NBA rumours 3

27 Mar 2023 09:55:45
Indy: Doncic
Dal: Mathurin+ Theis+Duarte+ 1rnd pick Indy 2023-2025-27 (top 2 protected)+ 1rnd pick Cle 23+ 1rnd pick Bos 23

Indy:
C:Turner
Pf:Jackson
Sf:Doncic
SG:Hield
PG:Haliburton

27 Mar 2023 11:39:07
Haliburton-Doncic pairing seems eerily similar to the Irving-Doncic pairing. Plus, that is a massive hole in the Pacers defense with Doncic-Hield.

27 Mar 2023 13:40:46
I don't think you can compare Haliburton with Irving.
Irving is an *ss, Haliburton would find a way to play with Doncic

Doncic became ann above avarage defender. Hield isn't the best defender, but he's producing 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals. So i think that could work. Hali takes the best offensive player, Turner protects the rim and Jackson grabs the rebounds.

27 Mar 2023 19:21:31
@Gasupo and others. It is more about 2 players needing the ball in their hands to be highly effective. Nothing about the players "attitudes".

27 Mar 2023 20:17:00
Irving is a chemistry killer. Halliburton & Doncic would adjust playing together to make it work.

28 Mar 2023 01:59:10
Haliburton-Fox didn't work. Doncic-Kyrue is not working. Why would you think Haliburton-Doncic would work?

28 Mar 2023 14:50:59
@Fredman that's a good point. Both Doncic & Halliburton are high IQ players so maybe they figure it out.

28 Mar 2023 16:51:51
Luka and Kyrie isn’t working because that team has one of the worst front courts in the NBA (and because Kyrie is a cancer) .

Fox/ Hali “didn’t work” because Hali was only 100 games into his career and they had one of the worst front courts in the NBA.

If Indy has a bottom 10 front court with Haliburton and Luka, it’s a disaster. If they can surround them with shooting and defense, it could be amazing.

28 Mar 2023 16:55:14
It feels like the “Dame and CJ can’t win together” talk for years. Yeah, if you start Harkless, Aminu, and Kanter with them, they’re doomed. If the best forward that ever starts with them is Evan Turner, they can’t win.

29 Mar 2023 06:23:37
Yep, Mavs won’t win with Powell as their forever starting center lol.

26 Mar 2023 22:34:30
Orlando gets-
Tyler Herro
Duncan Robinson

Miami gets-
Jonathan Isaac
Gary Harris
Cole Anthony
Future top 10 protected 1st

If Isaac doesn't work out he doesn't have a lot of guaranteed money yet. Harris is a rotation player and Anthony helps with some much needed scoring punch. Most importantly, Miami gets off of a lot of guaranteed money to gain flexibility. Orlando gets the shooting they need.

26 Mar 2023 23:31:38
I don't think Miami is desperate enough to trade Herro just to get off of Duncan's contract.

26 Mar 2023 23:50:07
Which pick send Miami Nuggets 1st not Magic 1st.

27 Mar 2023 00:35:58
I only see Pat Riley packaging Herro for an All-Star level player in return.

27 Mar 2023 02:14:06
If lose in playin or first round I could see them trading butler instead, and go young.

27 Mar 2023 02:33:52
Herro is a good player but I'm not sure how good of an asset he is at 30 mil a year.

27 Mar 2023 09:45:43
i can see P Riley doing this.
Miami is a free agent destination and i don't see Herro as an all star lvl player.

Adebayo-Brown would be a great duo :-)

27 Mar 2023 11:40:56
Man, I totally do not see Jaylen Brown in Miami. From the reports that I have seen, Miami is not his scene at all.

26 Mar 2023 23:01:06
Scenario: LA Clippers blow it up after first-round playoff exit


Trade 1: Kawhi to Denver Nuggets

DEN receive:
Kawhi Leonard

LAC receive:
Michael Porter Jr.
Zeke Nnaji
2029 1st Round Pick


Trade 2: PG to New York Knicks

NYK receive:
Paul George

LAC receive:
RJ Barrett
Evan Fournier
2024 1st Round Pick
2026 1st Round Pick
2028 1st Round Pick

26 Mar 2023 23:13:27
4 x 1st?

26 Mar 2023 23:28:01
I think Porter Jr is widely viewed as a negative contract.

27 Mar 2023 00:05:20
Reverse it. Kawhi to Ny and PG to Den. Based on the value you put.

28 Mar 2023 16:51:17
Would like either in NY, but Thibs does not believe in load management so I do not see Kawhi ever in a Knick uniform.

