[NBA] Trade Deadline Season 2026 Open Thread

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019123323511402652

Uhh thing about that is that both dudes played for them for a season, got them to a single playoff series and then Got traded so Presti could have the Thunder tank for three years.

 

[LPKingsFan]

Acclimation? Is he returning to Earth from Mars?

My Baby’s got the bends, oh no

 

[ESP47]

Acclimation? Is he returning to Earth from Mars?

Might as well be if he's going from LA to Cleveland.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019150806130520400

 

[White_Chocolate]

Disappointed that we haven’t done more even though it is understandable.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019185148386791658

 

[TaxMan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019185148386791658

And the moral of the story continues to be... don't give that second max contract to guys who aren't top 15 players (probably more like top 10 players). Outside of a random dumb team, there is just no value in it anymore. Better to get off of them a year earlier or just let them walk.

 

[SLAB]

So many hopes and dreams. And we’re probably just going to walk away with a lineup of

Westbrook, LaVine, DDR, Murray, Sabonis

Not only is it awful, it’s not even fun in a trainwreck kind of way.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

And the moral of the story continues to be... don't give that second max contract to guys who aren't top 15 players (probably more like top 10 players). Outside of a random dumb team, there is just no value in it anymore. Better to get off of them a year earlier or just let them walk.

Which is why the Spurs giving Fox the max after he finagled his way there for practically free with three top 4 picks including Wemby will never cease to amaze me.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Acclimation? Is he returning to Earth from Mars?

Decompression: he was spending the trade deadline in a submersible.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Bigger Implosion: OceanGate or Clippers?