Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 79. (Read 902041 times)

Don’t sleep on Mikal Bridges going to the Knicks. I think he’s a great fit for them and will really help their team get to the next level. He was great in Phoenix and showed flashes of brilliance for the Nets. I expect good things for him in the coming year. Great move for the Knicks. He can carry a team.

I just posted a few hours ago, and normally, that's not what I'm doing, but MAN!!! I really got excited on this trade TBH.
This is the power of having many draft picks. You can get a potential all-star player in exchange for some role players plus some draft picks and that's what the Knicks did.

As for the Bridges being inconsistent on Brooklyn, I believe it's because he's not enough to be considered as the main player of an average team. He's not on the level of Luka, or SGA where they can just literally do everything for their team. Bridges for me is kind of like a role player but has a big role for the team. Kind of like Aaron Gordon of the Nuggets, or Derrick White of the Celtics.

As for who won this trade. I believe it's the Knicks and I'll try to explain. Those draft picks are unprotected, and you don't know will be their future. As for the Knicks, just imagine having Brunson, Randle, Anunoby, and now Bridges all on the same team. Aside from that, you also have good role players like Hart, and DiVincenzo. It's too early to say this, but the Knicks might be the one team that those Eastern Conference teams must watch out with. With their upgrade, they're better than the Bucks right now, but not on par with the Celtics. No offense with your opinion though.

Bridges will not play as a PG/SG on the Knicks. He's a defender when he's still on Phoenix, so he's more of a SF or PF player since they're lacking wing players.

Brooklyn trying to build young core like thunder did by trading mikal bridges for for Bojan Bogdanovic, four unprotected first-round picks, a protected first-round pick via Bucks, an unprotected pick swap and a second-rounder.

More details about the trade:
https://x.com/wojespn/status/1805782619382063592

I think the Nets win this trade. Mikal bridges is not consistent, I don't see any potential of this guy. Also don't know the reason why Knicks still need a PG/SG

It’s been so long since John Wall contributed to a team. I honestly don’t think he could anymore. Not to mention I’m sure his salary would still be high even at the minimum for his time in the league. At his peak he was one of the best point guards to ever do it, but that was a long time ago. I wouldn’t give him another contract…

Isaiah Thomas, Victor Oladipo, Kemba Walker, and John Wall.
These are just 4 of the all-star players in their prime but injuries ruined their NBA career which is frustrating if you're a fan where these players played with.

There will always be players that are out of the league already that will have interest in joining the NBA again, but the question is, will the team have interest of them having on their roster? What if they will get benched again because of injuries? If not, will they be as efficient as they were when they are still playing. These are the things that the team management is questioning when they want a player to come back to the league.

As for John Wall, I don't see him coming back and I don't have any updates on him anymore, but just in case he's playing overseas already, it would be better for him to stay there TBH. We've seen many NBA players who chose to play overseas for multiple reasons like Cousins, Howard, and others.

It's a different case for John Wall though, he has been out because of injuries and I doubt that some team are going to pick him up. We've seen good players, past his prime because of injuries and was not able to come back in the league. So definitely, he will want any team to get him so he can wear a jersey, but the chances are slim.

There's a lot of news around and so we might see a lot in our social media accounts but it could be rumor as we all know that everyone want's a clickbait article. But let's wait and see for this big names and for sure we will see them in new uniform.

Just another bad decision for the Lakers though if he get him even at cheap price, we've seen that in Warriors already, then take the risk and it didn't paid off in the end that's why the are going to offload him.

And he is not a veteran minimum, his contract in the Warriors is


https://warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/25/warriors-keeping-options-open-with-chris-pauls-contract-situation/

So it's possible that if ever he will be traded, and Lakers wanted to get him, it will be around that same dollar number.

That looks a promising trade for the Golden State Warriors. But it's true that anything can happen and we don't know if some back deals are already happening.

Recently, John Wall has shown interest to get back to the league whether he gets a play time or not, as long as he's wearing a jersey. He said, it won't matter to him as long as he's in the league.

We still haven't heard any official trade in the market yet, obviously it's because the season is not yet started. Although we have Caruso of the Bulls going into OKC in exchange of Josh Giddey: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-grades-okc-gets-one-of-nbas-best-role-players-in-alex-caruso-while-bulls-land-work-in-progress/. And then we have names floating around like,

>> Paul George
>> Klay Thompson
>> Zach Lavine

And then the Lakers hiring JJ Redick as their head coach.

