I thought the return for the Spurs was a little light. 3 picks in the 15-25 range and absorbing salary for a guy on the cusp of being an all star?
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I could see that really comes down to how Atl performs. A cple 15/16/17 level picks it’s not terrible esp for a franchise that typically handles it’s picks well. 3 picks in the mid 20s? That’s harder to swallow. No matter what if you’re a Spurs fan you got to be feeling down.
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Before the Harden trade, there were rumors that the Sixers asked for Murray as the centerpiece of the return on a Ben Simmons trade and the Spurs declined. Love him or hate him, Simmons is a transformative defensive player and all star level overall talent under contract for 5 or 6 years. He might never shoot, but he does a lot of everything else at a high level and he’s a killer on the fast break.
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I remember hearing that rumor. The Nets landed a steal and will get the best version of Simmons a 6’10 lock down defender who can switch 1-5 rebounds the ball well and loves to get out in transition. And on that roster he never has to be more than a 3rd option on offense.
In some ways I don’t blame the Spurs for passing because they didn’t have the pieces to fit around him.
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That is the most important reason it wouldn’t have worked, but I’m also trying to imagine Pop coaching Simmons and…. Yeah, I don’t think that would go well. He doesn’t need that crap at this point. He’s having more fun coaching a bunch of kids who want to grind, even if it’s a worse team.
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Ok so maybe ATL shouldn’t have given away those 3 picks. I guess they could do Murray Hunter and Collins + JJ and Griffin for KD?
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See above - does ATL throw all they’ve got at it? Trae and KD supposedly like each other
If they do it will turn into they likED each other
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If Atl wants in on that, they have to give up Collins probably Murray. Dre definitely being signed to the teens.
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Smoke is DeAndre Ayton, Mikael Bridges, and multiple first round picks
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So KD was scrolling through Twitter and saw the conference realignment news and was annoyed people weren’t paying attention to him?
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That’s almost insane enough to make sense.
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27 million a year for Brunson, wow
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Knicks gona Knick
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Finally some good news today!
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