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Broadway said:
Well PG13 is a goner. If I'm the Pacers I deal with the Blazers. 1yr rental give me all your first round picks in this draft plus a future 1st. Pritchard very familiar with Blazers he was once a part of their brain trust

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Problem is, PG is pulling a Melo and pretty much telling the world that (1) he's leaving Indy and (2) He's pretty much not signing an extension and (3) He's only signing with LAK.

I think, what Magic and Bird should do -- Love that irony -- is agree on a deal that sends Julius Randle and the 2nd pick, along with the salaries of Mozgov and Deng for Paul George.

Indy takes on 2 bad contracts, giving LAK cap relief so they can sign Westbrook and/or Lebron.

(Look, we know come 2018-2019 seasons, Paul, Wade, Melo could all appear in LAK to join Lebron-George)...

I think Indy has little leverage, so to get an asset as valuable as the 2nd pick, Pacers agree to take on salary.

Lakers know they need to go all in, if this will work anyway.... So, you get Paul George and clear space for signing Lebron or Westbrook. You already have Ingram.... Lebron's banana boat pals could come and pull a david west.

Portland would be motivated to "rent" PG for a season.... but that luxury would probably have to be their second and third 1st Rounders.

Unless George agrees to sign an extension, The front court is better served with pick 15 for next 5 seasons, instead of a 1 & dome scenario with PG.

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Paul George has reportedly informed the Pacers that he intends to leave the franchise as an unrestricted free agent in 2018.

George also let the Pacers know that ideally, he'd like to go to the Lakers, and while he hasn't formally requested a trade, Pacers' GM Kevin Pritchard has reportedly already begun engaging with teams around the league on a potential deal; the Cavaliers have already made inquiries. The Lakers might not have the assets to be able to pry away PG-13 from Indiana, and there's less incentive for them to do so if they could get him for nothing as a free agent, but with word out that he won't re-sign with Indiana and he'd like to go to Los Angeles it'll be that much more risky for a team to unload assets now for what could turn out to be just a one-year rental.

Source: Yahoo! Sports Jun 18 - 3:33 PM
 
mafra said:
Problem is, PG is pulling a Melo and pretty much telling the world that (1) he's leaving Indy and (2) He's pretty much not signing an extension and (3) He's only signing with LAK.

I think, what Magic and Bird should do -- Love that irony -- is agree on a deal that sends Julius Randle and the 2nd pick, along with the salaries of Mozgov and Deng for Paul George.

Indy takes on 2 bad contracts, giving LAK cap relief so they can sign Westbrook and/or Lebron.

(Look, we know come 2018-2019 seasons, Paul, Wade, Melo could all appear in LAK to join Lebron-George)...

I think Indy has little leverage, so to get an asset as valuable as the 2nd pick, Pacers agree to take on salary.

Lakers know they need to go all in, if this will work anyway.... So, you get Paul George and clear space for signing Lebron or Westbrook. You already have Ingram.... Lebron's banana boat pals could come and pull a david west.

Portland would be motivated to "rent" PG for a season.... but that luxury would probably have to be their second and third 1st Rounders.

Unless George agrees to sign an extension, The front court is better served with pick 15 for next 5 seasons, instead of a 1 & dome scenario with PG.

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Paul George has reportedly informed the Pacers that he intends to leave the franchise as an unrestricted free agent in 2018.

George also let the Pacers know that ideally, he'd like to go to the Lakers, and while he hasn't formally requested a trade, Pacers' GM Kevin Pritchard has reportedly already begun engaging with teams around the league on a potential deal; the Cavaliers have already made inquiries. The Lakers might not have the assets to be able to pry away PG-13 from Indiana, and there's less incentive for them to do so if they could get him for nothing as a free agent, but with word out that he won't re-sign with Indiana and he'd like to go to Los Angeles it'll be that much more risky for a team to unload assets now for what could turn out to be just a one-year rental.

Source: Yahoo! Sports Jun 18 - 3:33 PM
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There should be no help at all, fans complained way back when Ainge and Mchale did this. Learn from us and let George walk there for free. Stop manufacturing scripts in a league that's supposed to have integrity.

And no the Lakers can't sign all those guys if teams let things happen naturally. CP3 probably stays put now that Jerry West is on board with Clippers or he heads to the Spurs on a long term deal, Pop is not going to let CP3 play him on short deals. Westbrook's fate will be decided this summer he probably stays.

Lebron/Melo/George/Ingram is redundant as it gets. Let Indy sort things out on their own. George did an honorable thing to a degree he's not forcing his way to L.A., he's just telling the Pacers he's moving on after next yr...now it's time for executives to earn their pay and work. Hopefully they don't trade him to Cleveland
 
Broadway said:
There should be no help at all, fans complained way back when Ainge and Mchale did this. Learn from us and let George walk there for free. Stop manufacturing scripts in a league that's supposed to have integrity.

