seasons.
Build this up properly. Get real experience in tough games, get in playoff series, maybe win one or two and start to peak once the rest of the West starts to age out
Build this up properly. Get real experience in tough games, get in playoff series, maybe win one or two and start to peak once the rest of the West starts to age out
The bad losses and mediocre home record is going to sting even more now. The race for a top six seed just got a lot more unlikely, as power teams in the West did what they do and regained strength quickly. I hope it doesn't matter much, but something tells me it will.
Like many of us have been saying, it's likely at the end of 82, that we'll look back at games like home losses to Charlotte and Washington...or a road loss to a decimated New Orleans team on a huge losing streak....and that will make a big difference in the post season outlook.
Like many of us have been saying, it's likely at the end of 82, that we'll look back at games like home losses to Charlotte and Washington...or a road loss to a decimated New Orleans team on a huge losing streak....and that will make a big difference in the post season outlook.
There would be 1 more team in each conference (32 teams total) so it would be just Memphis or New Orleans switching to the East I think. But yeah, the general sentiment seems right. Two bad expansion teams come in, one playoff team goes out, the Lakers lose Lebron, the Mavs and Suns gambled their futures on risky all-in bets, San Antonio has bottomed out and may need awhile to rebuild, GS will lose Steph and Draymond at some point and they seem to have whiffed on all of their top picks --- it could get real bad in the West over the next 5 years. There will be new lottery pick superstars to fill-in as well but it seems like a window of opportunity is opening for the top 3 or 4 teams in the West.
