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I don't think they will let go of Draymond Green because they already established a strong bond with him, and they will have a hard time again if they replace him with some other player that will not be going to listen and do what they said. we all know other players are hard to tame. At least Green knows his limit when he does trash-talk and does some nasty things inside and outside the court. But if they have someone who is more capable of playing and has the skills to replace him, he will be replaced this year and might not get his chance back to play with the GSW.

Yeah, that's a terrible deal if the New Orleans Pelicans will accept it. Zion Williamson may be an injury-prone player but whenever he plays, they become like a super team with his strength and agility.
IMO, Brooklyn Nets are not a bad team. They are composed of roleplayers that are backing up stars before they all fell on one team, it's just a matter of chemistry for them. The only problem that I see is they are leaderless. They play on their own with isolation plays. Maybe CP3 may actually be better here in this team. Lead it, be the veteran that they needed, and some of the players there are actually his previous teammates. Perhaps something else can be offered by the Nets that would make the Wizards take the deal, but avoid wasting Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges, those two are definitely good players.
If they want Simmons out, put him in the deal to make the offer as sweet as possible. I think the Wizards will also just use CP3 as their ace for a good trade.

Well the Beal trade won't happen for obvious reasons. 

Dame said he would stay in Portland, doesn't really want to leave, but he is leaving it up to the front office if they want to ship him.

Also, the Warriors just said they want to keep Poole, but we all know that might mean nothing if the right trade is getting offered. If they can get a good big man like Bam or DeAndre A. he would be gone fast. Though, Miami and Phoenix have no use for Poole. The Suns are stacked with shooters and Miami would rather get Lillard of course.

Lauri Markannen would be a nice addition, but there is no reason for Utah to trade their only allstar player.

Both are bad trades indeed because both teams will get an all-star player yes, but both of them are injury-prone.

On the other hand, if I will pick which of the 2 wins is the winner if this trade push through, I will go with the Nets. I mean yes Zion is injury prone, who has more missed games in his whole NBA career than played games, but his talent is just amazing, and that's something that not all teams can't say no to it. Zion is like the shorter version of a prime Shaq that's very hard to stop. Well, with regards to injury, maybe the Nets can give it a try, and play him next season, but if things don't work out, it will be a disaster for them because they will have no draft picks at all.

1. Unfortunately, Draymond Green opted out on his final contract with the Warriors, and now he is an unrestricted free agent. I guess that would be the end of the Warriors dynasty unless the Warriors will give other offer to him, but it seems like he wants to be with another team, and wants a higher salary this year.

2. They really need it, and we saw that they really need it when we saw how the Lakers just bullied them inside the paint. I still remember the times where the Lakers got McGee, David West, Speights, David Lee, Bogut, Pachulia and other bigs. I mean they're gone in the NBA already except for McGee, but it's pretty obvious that the Warriors are better if they have big players in their team. They badly need one.

3. They only have at most 2 years to win a title again. What the team needs right now are big players who can defend the paint. Green already opted out on his contract, so they need another elite defender to cover what Green left with the team.

I just got to say now that the NBA season is finished I really want to talk about the problem of the Golden State Warriors moving forward in the 2024 season,

1] Draymond Green - for me, they can not afford to lose Draymond Green and JJ Redick also said that the Crucial Pinnacle for the Warriors is Draymond Green, and they can not afford to lose him, because Green is so important to everything they do on both sides of the basketball this is what Redick have said,

2] The Warriors Need Size - they only got Kevon Loney and they can not afford to just rely on Loney alone their center can not afford to play a full game without a rest so the Warriors would need to get Quality Centers and for me, a likely Centers they can get here is my list

3] A Solid Trade that Revolves around Stephen Curry - Let's face it Stephen Curry just has 2 to 3 years playing in his prime so I think the Warriors will need to take advantage of this and make a Crucial Trade that revolves around Stephen Curry

Bradley Beal Trade on Washington Wizards - Warriors can trade Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga

Damian Lillard Trade on Portland Trail Blazers - Warriors can trade Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga

Bam Adebayo Trade on Miami Heat - Warriors can trade Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga and they could also acquire Seth Curry because he will become a Free Agent next season,

Zion Williamson Trade on New Orleans Pelicans - Warriors can trade Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and 1st round pick

Lauri Markkanen and Kelly Olynyk Trade on Utah Jazz - Warriors can trade Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and 1st round pick

This is just what I think the Warriors might need and aside from that it is a win-win situation for the other teams that made a trade for the Warriors,

I read a news that the Washington Wizards are expected to trade Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Also, Draymond Green will not use his $27.5 million player option in the final year of his contract.
Draymond Green is currently in FREE PLAYER status!
Which team do you think Draymond Green will go to?

That should be good if the Wizards will just accept a 1:1 trade for Marcus Smart in exchange for Chris Paul towards the Boston Celtics, but I really doubt that though because even if the latter is not the player he used to be, he still have a good figure in his head and that could really cost the Celtics some few picks or at least players just to get Chris Paul on their line up. Overall, it will be big help for the team if they are able to get CP3.

Well, I'm not even sure either if this is going to work out with the Suns now. I still think CP3 was still a good fit with the Suns roster than Beal. I mean Beal is just another scoring machine who can creat his own shots and who averages 20+ ppg and 4+ asst. With 3 scoring machines, they can have more options when one is having an off night, but it's a team play. I'd still pick the current Nuggets roster over this current Suns roster.
I think the Suns are just a bit impatient and are very desperate to win a championship, thus stacking more superstars I highly doubt this will work.
Anyway, let's see what will be the Lakers and the Warriors next move.