26 Mar 2023 22:56:26
Blazers/Raptors/Pelicans/Mavericks

Blazers
Get
Barnes
Hardaway Jr
Valančiūnas
Porter Jr
Flynn
2 1st Round Picks & Pick Swap from Pelicans

Pelicans
Get
Lillard
Nurkic
Kieber
Nando De Colo

Raptors
Get
Doncic
Little

Mavericks
Get
Daniels
Ingram
Anunoby
Temple (waive)
3 1st Round Picks & Pick Swap from Raptors

26 Mar 2023 23:43:31
That's an awesome trade.

27 Mar 2023 00:08:39
Solid no from all 4 teams.

26 Mar 2023 15:22:45
Let's annoy Dalcon

Dallas - Pelicans

Dallas get Ingram, Daniels, Hayes, Lewis & 4 1st round picks & 2 pick swaps

Irving/Hardy/Lewis
Daniels/Hardaway/Green
Ingram/Bullock
Wood/Kleber
Hayes/Powell

Pelicans get Doncic, Bertans & McGee

Doncic/Alvarado
McCollum/Temple/Marshall
Murphy/Jones
Williamson/Bertans
Valanciunas/Nance/McGee

26 Mar 2023 19:42:22
If I was Dallas I would do this in a heart beat. Doncic is a team killer.

26 Mar 2023 21:53:50
Make it two 1sts. 1 swap.

27 Mar 2023 09:48:21
NO can miss 4 first round picks.
And dallas is taking a risk, so 4 seems fair to me.
I like this idea.

27 Mar 2023 12:52:43
4 is too many. you’ve always undervalued Pels Players.

27 Mar 2023 13:44:29
I would overpay to get doncic.

26 Mar 2023 13:06:01
Magic/Heat/Mavericks Luka to Heat

Mavericks
Get
Cole Anthony
Jonathan Isaac
Bam Adebayo
Gary Harris
8 pick.via Bulls from Magic
22 pick.via Heat
2 1st round picks from Heat & pick swap

Magic
Get
Tyler Herro

Heat
Get
Luka Dončić

26 Mar 2023 13:42:26
That's not enough for Luka.

26 Mar 2023 09:11:31
TOR/PHX/CHI/MEM

TOR get Lavine
- gets a scorer

Pg VanVleet
Sg Lavine
Sf Barnes
Pf Siakam
Ce Poeltl

PHX get Anunoby & Adams
- adds 2 defensive guys that fits better with KD & Book

Pg Paul
Sg Booker
Sf Anunoby
Pf Durant
Ce Adams

CHI get Ayton, Thad Young & 1st from MEM
(Send the 1st to Detroit together with Williams & filler to get Bogdanovic)
- get a defensive center a vet big

Pg Beverley
Sg Derozan
Sf Bogdanovic
Pf Young
Ce Ayton

MEM get Vucevic
- gets an offensive big which is a great fit with Jackson

Pg Morant
Sg Bane
Sf Brooks
Pf Jackson
Ce Vucevic

26 Mar 2023 11:02:44
Raptors have cap space to bring LaVine?

Still not enough tho

Raptors got to give @ least two 1st

Anunoby & Young ain’t gonna cut it.

26 Mar 2023 12:37:12
Bulls say no.

26 Mar 2023 12:37:46
Looks good for everyone else though.

26 Mar 2023 13:43:18
I like this for all teams. Ayton is becoming underrated.

26 Mar 2023 16:27:34
I dont think Vucevic is a first-round pick better than Adams. If anything they have about the same value, just in different ways.

I dont think Vucevic is ready to the be the Memphis "enforcer".

26 Mar 2023 19:40:28
ill take it for toronto.

25 Mar 2023 17:49:05
If Dalcon was a Raptors fan, this would be a deal for him.
If Giannis and Embiid decided to get together and form an AllAfrica pro team, they would choose to do it in Toronto, because the Raptors already have Siakam, Anunoby, Achiuwa and Koloko. So here's how the deals go.

Toronto sends - Barnes and Trent (opted in) to Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokuompo
Toronto sends - vanVleet, Young and Porter to Philly for Joel Embiid
Toronto sends - Flynn to Miami for Gabe Vincent
Toronto sends - Harper to Warriors for Jonathan Kuminga
Toronto sends - Boucher to Orlando for Bol Bol
Toronto signs Emmanuel Mudiay from the G League
Toronto sends - Poetl (s&t) to Memphis for Desmond Bane
Toronto sends - Downtin to Cleveland for Isaac Okoro
Toronto sends - Weiskamp to Atlanta for Onyeka Okongwu
Toronto signs - 2 of Giannis's brothers to 2 way deals

Of course, we'll need an African coach, so we'll replace Nurse with Ime Udoka.

Obviously all of Toronto's 1st and 2nd round picks will go, and all pick swaps as well.

Starters - Vincent, Anunoby, Giannis, Siakam, Embiid
Bench - Bane, Okungwu, Kuminga, Achiuwa, Mudiay, Bol, Okoro, Koloko and the brothers Antetokuompo

And of course it's unbelievable because read the first line.

25 Mar 2023 21:07:29
No thank you.

25 Mar 2023 21:41:39
Giannis is born in Greece, so it's more logical he wants to team up in Dallas with Doncic and Jokic :-p.

25 Mar 2023 22:05:39
That's not enough for Fred VanVleet.

27 Mar 2023 16:23:49
Anunoby is citizen of Great Britain.