Raptors Discussion: v97 Raptor's 2024-2025 - NBA Team

[donghabs98]

*For now* is what should be added. Im skeptical at how long he will actually want to stay in Brooklyn.

 

[AcerComputer]

Kind of a weirdly written statement. It's not like they came out and said Durant isn't being traded, he is our franchise player, he has rescinded his trade request. One could interpret that to say Management isn't being fired at the behest of KD, not that KD can't be traded in the future.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Good on Brooklyn.

I'm getting sick and tired of these primadonnas thinking they can circumvent their contractual obligations.

Either play or get suspended without pay.

 

[trellaine201]

He will play . Keep his mouth shut until they find a deal speech.

 

[phillipmike]

This screams, keep quiet KD so we dont lose leverage and we will trade you before the season.

Unless they are willing to give Kyrie an extension, Brooklyn cant be this dumb to bring both players back. They will be boo'd by their own fans. This is like the Harden trade from Houston. He showed up and it was a disaster until he was dealt.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Dr.Funk]

Never a dull day in the NBA

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Cloned]

I’d literally never heard of the term Lisfranc injury before, and now that’s twice in a week (Rourke with the Lions too).

 

[The Nemesis]

Never a dull day in the NBA

I remember talk that the Lakers were hesitant to include Horton-Tucker in a hypothetical deal for Kyle Lowry when he was on the way out of Toronto.

Now they use him and Stanley Johnson to pick up Patrick freakin' Beverly.

 

[stats1]

Wtf are the Lakers doing?

 

[stats1]

Another year down the road Lebron will leave to go play with his son and the Lakers are going to be left with Beverley, Davis, Nunn, Thomas Bryant

 

[Pink Mist]

I’d literally never heard of the term Lisfranc injury before, and now that’s twice in a week (Rourke with the Lions too).

I actually had a Lisfranc injury when I was 14, so I perked my eyes when I read that since its relatively uncommon. Required surgery in my foot and a screw to be put in my foot (still there). Typically you're only in a cast/walking boot for like 6-8 weeks, so I'm a little surprised by the timeline here. Although I guess it may be longer if you're doing sports with a lot of impact on your feet?

 

[The Nemesis]

Wtf are the Lakers doing?

They pretty much appear to be scrambling to cobble together something approaching a "we need to win right now" roster to placate and take advantage of LeBron before he invariably leaves in a couple years to go play wherever his son gets drafted to. But of course since LeBron is still sitting on the throne in Lakerland he likely gets to call shots and approve trades because they're for 'name brand' players like Beverly instead of doing the smart thing and trying to find a good, underappreciated defender on a cheap contract that will give them the ability to build a proper roster around their baffling collection of ill-fitting high priced stars.

Either that or it's the dark-horse theory that they just brought in Beverly because he has beef with Westbrook and they're actually aiming to make Russ so uncomfortable that he'll let them do anything to get him out of there.

 

[Dr.Funk]

They pretty much appear to be scrambling to cobble together something approaching a "we need to win right now" roster to placate and take advantage of LeBron before he invariably leaves in a couple years to go play wherever his son gets drafted to. But of course since LeBron is still sitting on the throne in Lakerland he likely gets to call shots and approve trades because they're for 'name brand' players like Beverly instead of doing the smart thing and trying to find a good, underappreciated defender on a cheap contract that will give them the ability to build a proper roster around their baffling collection of ill-fitting high priced stars.

Either that or it's the dark-horse theory that they just brought in Beverly because he has beef with Westbrook and they're actually aiming to make Russ so uncomfortable that he'll let them do anything to get him out of there.

The way the Lakers are going it WILL be them that draft Bronny.

 

[stats1]

Going to love seeing the disaster waiting to happen when Davis, Russ, Pat Bev, Lebron, try to co exist. Not going to go well

The second Lebron or Russ get in the face of Bev for whatever reason whole thing will blow up because everyone knows how Bev reacts

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[hockeywiz542]

Boston Celtics' Danilo Gallinari diagnosed with torn meniscus - TSN.ca

Boston Celtics forward Danilo Gallinari suffered a torn left meniscus while playing for Italy in a FIBA World Cup qualifying game Saturday.

