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pdxKingsFan

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I think it’s less likely that he’s obtainable now but you never know.

I think the Nets could actually be in the market for Lillard if POR finally decides to move him.
Given everything Lillard has meant to Portland wouldn't it be most likely they move him somewhere he has a special connection as a thank you rather than the way the Nets basically said anywhere but LA with Kyrie? I am thinking Golden State or maybe even Utah. Does he have a personal connection to the Nets?
 

pdxKingsFan

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Former Wildcat is always a check in my yes column, and it seems like Pop and Brown have a great relationship. Kerr is on that tree, not sure who else. A lot of teams have reloaded already though. I would not mind at all.
 
id be good with picking him up
hdr's dream would finally come true. I remember he was HARD on the Stanimal train. And really, with how valuable his archetype is, it's very strange he never really panned out.

Still, he's been pretty good the last few seasons. Certainly an upgrade on the KZ Okpala spot and a position we could use real reinforcement at down the stretch
 
Just saw that the Lakers cannot claim or sign Stanley Johnson due to weird NBA rules about formerly traded players.
The following quote was pulled from the article I've linked to below...

Based on the literal interpretation of the CBA, the Lakers would not be able to sign Stanley Johnson because they traded him during this league year to the Utah Jazz. There is a reacquiring rule in the CBA that keeps teams from trading players only and then re-signing them if the new team swiftly waives them.

Lakers’ dream reunion likely off the table thanks to silly NBA rule
 

Capt. Factorial

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The following quote was pulled from the article I've linked to below...

Based on the literal interpretation of the CBA, the Lakers would not be able to sign Stanley Johnson because they traded him during this league year to the Utah Jazz. There is a reacquiring rule in the CBA that keeps teams from trading players only and then re-signing them if the new team swiftly waives them.

Lakers’ dream reunion likely off the table thanks to silly NBA rule
Like, what in the world made the article writer decide to use the phrase "literal interpretation"? This is not some sort of hidden technicality. It's the explicit rule!

If a team trades a player who is subsequently waived by the acquiring team during the duration of the contract, the original team may not claim the player off waivers or sign them until either the July 1 following the original end of the contract, or one year from the date of the trade, whichever is first. So for Stanley Johnson and the Lakers, it's July 1st 2023.
 
I was certainly interested in Stanley Johnson back in 2015, he seemed to have all the makings for a star type SF. I haven’t followed him much since, but if there are no injury concerns and he’s playing well sounds like a nice pickup.
 
The following quote was pulled from the article I've linked to below...

Based on the literal interpretation of the CBA, the Lakers would not be able to sign Stanley Johnson because they traded him during this league year to the Utah Jazz. There is a reacquiring rule in the CBA that keeps teams from trading players only and then re-signing them if the new team swiftly waives them.

Lakers’ dream reunion likely off the table thanks to silly NBA rule
The Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule
 
The following quote was pulled from the article I've linked to below...

Based on the literal interpretation of the CBA, the Lakers would not be able to sign Stanley Johnson because they traded him during this league year to the Utah Jazz. There is a reacquiring rule in the CBA that keeps teams from trading players only and then re-signing them if the new team swiftly waives them.

Lakers’ dream reunion likely off the table thanks to silly NBA rule
Not silly.
Needed rule.
 
There was some discussion ih the game thread people were mentioning maybe KZ would be the odd man out if we get a buyout.


I'd say that Alex Len is clearly the guy who should get bought out. With Holmes here and the deadline passing Len serves as little more than roster filler.

KZ at least functions as some form of defensive specialist. While Len is truly the last guy off the bench.
 
There was some discussion ih the game thread people were mentioning maybe KZ would be the odd man out if we get a buyout.


I'd say that Alex Len is clearly the guy who should get bought out. With Holmes here and the deadline passing Len serves as little more than roster filler.

KZ at least functions as some form of defensive specialist. While Len is truly the last guy off the bench.
Yeah no question. Metu/Holmes/Lyles is plenty of bigs depth of the bench and you can always tap Queta if you needed as well. KZ still represents a developmental piece that you might hold on to next season. Len... probably won't be in the NBA
 
There was some discussion ih the game thread people were mentioning maybe KZ would be the odd man out if we get a buyout.


I'd say that Alex Len is clearly the guy who should get bought out. With Holmes here and the deadline passing Len serves as little more than roster filler.

KZ at least functions as some form of defensive specialist. While Len is truly the last guy off the bench.
Who is even out there on the market though? I know people have mentioned Noel but I see he has a team option next season, can the Pistons decline that now to buy him out? They might have to hold onto him at this point.
 
Who is even out there on the market though? I know people have mentioned Noel but I see he has a team option next season, can the Pistons decline that now to buy him out? They might have to hold onto him at this point.
Our old friend Cory Joseph.. John Wall..

Possibly RJ Hampton, whos still just 22 years old, n for all his flaws hes shot 35% from 3 past 2 seasons.. Possibly Noel (he's been ruled out of tomorrows game 3 in a row for 'personal reasons'

seems like we'll get a big flurry of news at somepoint on these buyouts, its a if theres smoke theres fire situation.

Will Barton's rumored to be a buyout candidate in washington, but he doesnt make sense with Kessler Edwards here. derrick rose with the knicks,
 
Our old friend Cory Joseph.. John Wall..