So let's see, gonna be interesting season, also we might see Bronny James as well playing in the league.

That's part of the negotiations and if he agrees to the pay cut then he's in. But if GSW is so full of him and he's gotta be let go then it's fully just business on their end.

There were even talks that if Steph want to retire, he'd retire to his pops team which is the Hornets, cmiiw.

Not that at all, too many dramas and trade rumors. 

What a boring stage of the year for us the people who folows the NBA....

I was not soa ctive online this alst days so i dont make any post after the Boston Celtics becoming champions, they deserve it after so many times fighting and losing just a few inches away from the title.

What is new in my absecense? Which player is gonna make the best trade of this market?

I’d like to see LeBron and CP3 play together given their long friendship. I think it would be similar to the Wade pairing in Cleveland or the latest pairing with Carmelo Anthony. These players can be picked up to play with LeBron because nobody else wants them, but they’ll never perform again like they once could.

What we need to remember is that CP3 will not be getting paid the big bucks anymore, he is old and he will get probably the vet minimum. And while he may not be great and old and showing, that still doesn't mean that he worths nothing. I think we could all agree that if they paid him the minimum, he will definitely provide something that is more than the minimum and it will be a nice situation without a doubt.

I think the best way to approach this right now would be just get him as cheap as they can, and be happy about it, but do not assume that they will be great just because of him. Plus they have Lebron as playmaker, so CP3 could only be great when Lebron is not on the floor, otherwise both together would not fit very well.

Of course, AD is one of the reasons why the Lakers won a championship before and won the in-season tournament. The problem is they need more role players who can contribute consistently night in and night out. Maybe a bit of an overhaul in their starting lineup as well. I think they should look for a better point guard and not put Austin Reaves in the starting lineup.

Davis is a useful and strong player when he's fully healthy. So it's no surprise that the Lakers don't want to include him in any deal. As for Westbrook, I agree with you, the Lakers' management took too long to trade him, even though it was clear before the deadline in his first season with the Lakers that he wasn't a good fit for the team.

I doubt a team would give him a long-term contract; he is already 34 years old and not in his prime anymore. Maybe he'll get a maximum of 2 years, which is not long-term for me. Also, I don't think he'll still get an average salary that is the same as his salary with the Warriors in his old contract. Maybe a new team, but in terms of contract, there will be no significant increase.

So how about the Mavs getting Thompson?

This is an interesting article https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/trade-rumors/dallas-mavs-pursue-golden-state-warriors-star-klay-thompson-nba-free-agency-sign-trade

I read that news before, he deleted some photos, unfollow the Warriors and follow the Magic star player. So could it be that he will be landing with the Orlando Magic? Klay is not done yet, he sure can have another run to lead or help a team and the young Magic might need his playoff experience. Actually, if Klay could only average at least 20 points, that's already a big deal especially with his 3 point shooting getting back.

Best for him is to get a long term contract, which I believe the Warriors won't be able to give him anyway. So it's already expected that he'll leave and find a greener pasture.

Yeah he will not delete anything related to Warriors if Klay still have a plan to go back on Warriors. I guess he's monitoring now on what team could able to give him possible offers. I guess for securing his future that would be the best decision he could get since for sure even if he decide to sign up on Warriors he might get lesser role.

So best to follow grab what team could possibly give him better offers since provably that he will get more playing time there compare in Warriors next season. But yeah let see what will be the summer progresses on NBA since for sure that lots of team will do a surprising move.

I think Klay is as good as gone from Golden State. The Warriors seem to have made him an offer that he refused and are moving on. I don’t see them going with an aging star like PG13 either. For me, Giannis is still the prize to pair with Steph. We’ll have to see who else is available as the summer progresses.

But he will always got hunted by injuries since he is old already and prone to that situation. Also I guess its bad decision to take another veteran since they already have a lot of that. They need fresh legs who can handle the ball or a pass first point guard so that they can make their rotation succeed since we know that the ball will always goes with AD and LBJ so that's what actually they need on the roster right now.

I don't know why Lakers consider Paul to be in their roster if there's really an interest for that addition since if he will get injured and also unfortunate times that AD will also get that since both players are injury prone then their team would totally be over since they are been dismantled in that situation.