So, the NBA Offseason is here after a thrilling playoffs, with the draft tomorrow in which the Mavs are expected to take Cooper Flagg.
Here are some of the recent trades:
The Phoenix Suns traded Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and multiple picks.
The Orlando Magic acquired Desmond Bane from the Memphis Grizzlies, sending out Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, and multiple first-round picks and pick swaps all the way to 2030. (Orlando must really think Bane is the answer.)
The Boston Celtics got Anfernee Simons and a couple of second-round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Jrue Holiday.
The New Orleans Pelicans got Jordan Poole from the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum.
It’s been a dismal 5 years for my Spurs, but we may finally be looking up. Castle, Fox, Wembanyama and the No. 2 overall draft pick. The San Antonio front office was right to pass up on trading for Kevin Durant, IMHO.
Yeah, if Wembanyama can stay healthy, and the Spurs are any good, he could make an All-NBA Team.
The Boston Celtics have traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal also involving the Brooklyn Nets, taking them down off the second apron.
With Jayson Tatum probably out for the year, it looks like Boston is starting to blow things up.
It bears repeating that Dallas had a 1.8% chance of winning the draft lottery and securing the #1 pick. But somehow they overcame the odds, a few months after making one of the worst trades in recent memory.
Teams losing a superstar and getting rewarded with the number 1 pick happens often enough that it bears looking into at this point.
I’m intrigued by your statement and far too lazy to validate it. Can you provide a couple of examples?
After Lebron left Cleveland they got the number one pick, after Kevin Love left Minnesota they got the number 1 pick, after Anthony Davis left New Orleans (ok, got traded, but he asked) they got the number 1 pick. And now Dallas. ETA I am talking very next year, not as some point in the future.
Thanks. That is a rather damning piece of evidence.
The Chicago Bulls have traded Lonzo Ball to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaac Okoro.
God this is a terrible move. This link says it all.
The Bulls eat like 3 years of Lonzo’s contract nursing him back to health and then as soon as he gets back on the floor and demonstrates he can still contribute at a pretty high level, they dump him for a bag of chips. He’s only got 2 years left on his deal which would have made him a super tradable asset at the deadline next year. Hell, if you wanted to trade him this offseason, why not do it before the draft and make sure you get a extra pick in this years draft?
Maybe the entire league is terrified of Ball’s health and fans are deluded about his value, but it’s more likely that the Bulls are staggeringly, shockingly inept.
In another blow to the Pacers Milwaukee just signed Myles Turner after waving Lillard and extending his contract.
Yes, the question for the Bulls in free agency is always “Will they do nothing at all to improve their crappy team, or will they do something incredibly stupid to actively make it worse?”
“Oh, my God. Does this mean we have to start fighting?”
- Selina Kyle, Batman Returns
The Timberwolves are hanging onto Naz Reid and Julius Randle (gods be praised). Randle is the best acquisition in recent years.
Malik Beasley might be bringing an awful lot of unwanted attention in the coming months. This one looks like it could get really ugly for the NBA.
If you happen to watch any of the clips that NBA content creators are posting of Beasley’s odd late game behaviors, I think you’ll pretty quickly come to the conclusion that this dude is guilty as sin. It’s practically an SNL skit.
Chris Paul signs a one-year deal to return to the Los Angeles Clippers for his 21st, and what is expected to be his last, season.