Detroit Pistons & NBA Talk (Part 2)

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https://x.com/YahooSports/status/1937355471066697833?t=AKkhv-vdvzIWX1ym1XH1Ew&s=19

What is the Celtics plan? Simons can shoot it.

Would Portland deal Holiday?

Just a salary dump to collect assets. This saves Boston money. The idea of Simons is better than the actual player.

Gafford’s contract should be the framework for the Pistons to extend Duren if they want to keep him

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They already did once. He was on the Blazers for 4 days in 2023.

The Celtics are still $15 mil over the 2nd apron. Expecting another move to get under it. It’ll be interesting to see how they’ll do it, but expecting a similar trade to get additional assets.

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Wait til Ishbia drafts Jase at 10! :laughing:

Jordan Poole to New Orleans.

Not surprising. Unless there’s someone available to be had that doesn’t break up a lot of young core, I don’t anticipate Langdon to make a big move. Cade/Jaden/Ausar/Tobias/Duren has not started a game together. Not enough data to go off from.

https://x.com/omarisankofa/status/1937558999538499612?s=46

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Really doesn’t move the needle for either team tbh but Dumars and Weaver is with the NOLA so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I haven’t looked up the contract situations for the players involved but my initial thought it that that’s a trade that doesn’t move the needle for either team. It’s just rearranging furniture.

McCollum and Olynyk’s deal is expiring, Poole’s has an extra year so this gets them max contract space for the 2026 off-season, which I keep reading is desirable (I have no idea)

Gets them $45 mil of extra cap space they’d have otherwise not had in 2026

I think Poole helps New Orleans win more than CJ at this point which guessing the quality of front office minds involved is probably the appeal, but like…Indont know that Poole, Herb, Dejountae Murray, Trey Murphy and 20 games of Zion is winning MUCH in the west

I probably like all the pieces individually? But not the combination?

Pretty good rubric is that under current ownership, the Pelicans are deeply unserious

By the way, the frequency with which googles stupid AI surfaces a guy’s NBA2k “picture” and not an actually photo of them is WILD

Find a guy who loves Bey more thab Troy Weaver

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Porzingis to the Hawks

Nets now have five first round picks tomorrow

This gets the Celtics out of the 2nd apron. Only 7.4 mil out of the 1st apron. Maybe one more move incoming like a Hauser trade?

My current least favorite player (Niang) on one of my least favorite teams. That works.

I am happy to see Brooklyn employing my 2k team building strategy. Time to find out if this strategy works as well in real life.

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