Celtics wasn't a preferred destination for Kyrie as well but he went there. Father Davis should look at his own son first.

Davis has this and next season left on his contract. It makes little sense IMO for the Pelicans to do anything until the summer, when Boston can come in with an offer. Boston by far is in the best position to put a great offer on the table for the Pelicans with their young talents and gazillion draft picks.
The way I see it if I'm the Pelicans, is the only reason I would even listen to offers now is if AD behind closed doors has told them he doesn't want to go to Boston.

Pels don’t care what AD wants to do. Why should they?

my lakers hate has been fully rekindled. they feel they are owed everything and teams should bend over for them because they are the lakers. i hope demps tells them to get bent and waits to move AD till the summer.

Rex wrote:

Davis has this and next season left on his contract. It makes little sense IMO for the Pelicans to do anything until the summer, when Boston can come in with an offer. Boston by far is in the best position to put a great offer on the table for the Pelicans with their young talents and gazillion draft picks.
The way I see it if I'm the Pelicans, is the only reason I would even listen to offers now is if AD behind closed doors has told them he doesn't want to go to Boston.

They wanted an insane package for AD. They wanted 4 first round picks (I even heard they wanted 6-8 picks) plus literally all of the Lakers' young core. Most people thought what Magic offered was insane (nearly all of the young players + 2 first round picks + even taking back one of their terrible contracts in Solomon Hill). I guess they think Jayson Tatum is the next god of basketball. 

It's already over, Lakers pulled out of the trade negotiations. 

Ironically enough, the Sixers' trade for Tobias Harris has implications over Boston's trade assets and the competition in the East. They are unlikely to get to get the Clippers' lottery protected first rounder and the Kings' first rounder may be devalued as they will beat the Clippers in the Western conference and they have a better chance of making the playoffs. 

The Lakers locker room is in tatters now. This whole saga has destabilized them badly, and all for naught. It was a bad move by Magic courting AD so publicly. I heard Indy fans were chanting at Ingram last night: “Lebron will trade you!!” Lol

gave up a lot to get harris, but holy shit our starting 5

simmons - redick - butler - harris - jojo

redick is the only weak defender in that group. our bench is still a dumpster fire, but come playoffs, the starters will be playing 38 minutes a game anyway, except redick. id imagine that boban will play backup C against more traditional bigs, bolden against more athletic bigs. scott is a 3/d power forward i guess, hes probably not much worse than chandler was. it hurts to lose shamet. we must be banking on wes matthews getting a buyout from the knicks, he'd be a perfect short term fit for the rest of the year.

woj says our intention is to keep both butler and harris this summer, which basically maxes us out completely. which is fine by me. much easier to find bench/rotation pieces in the summer on min deals than it is in-season.

after last night's crushing loss to the raps, this certainly lifts the spirits.

flobaba wrote:

The Lakers locker room is in tatters now. This whole saga has destabilized them badly, and all for naught. It was a bad move by Magic courting AD so publicly. I heard Indy fans were chanting at Ingram last night: “Lebron will trade you!!” Lol

Yeah, Mcgee got "not worth trading" chants  

The road to the playoffs is getting easier w/ the Clippers going tank mode after trading Tobias Harris. Thanks MD! 

the markelle fultz era has mercifully ended. thank fucking god. we got trash back for him, but so be it.

arsedoc md wrote:

How you gon trade zubac?! What is this game man that lebron is toxic I tell you.

Yeah, it was such a weird trade, giving up Zu, for Mike Muscala of all people. But he's a free agent after this year. 

I guess we'll how this team fares after the deadline now. I like the Reggie Bullock addition. 

savage

LBJ really drumming up the recruitment game by getting all the FA's on his team lmao (KD, Kyrie, Kawhi, Klay, and...AD)

RAJON FUCKING RONDO!!!!!

Russell Westbrook yesterday tied Wilt Chamberlain’s 9 triple double streak in a come from behind win against the Houston Rockets. It was a 26point deficit.

This is a remarkable achievement for a 6’3” guard. Hope he goes on to break the record on Monday against the Trailblazers. He’s a special player.

Thunder Up!

Think Westbrook is not given the recognition he deserves because of his shooting woes. Too much is made of shooting in this day and age. Fucking hell! The man is averaging a triple double for the third straight season!

Rex wrote:

Think Westbrook is not given the recognition he deserves because of his shooting woes. Too much is made of shooting in this day and age. Fucking hell! The man is averaging a triple double for the third straight season!

It's more then just that he is shooting bricks. It's the huge amount of shots he takes (from 3 for example, where he has a terrible percentage). I still think it's impressive, very impressive but at the same time he is stat padding(it's that how you say it ?). Poor Adams would be leading the league in rebounds if he would not have to leave them for Westbeast.

Your post is sort of the point I'm making...