**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

Which team will win the 2018-2019 NBA Championship?


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It always depends landscape too. With GSW out of the fold, teams knew they had to seize the moment. With LAL, especially with Lebby's age/window

The OKC/LAC trade should be viewed through the prism of LAC trading all those picks for George and Leonard. If George isn't there neither is Leonard

I'm never gonna see it like that :lol. It was literally a Paul George trade
 
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Milwaukee just letting Brogdon go is probably one of the worst moves of the summer. At the very least he would have been a great asset.
Their ownership should be ashamed. If I lived in that city and supported them through the years I'd be heated
 
The Clippers/Lakers gave a lot to get their star. Beal could go to Brooklyn for Levert, Kurucks , ,picks
 
There would be no Leonard without George, and the sequence was pretty straight forward but ok :lol:

They didn't get Kawhi from OKC is my point tho. If lac already had Kawhi it wouldn't have lowered okc's asking price. So why should the wiz settle for less in a Beal trade
 
The whole reason OKC extracted what they did was because they knew LAC needed George to land Leonard. That was the driving force behind the fundamentals of that trade

If Leonard wasn't coming you really think LAC would have done that same deal for George? :lol:

Peep my edit. And yes why wouldn't they have done the same deal? What would their alternative be? You kinda contradicted yourself because the Lakers already had Bron and still gave up what they did for Davis. They didn't need to do that to get Bron, they needed it to pursue a championship. If you can get a 2nd free agent then you're not gonna trade anyway. But if you need to make a trade you're gonna pay a premium regardless of who's on your roster already. Basically what I'm saying is that it's gonna take more than a package centered around Malik Beasley to get Bradley Beal
 
The whole reason OKC extracted what they did was because they knew LAC needed George to land Leonard. That was the driving force behind the fundamentals of that trade

If Leonard wasn't coming you really think LAC would have done that same deal for George? :lol:

Negative. That trade was for PG and Kiwi.
 
Peep my edit. And yes why wouldn't they have done the same deal? What would their alternative be? You kinda contradicted yourself because the Lakers already had Bron and still have up what they did for Davis. Basically what I'm saying is that it's gonna take more than a package centered around Malik Beasley to get Bradley Beal
Lebby's window= closing quick, they needed to do whatever it took to maximize that short window

There didn't need to be an alternative if LAC couldn't land Leonard. Jerry is smarter than that, you know this by now

Malik Beasley and Gary Harris is pretty good starting point but what other packages are out there?
 
Lebby's window= closing quick, they needed to do whatever it took to maximize that short window

There didn't need to be an alternative if LAC couldn't land Leonard. Jerry is smarter than that, you know this by now

Malik Beasley and Gary Harris is pretty good starting point but what other packages are out there?

Lac didn't have an alternative because they couldn't get any other free agent despite having two max slots. Doesn't matter how smart Jerry is in that case. Beasley is a bench player bro :lol. OKC can offer expirings, cap relief and a ton of picks. Washington could do a lot with that
 
Milwaukee just letting Brogdon go is probably one of the worst moves of the summer. At the very least he would have been a great asset.
Bledsoe shooting in the 20s from downtown, scored single digits in literally half the games after the 1st round and that’s the guy they want to next to Giannis.

Disappointing decision making from the FO. They only have 1-2 more runs to convince Giannis to re-up
 
Lac didn't have an alternative because they couldn't get any other free agent despite having two max slots. Doesn't matter how smart Jerry is in that case. Beasley is a bench player bro :lol:. OKC can offer expirings, cap relief and a ton of picks. Washington could do a lot with that
Jerry is smart enough to not do that same trade if Leonard was not coming. Don't know how that isn't obvious but alright :lol:

If a team took both Beal and Wall, you can't really beat that so yeah. But expirings for Bradley Beal<< Beasley/Harris and picks
 
For what it’s worth, I heard Jerry West interviewed on the radio this morning and he said he very little to do with the Kawhi signing and PG trade. Just gave his “2 cents” here and there. According to the logo, it was all Larry Frank and Mike Winger. :wink:
 
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