OFFICIAL 2020 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - DISNEY COVID INVITATIONAL EDITION - MAMBA FOREVER - LAKERS WIN THE RONA RAND - ALA FOREVER

[freeze]

Imagine having all those playoff wins and not the ones that count. And only 3 fluke rings to show for it.

Building a career in the east...what a life.

 

[HOU$TON]

 

[Based Jesus]

They gotta find some sucker to take Russ and try to make the best of the rest of Harden's contract

 

[B Sox]

I hear the Bucks could use a lead ball handler. Russ for Middleton

 

[pmatic]

A Westbrook-Bledsoe simultaneous playoff meltdown would be epic.

 

[Tony $now]

Lebron back then is still better then Giannis now but we gotta stop the constant dismissing of everyone of Lebrons teams in order to big him up. This **** isn't even exclusive to the Cavs, They've done it with the Heat teams, the second stint Cavs teams & they're doing it with the Lakers now.

This has always been my gripe with the way the media and fans of Bron paint this narrative. If you listen to them, Bron has never had good teammates and either they were washed or weren’t good before playing with Bron. See Kyrie, Dwade(already had a chip in the East as a #1 option), Chris Bosh, Kevin Love, etc. The Cavs won a lot of regular season games during that first Cleveland run only to lose in the playoffs. Trash teams don’t really have sustained regular season success as often as Cleveland did. The whole argument of “when he leaves a team look how bad they look without him” is not a strong argument either. Guys like Bron, Steph, Harden, are the system for the respective teams. If you move any one of those guys away from the roster, of course the remaining pieces will underperform.

Also the notion that LeBron has dominated the league for over a decade is not really accurate. How did you dominate when you not only lost more championships than you won, but you also watched multiple players acquire multiple rings during your so called dominance? He’s the best of his generation and he’s still playing at an extremely high level, but I call bulljive on the whole dominance narrative.

 

[B Sox]

 

[reformeDWS]

I hear the Bucks could use a lead ball handler. Russ for Middleton

A Westbrook-Bledsoe simultaneous playoff meltdown would be epic.

russ x baby bron x yall's niece

 

[Tony $now]

russ x baby bron x yall's niece

All of the Bucks games would have to be shown on NBATV exclusively . The shooting percentages would be

 

[dman14]

They gotta find some sucker to take Russ and try to make the best of the rest of Harden's contract

tobias for russ
both teams looking at the other as the sucker

 

[atlsfinest]

First and foremost, I wouldn't trade Giannis unless he explicitly says he's leaving. Secondly, what would a package for Giannis look like? The Clippers have already given up their picks for the next five or six years. Paul George and Trez? I'm not sure trading for those guys would work because they're both free agents soon. Would Milwaukee even want a package like that?

 

[addict4sneakers]

Interesting.

 

[Cashflow]

Who else has been able to stretch out the good grace of winning one ring for this long besides Doc?

 

[HIM]

Turning Shai and Gallo into Paul George, Giannis, and Kawhi would be good but I don’t believe it

 

[nick.]

Turning Shai and Gallo into Paul George, Giannis, and Kawhi would be good but I don’t believe it

Don't forget Marcus Morris & Reggie Jackson

 

[addict4sneakers]

Turning Shai and Gallo into Paul George, Giannis, and Kawhi would be good but I don’t believe it

I guessed PG would have to be in the deal to make Milwaukee bite, no?

 

[dman14]

First and foremost, I wouldn't trade Giannis unless he explicitly says he's leaving. Secondly, what would a package for Giannis look like? The Clippers have already given up their picks for the next five or six years. Paul George and Trez? Would Milwaukee even want a package like that?

throw in The Forum and it's a done deal!
sign and trade involving trezl and third team
do clips even have picks left jerry west going to hit them with the 2030-2050 draft picks

 

[pmatic]

You can only trade picks seven years out, and it has to be every other year.

 

[HIM]

I guessed PG would have to be in the deal to make Milwaukee bite, no?

I misread the headline. Thought it said we were gonna try to pursue him next summer in free agency. You right.

I still don’t believe it. What has Arye Abraham said about this?

 

[atlsfinest]

I guessed PG would have to be in the deal to make Milwaukee bite, no?

It depends on the circumstances. If this becomes an Anthony Davis situation where the entire league knows that he wants out, the Clippers may be able to play hardball and use their other assets. If not and Giannis isn't specifically asking out, Paul George would be the starting point for a trade. If I'm trading a 25-year-old two-time MVP, the least you can give me is Playoff P (although I'm not sure this would work because he's a free agent next summer as well, Milwaukee would need assurances he would resign which he probably wouldn't). Frankly, I just don't see a trade happening.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

If Kawhi is the claw does that make PG the white claw?

 

[MajinZuub]

 

[pmatic]

Paul George only has a year left on his contact (opt out). I have a hard time believing Milwaukee would accept a deal centered around him.

 

[tupac003]

My advice is to never take advice from the guy that took Lonzo Ball over Jason Tatum....

 

[getback]

Who else has been able to stretch out the good grace of winning one ring for this long besides Doc?

Not quite as long, but Rick Carlisle.