Possibly RJ Hampton, whos still just 22 years old, n for all his flaws hes shot 35% from 3 past 2 seasons.. Possibly Noel (he's been ruled out of tomorrows game 3 in a row for 'personal reasons'

seems like we'll get a big flurry of news at somepoint on these buyouts, its a if theres smoke theres fire situation.

Will Barton's rumored to be a buyout candidate in washington, but he doesnt make sense with Kessler Edwards here. derrick rose with the knicks,
I wouldnt mind Wall for backup PG. Stanley Johnson for another wing. And for backup big, Noel, if bought out, or Ibaka for defensive big or Cousins for a big that can slide in while Domas is out. I know our team got us here at this point but with many teams getting better, i dont think standing pat will get us far into the playoffs or even keeping the 3rd seed. Our bench is constantly letting us down, gotta upgrade and players at the end of the bench are just taking up space.
 
So Bryn Forbes who got bought out by the Pistons and is rumored to be going to the Bucks got arrested last night on some sort of domestic violence charge..
 

hrdboild

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hdr's dream would finally come true. I remember he was HARD on the Stanimal train. And really, with how valuable his archetype is, it's very strange he never really panned out.

Still, he's been pretty good the last few seasons. Certainly an upgrade on the KZ Okpala spot and a position we could use real reinforcement at down the stretch
Are you referring to me? :) Yeah, he was one of my favorite draft prospects ever. I thought he was basically going to be a combo of Ron Artest and Jaylen Brown (he predates Jaylen Brown as a draft prospect but I like @serbiangoat 's comparison and it accurately describes what I felt about him at the time). Stan Van Gundy really only gave him the one season tryout as a starter and his shooting splits were so abysmal he nearly played himself out of the NBA entirely.

Summer League Stanley Johnson looked like a combo of Ron Artest with some Jaylen Brown man he looked good in SL..

It's bizarre how a player can look like an unstoppable scoring force in Summer League and then never touch 40% from the field in their first 4 years in the NBA, but it's happened before. In baseball they call those guys AAAA -- too good for the minors but not good enough for the major league. His shooting splits in limited minutes for the Spurs this season were really good though and he's always been an asset defensively. I'd still love to see him in a Kings uniform, even if it's just for part of a season.
 

Magic have long declined his 4th year option so the writings on the wall. Really hope they buy him out.

Clearly he's added good muscle in his time in the league, he was much more of a stickfigure around the draft. Magic r one of the worst teams in the east with no chance at the playoffs let this kid go!
 

pdxKingsFan

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Not silly.
Needed rule.
For those who don't know - there were literally cases of teams sending players in trades mid-season for cap matching purposes only to have the receiving team waive them and those players to re-sign with the original team.

Maybe a year is too long in Stanley Johnson's case - IF and only IF no other team has interest - but the rule 100% is necessary.

I'd not be opposed to bringing Stanley in.
 
so there was a Shams tweet today about how theres no landing spots for Westbrook...


Bring his ass down here to play backup PG hahahah
I know you meant this as a joke, but dude...

Westbrook is probably one of only a handful of players who would receive a HARD NO from me, regardless of his eventual role on the team/roster. Even if it is being the water boy...

Most others would at least get some sort of consideration, but RW belongs in the group that doesn't get any.
 
Are you referring to me? :) Yeah, he was one of my favorite draft prospects ever. I thought he was basically going to be a combo of Ron Artest and Jaylen Brown (he predates Jaylen Brown as a draft prospect but I like @serbiangoat 's comparison and it accurately describes what I felt about him at the time). Stan Van Gundy really only gave him the one season tryout as a starter and his shooting splits were so abysmal he nearly played himself out of the NBA entirely.




It's bizarre how a player can look like an unstoppable scoring force in Summer League and then never touch 40% from the field in their first 4 years in the NBA, but it's happened before. In baseball they call those guys AAAA -- too good for the minors but not good enough for the major league. His shooting splits in limited minutes for the Spurs this season were really good though and he's always been an asset defensively. I'd still love to see him in a Kings uniform, even if it's just for part of a season.
He had the swagger and everything as well insane how he ended up having a horrible career, I thought he revived his career a bit when he was calling out LeBron saying they were scared of the Pistons (they lost 4-0 but were competitive) but no. Stanley and Chris Singleton (funnily enough has developed a 3 point shot in Europe) were the 2 guys I was more wrong about. I thought both would be Ron Artest types as well.
 

Magic have long declined his 4th year option so the writings on the wall. Really hope they buy him out.

Clearly he's added good muscle in his time in the league, he was much more of a stickfigure around the draft. Magic r one of the worst teams in the east with no chance at the playoffs let this kid go!
RJ Hampton was arguably the hardest player to watch in the summer league. Some of the worst stat padding I've ever seen.
 

SLAB

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I despise Russell Westbrook.

I take current from Westbrook over Davion a million times out of a million. 6th man LeBron Lakers buy/in is a must. Don’t necessarily think he’d bring that attitude to Sacramento. Lmao
 
What about Kevin Love? He’s asking for a buy out. Doesn’t play a lick of defense but can be a small ball 5 for short stint. Excellent passer and shooter and can run similar play set as Sabonis
 

pdxKingsFan

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I can't help but think of how Portland metro native Love trashed UO when he went to UCLA and think he'd think he's too big for Sacramento but it might actually be best fit for him if he wants to show he can still play for a team that is at least hoping to make the 2nd round of the playoffs.