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Bucks stretch and waive Dame and sign Turner from Pacers.

Yabusele to the Knicks.
 
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Healing said:
Just a few takeaways from NBA FA, day one:

1. MPJ traded to Nets for Cam Johnson (wtf are you doing Brooklyn?)
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Cam is 29 and the Nets are years away from contention. It was the smart move.

The good thing here is that it sets Cam's market value as a star, which is what Porter is viewed as. Maybe not an all-star, but definitely a star. Cam's career is reminding me a fair amount of Rick Fox and I'd love to see Cam win a title like Rick did. Both would be third or fourth best players on the team, but valuable and vital contributors.
 
Healing said:
Disagree from a Nets perspective. Porter is a max player for two more years, with rough injury history (good the last two years, but he likely will age poorly), and was the 4th or 5th best player on the Nuggets this playoffs. The Nets aren’t looking to be good, so it works to have MPj and Cam Thomas chunking low efficiency step backs all year, but as an asset play, I expect Porter to tank quickly.

MPJ’s body at 27 isn’t an NBA 27, likely closer to 35 than 25.
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I bet they flip Porter at the deadline or maybe next summer.

I mean, I thought the issue the poster raised was the trading of Cam. Cam, interestingly enough, has been wildly successful in the NBA but nobody has really given him credit. Remember when he was picked lottery and all the analysts were like, "WTF are the Suns doing? Cam Johnson is a late first round pick at best." And all he's done is become one of the best shooters in the league, and he's still been seen as a role player. Well now hopefully he will get his due. In any event, the Nets needed to get value from him because he's not on their timeline.
 
Healing said:
Disagree from a Nets perspective. Porter is a max player for two more years, with rough injury history (good the last two years, but he likely will age poorly), and was the 4th or 5th best player on the Nuggets this playoffs. The Nets aren’t looking to be good, so it works to have MPj and Cam Thomas chunking low efficiency step backs all year, but as an asset play, I expect Porter to tank quickly.

MPJ’s body at 27 isn’t an NBA 27, likely closer to 35 than 25.
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Cam is three years older than MPJ and probably has just as much injury risk. Porter has played a lot more games than him the last three years.
 
Healing said:
@superrific ,Yeah, my argument isn’t against trading Cam, it’s more I think they didn’t get good asset value in Porter. Trade deadline and next offseason will likely be the determination points - I have zero faith in Sean Marks, so that colors my opinion.
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But the Nets aren't trying to contend next year either, so Porter's salary basically means nothing. If anything, it will help them becomes it comes off the books in two years when they might be ready to make a splash with a powerful front court of rebounding machine Day'ron Sharpe and 3 and D stud Drake Powell.

They have one player under contract for 27-28, some dude named Claxton who is inexplicably making $25M this year but is on a declining contract. They don't have anyone they need to extend, though they might extend Cam Thomas. The salary for MPJ doesn't matter.

I have no opinion on Sean Marks. If he's terrible, then this trade won't make much difference anyway.
 
The 26 draft is I think widely viewed as very good at the top with several potential future All NBA talents - so we may see extra tanking... perhaps good for the Nets - also making the unprotected Pelicans trade very difficult to justify.
 
How about this for a sliding doors timeline... The Suns don't include Cam in the trade for KD (they overpaid). They instead trade him later for a much needed center... that center is Gafford or Lively from Dallas. Cam in Dallas makes them believe they are closer to a title and they don't trade Luka. Without Luka Lebron leaves LAL this summer returning to Cleveland and the empty East.
 
Caption from the main pic of that article. AI, I assume?:

Red Panda perfumes at halftime catching bowls on her head while riding a unicycle during a game between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Kentucky Wildcats in Nashville, Tennessee
 
Calheel said:
It might be time for Red Panda to retire. That is a young woman's game. No shame in that. She is the GOAT. But I don't want this to end like the Wallendas.
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Yeah, she's in her 50s now. It was always a treat to see the Red Panda at halftime.
 
SnoopRob said:
The Knicks hire Mike Brown to replace Thibs...

www.espn.com

Sources: Knicks expected to hire Brown as coach

The New York Knicks are expected to hire Mike Brown, a two-time winner of the NBA's Coach of the Year award, as the franchise's next head coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Dolan strikes again. Clear downgrade, which was always the most likely outcome. What an idiot.
 
Just reading the tea leaves but it seems like the Hornets might be working on a trade for Melo. Any guesses on what they could get? He's certainly an asset, but I would be very happy if they could get a good return for him.
 
rodoheel said:
Dolan strikes again. Clear downgrade, which was always the most likely outcome. What an idiot.
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I like Brown, and clearly he can be effective in the right situations. But he just lost a very polite locker room in a very polite environment in Sacramento.

If you’re looking for someone to get you over the hump in NYC, he ain’t the guy. I just don’t see him fitting well with this roster in this city. He’ll be gone in 2-3 years tops.

But I will say I didn’t love the apparent options. Maybe Malone. I would’ve even liked Van Gundy over Brown. I didn’t like Kidd as a fit. There was no clear best option to me. A lot of B/C grade choices.
 
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