And no the Lakers can't sign all those guys if teams let things happen naturally. CP3 probably stays put now that Jerry West is on board with Clippers or he heads to the Spurs on a long term deal, Pop is not going to let CP3 play him on short deals. Westbrook's fate will be decided this summer he probably stays.

Lebron/Melo/George/Ingram is redundant as it gets. Let Indy sort things out on their own. George did an honorable thing to a degree he's not forcing his way to L.A., he's just telling the Pacers he's moving on after next yr...now it's time for executives to earn their pay and work. Hopefully they don't trade him to Cleveland
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The NBA is just playing the game Danny Ainge innovated: Accumulate 3 All-Star / HOF players. Before BOS glued PP, KG, & Ray together, the thought was you needed 2 of those types and quickly afterwards the game progressed to 4 of them.

GSW, due to a string of fortuitous circumstances, started the 4 All Star player paradigm.
 
mafra said:
The NBA is just playing the game Danny Ainge innovated: Accumulate 3 All-Star / HOF players. Before BOS glued PP, KG, & Ray together, the thought was you needed 2 of those types and quickly afterwards the game progressed to 4 of them.

GSW, due to a string of fortuitous circumstances, started the 4 All Star player paradigm.
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I understand how copycat this league can be but by this note Ainge appears to be establishing another standard if not say Philly. Teams will not be able to pay 4 players $25mil+ as a standard to build superteams. Matter of fact the normal Max contract will start at $30mil in 2yrs.
 
Rose
Noah
Melo
Porzingis

With a healthy season plus who we draft, we've got four All-Stars. Golden State needs to add another good player to have a chance against the Knicks.
 
paris401 said:
I thought the new CBA was for 40m, for 6years... ????
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Max contracts are still 4-5yrs in length but the first yr starting salary will be north of $30mil, actually appreciably north...needles to say 4 x $30mil = $120mil. The cap won't quite be there. Only teams that can do it are the current Super Teams(Cavs/Warriors) and I doubt it's sustainable unless players start taking paycuts
 
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Love to Indy for George.... Thompson, Shump, Frye and future 1st to NY for Melo.

Kyrie
George
Melo
Lebron

1 year run and see what happens after that?
 
Walsh (Indy), Chicago (Paxton) and Phil (NY) all have ties and I can see a big, blockbuster going down.
 
Magic isn't as dumb as Dolan.... he'll only surrender something for PG if Indy eats some bad contracts. If it were Dolan, they would trade Russell, Randle, Ingrham and the second pick and a 2020 1st for George.
 
This is shaping up to be a wild and crazy July in the NBA offseason.... draft and free agency.... Great News!

By creating 3-4 super teams, 3-4 other teams pave way for a bright future. Truly, the NBA is a poop or get off the pot league.

NYK? Do we accumulate assets? Phil hasn't yet... what happens next few weeks will pretty much determine PJ's legacy as an exec.
 
mafra said:
Walsh (Indy), Chicago (Paxton) and Phil (NY) all have ties and I can see a big, blockbuster going down.
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rotflol at this...




So Gilbert wants to bring in Billups to execute a Melo trade? Ha ha ha...go for it, this spells complete disaster
 
Broadway said:
rotflol at this...




So Gilbert wants to bring in Billups to execute a Melo trade? Ha ha ha...go for it, this spells complete disaster
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That's great news! GM is wise but Gilbert understands if he doesn't appease Lebron.... James will walk next summer.
 
mafra said:
That's great news! GM is wise but Gilbert understands if he doesn't appease Lebron.... James will walk next summer.
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I think Gilbert could be in anger meltdown mode again

It's believed Lebron already checked out several weeks ago and it's a matter fulfilling contractual obligations at this point, I mean the shot fired doesn't hit more of a bullseye than this...



Lebron just needed an out for his exit strategy, looks like Cali is in play for real
 
Broadway said:
I think Gilbert could be in anger meltdown mode again

It's believed Lebron already checked out several weeks ago and it's a matter fulfilling contractual obligations at this point, I mean the shot fired doesn't hit more of a bullseye than this...





Lebron just needed an out for his exit strategy, looks like Cali is in play for real
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I get this feeling that both Magic and Riley sense the potential that Lebron is "attainable" again. I wonder if this is true.... if it is, both will position themselves now with a bold move prepping them to strike on Lebron.

All they need to do is clear som space and bring in piece #1 now. Everybody knows, Lebron will talk a banana boat buddy into joining him next summer (Wade or Paul or Melo).... heck, they all could go to MIA or LAK and play for minimum contracts.

We all know they've made a ton of money.... they've gone on record stating their intentions to hopefully play together 1 day.

What "more noble gesture" to the sport, they'll think to themselves, and all end up playing final year or 2 in some place, converging on LA or South Beach.

This will be their bragging rights contest before passing the torch and retiring. Battle GSW.

So, is it Riley or Magic striking now to grab George? Or Westbrook? Or Davis?
 
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