They just have to forget about that deal that could potentially destroy their team any further, I get that they are just desperate right now because their team is not getting any positive outcome in almost every post season for the last five years and what they can always do was to start good and dominate league for let's say two weeks but after that, they are back on themselves, inconsistent, having struggles to find the right rhythms and other factors that prevents the team from moving up.

CP3 and Shamet with 2nd round picks. If I read it correctly, it would be a best trade for Wizard if both Paul and Ayton
but it's not, though they still got something good for their veteran star.

Now, it will be more on the Sun's rotations if how the new coach will rotate the ball, as all the 3 superstars do want to hold the ball.

Individual talents, they might have that edge, but overall performance, we will see how they will go to
blend each other, one whole season for this new coach and for the stars to jive up and blend together.

Chris Paul should just accept that because he have had a lot of years and a lot of chance but still, he haven't manage to get himself a ring or joined his close friend, LeBron James either in Heat, Cavaliers or Lakers. Now, it seems that he's already too late to chase for the gold because he is now getting traded for Bradley Beal who is a lot younger than him and most probably, can offer a lot more help compared to him. Hence why the Suns is taking that move, a move without CP3 anymore.

I guess the Pelicans just trying to get rid of Zion because of how he's like a liability to the team whenever he's injured. That's a lot of things that the Nets would have to trade just for getting rid of Zion. So, this is usually what teams get for one to get rid of and spend the picks that they can get for the draft. While most of these teams are having these trade rumors, there's one team out there who's just chilling around with Gregg while waiting for the number 1 pick, LOL.

The Brooklyn Nets are trying to make a deal with the Pelicans to get Zion Williamson for Ben Simmons and a whole bunch of draft picks.  This seems like a terrible deal for both teams if I'm being honest.  The Pelicans getting Ben Simmons would pretty much destroy their team in my opinion and kick off a rebuild with their picks.  Meanwhile the Nets would give up all their picks assuring that they suck for years while picking up Zion, who has been injury prone and won't be there to carry the team.  Both teams are a disaster, but the Pelicans really have to get a win now attitude while they have Ingram and Zion on the roster.

It's possible that some teams are really interested in Chris Paul, I've read that the Warriors tried to get him before the trade happened with the Suns and Wizards. But for some teams, this could be the question on them if it's still worth it to take him with such amount.

I thought that the rumor before is him going to Lakers together with LBJ before they're all out of the league, they'll be taking each other's wing and having a title. But let's see where is this going to be developed since it's still a long time before every team roster's lock-in.
I am seeing posts of people connecting about the CEO of Phoenix Suns and Beal's agent on why the deal has quickly happened.

You're on the wrong thread. I thought I clicked the wrong one because of your comment and I had to look twice.

Celtics will still be up there as one of the favorites. How about taking CP3 in exchange of Smart? I think that will be a good deal for both teams since Wizards will likely let go of him anyway. Celtics will get a real point guard and a veteran at that to finally push this team. Chris Paul should have no problem in this since he'll be in a good team while Tatum and Brown will benefit from his mentorship.

Mandy which was not playing for the Chelsea after coming from World Cup due to injury now having his new destination with new promoted club Al-Ahli and few more top ranked players are also coming to Saudi League with him which is good for this league because things looking good here in Saudi League even this is new and need more time for the improvement but as they are investing huge funds most chances we will have few top rank players here which will give good touch and also good entertainment for the fans.

Right now, Chelsea is doing good job as they were in mess-up but currently after having few deals with Saudi Clubs they can cut their loses because this was not possible in European clubs due to their limited budget right now nearly 8 to 10 players are involved for the transfer which is green signal for the new coach and management as well.

Last season before it started, it was the Boston Celtics deemed as the favorite to crown as champions and it stayed that way until the end of the regular season. I wonder which team would be favored in the next season. At the current rosters, my bet is on Denver Nuggets the defending champions, or the Phoenix Suns. With Beal, the Suns once again have 4 All-Star starters and looked stronger than the previous season.

I am pretty sure that there are many teams that are interested in Chris Paul. A buyout is very possible knowing that the current Wizards team is not at the same level as the other top teams. And if I were Christ Paul, I will spend my last years in the NBA on a serious team as much as possible.

He is a good leader to the young players just like how he led the young OKC a few years back to the playoff. That team was also in a rebuilding process but CP3 was able to bring that team to the playoff and performed well. There is something in him that the young players find great inspiration. That is what will be lacking with the Suns next season. I believe the success of the Suns in recent years was because of the leadership of Chris Paul.


This is interesting in the sense that who will be the Alpha of this team? Durant has more success, but he did not bring good leadership to Brooklyn when he went there. Will he be a better leader in Phoenix? Booker was with the team longer and has been the franchise player. Will he relinquish leadership to Durant now that CP3 is out?


And those three are pure offensive superstars. None of them can really defend. So the role players they should get should be great defenders that will complement these three. We all know that without defense, any team will have a hard time getting a championship. That was already done in Houston and it got them nowhere. Hopefully, the Sun is not making the same mistake.

That's right, it is what he's grown up and he's not going to give it up but at least, he's got the talent and now has a ring.

He can do whatever he want while he's with the Denver Nuggets. He even said something about the parade and when he's already there, he should have regretted when he's not there.

Well, I am sure that even if he's out of the NBA and he's old already, he's got all what it takes to maintain his stables and horses. It's not just a hobby but also a passion turned into a business.

The problem with Suns management is they didn't give a another try on their current rooster. They always create big changes each year that's why they always go on adjustment period. If they just let those guys have good chemistry together Suns with CP3 is already a dangerous team. The departure of Paul in Sums leave a big gap with them since they lose a true point guard in their rooster. But we should give a try on what Beal could contribute up to this team since if they fail to have good chemistry with their new rooster addition we might can say that this is a fail trade to them.