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• Niang hasn't played in 1.5 years.
• Olynyk averages like 15mpg on 38games/season.
• GP2 is injury-prone throughout his career.
• Even our 2-way LJ Cryer has hamstring issues.
• Wiill Richard has missed tons of games to injury and hasn't been himself in months.
• Moody & Butler aren't playing b2bs for the entire season.
• Bassey has been injured all his career.

Why can't we sign some younger, warm bodies that can at least eat up minutes?

Our b2b rotation might just legit be Podz, Yaxel and whatever warm bodies have a single working leg.

Can someone genuinely explain to me the logic of signing ageing vets when the team is full of vets + we are carrying 2 players out till ASB?

Due to the new CBA, here's every free agent we are eligible to sign next summer:

1. Stephen Curry
2. Jimmy Butler
3. Draymond Green
4. Brandin Podziemski
5. Charles Bassey
6. Usman Garuba
7. Taran Armstrong
8. Jerome Robinson
9. Nico Mannion
10. Anthony Lamb
11. Jamychal Green

We also have a trade exception for $2.7M, but due to the new CBA we are not allowed to make trades anymore either.

Thanks to the new CBA, we are not allowed to sign other players - but that's just how much the league is fearful of the Lacob-Dunleavy dienasty.

Who's your favorite agent for next summer?

The video is too long for Streamable, so I had to use another platform.

Basically, since he got traded from the Jazz.

He had 3 games as a starter (all regular-season) during this period.

721 Points on 247/563 (43.9%) from the field, 177/425 (41.6%) from 3, 50/61 FT (82.0%), in 2,651 minutes played, in 175 games played (3 as a starter in regular-season)

2022-23 regular season stats, playing for the Milwaukee Bucks (46 games played), age 35:

317 points on 108/248 FG (43.5%), 83/203 (40.9%) from 3, 18/21 (85.7%) from the line, in 1,043 minutes played.

2023 NBA playoffs stats (The Bucks were stunned by the 8th-seeded Miami Heat 4-1 in the first round. Giannis got injured too), playing all 5 games:

34 Points on 12/23 FG (52.2%), 10/20 from 3 (50.0%), and no free throws in 89 minutes played.

2023-24 regular-season stats, playing for the Orlando Magic (68 games played), age 36:

296 Points on 99/227 FG (43.6%), 70/161 from 3 (43.5%), 28/34 FT (82.4%), in 1,169 minutes played.

2024 NBA Playoffs stats (the Magic lost 4-3 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round), playing in all 7 games:

11 Points on 4/12 FG (33.3%), 2/7 from 3 (28.6%), 1/2 FT, in 68 minutes played.

2024-25 regular-season stats, playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves (19 games played, one as a starter), age 37:

15 Points on 6/23 FG (26.1%), 3/15 from 3 (20.0%), and no free throws in 114 minutes played.

He did not play in the 2025 NBA playoffs. He was healthy, just did not play.

His team reached the Western Conference Finals before losing 4-1 in the series to the eventual champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Wolves played 15 playoffs games, winning 4-1 against the Lakers in the first round, and the 4-1 again, but this time against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Semifinals

2025-26 regular-season stats, playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves (27 games played, two as a starter), age 38:

41 Points on 16/27 FG (59.3%), 7/16 from 3 (43.8%), 2/2 FT (100%), in 153 minutes played.

2026 NBA Playoffs (3 games played out of 12):

7 Points on 2/3 FG (66.7%), 2/3 from 3 (66.7%), 1/2 FT (60.0%), in 14 minutes played.

The Timberwolves won 4-2 against the Nuggets in the first round, before losing to the San Antonio Spurs 4-2 in the Western Conference Semifinals.

Champion	Traded Pieces	Home Grown Pieces	.
2019 Raptors	Kawhi, Marc Gasol, Danny Green, Ibaka,	Lowry, Siakam, Fred VanVleet, OG	Rare occasion where they got their superstar at a massive discount, although it was a 1-yr rental.
2020 Lakers	AD	Kuzma, Caruso	Also, acquired Lebron, Rondo, KCP, Howard through FA
2021 Bucks	Jrue, PJ Tucker	Giannis, Khris Middleton	Traded away all their future picks to land the missing piece (Jrue)
2022 Warriors	Wiggins	Steph/Dray/Klay/Loon/Poole	Also landed OPJ, Bjelica in FA
2023 Nuggets	Aaron Gordon, KCP	Jokic, Murray, MPJ, Braun
2024 Celtics	Porzingis, White, Jrue Holiday, Horford	Tatum, Brown, Pritchard, Hauser	Made a bunch of great deals to stack talent alongside their homegrown core.
2025 Thunder	Caruso	Shai, Chet/JDub/JWill/Dort/Cason	Another rare occasion where the superstar was acquired in a trade, but lemme just count him as homegrown
2023 Nuggets	Bridges, OG, Hart, KAT	Robinson, McBride	Acquired their superstar Brunson through FA

The formula for a contender

1. Acquire a legit superstar and a homegrown core cheaply: The draft/Free Agency is cheapest.
2. Trade draft capital to add supporting pieces: The missing piece is what elevated these teams from great --> a championship contender. And the draft capital is totally worth spending on it. Also note that almost none of the traded picees were superstars, they were almost always a high-level two-way starter.
3. Add good talents in vet mins/cheap deals.

But key through all of this is that teams become contenders by sending out draft picks (only OKC 24 & Warriors 22 were exceptions) and making actual trades. And seldom were these trades for superstars - they were always for high-level role players.

It's pitiful that we constantly refuse to trade away our young pieces (they're the future!), and refuse to trade future FRPs (they're the future!) but have a win-now roster with a win-now coach.

I just want Joe Lacob and his genius brain trust of Kent Lacob, Kirk Lacob, MDJ to pick a fucking lane...

any thread about aspiration or Kawhi instantly gets a ton of commenters who say the exact same two things:

1. Due process in investigations takes multiple months or even years.

2. There is no smoking gun

All this suggests a pr campaign that’s trying to build up the narrative that clippers committed no basketball crimes and that Adam silver is correct to let them go.

For the integrity of the game, Adam Silver needs to go hard on such cap circumvention.

Cap circumvention also affects trades, affects every other team, and affects luxury tax. What's stopping OKC from paying all their players $5M/yr with extensive brand deals?

Just imagine the trade value of Shai on a $5M/yr deal?

Unlike a Luka Doncic or Prime James Harden, Brown’s own playmaking capabilities are very lackluster meaning he cannot make up (and significantly outpace) his league leading turnovers like they can. It also doesn’t help that he scores less on much worse efficiency than other players who usually lead the league in TOs

JB was 2nd in the league in usage and doesn’t have anywhere near the passing chops to justify it, leading to lackluster advanced statistics

This is obviously not to take away from his egregious dirtiness and fouling, but there was more to the guy’s game than that despite what some (like Gilbert Arenas for example) suggest.

At that time, there was no 3-point line in the NBA.

The transition from the ABA to NBA was a bit of a step back for Louie Dampier; or perhaps a step forward.

He was a star in the ABA, playing for the Kentucky Colonels, but didn't get as many minutes in his 30s with the San Antonio Spurs (who merged from the ABA with the NBA).

He was 35.8% from 3 for his ABA career on 3.0 3PA.

He had two seasons where he shot 36.1% from 3 (6.7 3PA and 7.1 3PA), leading the ABA in 3s made.

He had one season where he shot 38.7% from 3 on 1.5 3PA.

Via Ryan Van Dusen YouTube's channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO4YARbQzMA