[Rumor] Amick: Scott Perry is “Thinking big”

Joshyjosh31 said:
Aren’t they in a market for a playmaking guard that’s not Lavine they’d be more interested in Monk I think
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Maybe, but he ain't too far under and he's by far a greater talent than Malik. They're getting Irving back at some point. Irving, Zach, Cooper, and Davis is a lot better on paper.
 
The_Jamal said:
And? Teams clearly still talk all this time and we've seen 2 huge blockbusters already.

Just a read of course, but I dont think Domas would be out in the community, chatting and taking pictures with Perry if he thought he might be out the door sometime soon
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I’m just saying it’s early draft hasn’t even happened a game 7 is tonight he could get traded in august for all we know
 
The_Jamal said:
And? Teams clearly still talk all this time and we've seen 2 huge blockbusters already.

Just a read of course, but I dont think Domas would be out in the community, chatting and taking pictures with Perry if he thought he might be out the door sometime soon
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To me, it felt like the rebuil/retool path always had space in it for Domas, who is still putting up the advanced stats of an MVP candidate on less than max money. If you can sell him on us not quite going full tilt for a season, you could possibly pair your stud on-ball rookie (AJ/Peterson) with an all-NBA big and immediately be back in a position to really do something. (DDR and Malik however are unfortunately most likely gone haha)
 
See_Hanks said:
It's only "exciting" until we start the season 3-20. Seriously though, I have no clue why people like to rebuild. It's not a good thing.
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For anyone that sat through the mid-late 2000's. REBUILD ALL THE WAY!!! The difference between landing Tyreke Evans and Cuz as opposed to Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes was like breathing for the first time after suffocating slowly. Not that the Kings should strip it down entirely or anything but if you have no star talent, which the Kings do, it's the worst thing ever.
 
See_Hanks said:
It's only "exciting" until we start the season 3-20. Seriously though, I have no clue why people like to rebuild. It's not a good thing.
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What’s exciting about watching a team that wins 40 games with no chance of even winning a play-in game what’s the goal there. At least tanking or rebuilding you have a goal in mind and you get to watch young players develop. We have young players already that would look good while they develop and most the young players have stylistic game of players playing in the finals
 
Ok if we hold on to Sabonis and decide to trade Lavine and Deebo what about something like this:

Heat get: Deebo, RJ Barrett

Raptors get: Lavine, Monk and the Miami 2025 first (#20)

Kings get: IQ, Wiggins, Duncan Robinson and Toronto’s 2025 first (#9)

IQ
Keon
Keegan
Wiggins
Sabonis

Take BP at 9 and then explore trade options next offseason with Wiggins, 25 draftee and future picks for an all star player. Just spit ballin
 
Tetsujin said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1936866590404022495

Gonna need more than one pick to take on Dame’s contract lol. Dude might never play again and even if he does, he’s an old small guard with a bum Achilles.
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This is the trade idea I’ve had for LaVine that I think makes sense for both sides (setting aside the lack of compensation in this specific example and setting aside the likely “win now” mandate Vivek has given).

The Bucks only have one 1st they can send us and it’s not the 1st listed in this twitter post (from my understanding). If I’m interpreting their pick protections correctly, they can either send us a 2031 or 2032 1st. Having said that, they can technically send us 4 pick swaps. However, they already have some swaps in place so it would be a swap on top of a previous swap (making it less attractive).

The max pick package MIL could offer in a LaVine/Lillard swap would be…

Zach LaVine

For

Damian Lillard
2026 Swap (less favorable of MIL/NOP 1sts)
2028 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2030 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2031 1st (MIL Unprotected)
2032 Swap (MIL Unprotected)
 
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twslam07 said:
This is the trade idea I’ve had for LaVine that I think makes sense for both sides (setting aside the lack of compensation in this specific example and setting aside the likely “win now” mandate Vivek has given).

The Bucks only have one 1st they can send us and it’s not the 1st listed in this twitter post (from my understanding). If I’m interpreting their pick protections correctly, they can either send us a 2031 or 2032 1st. Having said that, they can technically send us 4 pick swaps. However, they already have some swaps in place so it would be a swap on top of a previous swap (making it less attractive).

The max pick package MIL could offer in a LaVine/Lillard swap would be…

Zach LaVine

For

Damian Lillard
2026 Swap (less favorable of MIL/NOP 1sts)
2028 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2030 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2031 1st (MIL Unprotected)
2032 Swap (MIL Unprotected)
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So get back a 34 year old lillard that is out until basically next years trade deadline and even when he comes back he is a 34 year old coming off Achilles surgery.
 
twslam07 said:
This is the trade idea I’ve had for LaVine that I think makes sense for both sides (setting aside the lack of compensation in this specific example and setting aside the likely “win now” mandate Vivek has given).

The Bucks only have one 1st they can send us and it’s not the 1st listed in this twitter post (from my understanding). If I’m interpreting their pick protections correctly, they can either send us a 2031 or 2032 1st. Having said that, they can technically send us 4 pick swaps. However, they already have some swaps in place so it would be a swap on top of a previous swap (making it less attractive).

The max pick package MIL could offer in a LaVine/Lillard swap would be…

Zach LaVine

For

Damian Lillard
2026 Swap (less favorable of MIL/NOP 1sts)
2028 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2030 Swap (less favorable of MIL/POR 1sts)
2031 1st (MIL Unprotected)
2032 Swap (MIL Unprotected)
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There's certainly a better LaVine trade out there. Even just letting LaVine expire as a huge contract in a few years and we get a couple good years of production out of him.
 
Somebody get on Pat on the phone and tell him DeMar might have just become the key to the completely broken Eastern conference. Times running out.... going, going...
 
The_Jamal said:
There's certainly a better LaVine trade out there. Even just letting LaVine expire as a huge contract in a few years and we get a couple good years of production out of him.
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We could kind of look at it from the other point of view. I ran some quick simulations on the swaps (assuming nothing about team records...and noting that the 2028 swap is actually swap with worst-of-FIVE other picks). Imagine if we held:

Damian Lillard (expiring, basically will not play due to achilles tear)
2031 1st (MIL)
2032 swap worth average of 5 slots
2026 swap worth average of 2.5 slots
2030 swap worth average of 2.5 slots
2028 swap worth average of 0.3 slots

Would we trade that package (no player, one FRP, plus an average of 10.3 draft slots) for two years of LaVine (the second of which would be additional salary)? It seems like a no-brainer "yes" trade for any team trying to compete. Like dead-dumb no-brainer.

Edit: Somehow I thought Lillard was expiring. With another year of his contract at even-more-than-LaVine it makes our side of this deal even worse. Minimal draft compensation and $112M worth of dead contract. Nope. Nope nope nope.
 
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