The Italian team did not disclose a timetable for Gallinari's recovery but said he would miss next month's EuroBasket tournament.

Gallinari grabbed his knee after a bounce pass in the lane while playing against Georgia in Brescia, Italy. He hobbled over to the sideline, holding the back of the knee as trainers rushed to his aid, before limping to the locker room with the help of a staff member and a teammate.

"It's tough to talk about basketball after what what we saw happen to Danilo," Italy captain Luigi Datome said after the team's 91-84 win. "We wish him, of course, the best."

Gallinari, 34, signed with the Celtics on July 12 via the midlevel exception and was counted on for depth as Boston looks to return to the NBA Finals.

A first-round draft pick of the New York Knicks in 2008, Gallinari has averaged 15.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in his career while also playing for the Denver Nuggets, LA Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Julius Randle's role, New York's psyche with Donovan Mitchell situation: Knicks mailbag

If the Knicks do acquire Mitchell, how will he fit with Jalen Brunson?

theathletic.com

Is Mitchell the only player the Knicks realistically will trade for? Any thoughts on their Plans B, C and D? — Josh H.

I can only assume that Josh H. is Josh Hart, and he wants to know if the Portland Trail Blazers will trade him and his expiring contract.

No, I don’t think there is an intuitive next-in-line player as of today, though this is the NBA; some new star always pops up on the trade market if you give it enough time.

A few short-term rentals come to mind as purely speculative possibilities. If the Blazers disappoint in the reloaded Western Conference, maybe come midseason they do move on from you, Josh Hart, though I’m not sure what that does for the Knicks, specifically.

(A quick aside: Hart has always been effective inside the 3-point arc, but I just spent far too long in the Basketball-Reference archives, scrolling through the NBA’s annual league leaders since its inception, and the following fun fact blew my mind. Hart finished last season at 60.1 percent on 2-pointers, but he played a hair too few games to qualify for the league leaders. If he had, he would have been the first qualifying guard ever to shoot better than 60 percent on 2s. Stephen Curry and John Stockton came the closest. Both had seasons at 59-point-something percent. I guess they’re no Josh Hart.)

That I’m answering this question with irrelevant Josh Hart parentheticals says something about where today’s trade market is beyond Mitchell.

Durant is going back to Brooklyn. We can assume Irving will stay there, too. Wherever Westbrook plays this season, it won’t be for the Knicks.

Going down the speculative short-term-rental wormhole again, if the Blazers fall below the Play-In Tournament, maybe they feel pressure to get something back for Jerami Grant, whom they just acquired for a late first-round pick this summer.

Harrison Barnes is a free agent after this season. The Sacramento Kings could listen to offers for him if they occupy the same role in the West that they have for the past decade and a half.

Kyle Kuzma is on an expiring deal, too, and my guess (and it’s just a guess) is he wouldn’t take a hypothetical extension offer from the Washington Wizards, since the Wizards could not offer more than $15.6 million in starting salary, and Kuzma could get more than that on the open market.

There are rumors about OG Anunoby, who fits everywhere and would help everyone, but it would take a substantial offer to pry him away from the Raptors. The Knicks have enough to get a deal done, but do they want to give up so many of their desirables for someone who isn’t putting them over the top?

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[dredeye]

Wtf are the Lakers doing?

Let them make as many mistakes as they can. It’s great

 

[Emerica]

Donovan Mitchell going to Cleveland for three unprotected firsts, Sexton, Markannen and Agbaji

 

[Puckstuff]

Holy mother of blockbuster... What a trade. Garland+Mitchel becomes one of the best backcourts. Mobley+Allen is a ridiculous front court. Wow. Look out for Cleveland, but will they have enough depth? That's a lot to give up.