OK Nets... It speaks volume KD don't want to run it back w healthy Ben Simmons. Let's be real... Without KD taking away pressure Ben Simmons is gonna get roasted in BKN. He thought Phillies fans were bad. He has no chance leading that team. Let's be real. His mental state is fragile. Enter Cle which is tailor made for him as a 3rd option in a smaller Markey where he can thrive.. He is missing piece to the puzzle for Koby Altman. If it costs 2x fut 1sts & 2 expiring so be it. I know Agbaji fits at the 2 perfectly w their lineup. Plus Cle got levert to run pnr.
As for Nets 1x reason you move BS..
Bc you can go out & get Donovan Mitchell. We get back to Nets but it's Addition by subtraction & building a new team..
Lakers -
LA wants LBJ to resign & why stop at Kyrie, if you can reunite the Cle Big 3. Love is still 1 of best snipers at 4 in gm. He fits perfectly w lbj & KY drawing dbl teams. Now AD has been awful in LA past year. In this deal AD is moved to Bkn to get off Russ $$.
But also they are getting back his replacement at the 4, Spicy P. Pascal Siakam, w LeBron is scary ... plus add in Kyrie & Love.. now LA is cooking. They don't need to get any future assets & AD don't have to play 5 anymore. LAL signed T. Bryant to play Center, and will still have fut 1sts to go get elite Rim Protector. Possibly a Myles Turner type...
Jazz - in a rebuild & everyone knows it. They robbed Minn for Goebert. D Mitchell needs help. He loves the big city & crowds & this is type of guy who fits in Bkn not BS.
By getting off Simmons, Nets use Cle 1st 2s.. plus Raptors 1st, to get D Mitchell. D ainge gets back a fut star in C Sexton who will sell tickets. Plus SG G Trent Jr. Both are young G on great deals. Utah is then in full rebuild mode & will move Conley, Bogdanovic, Clarkson.. etc. Basically any1 over 25 is gone with a year. Utah will be positioned w so many picks & accelerate their rebuild.
Sexton is very similar to D Mitchell. Younger & half the price.
3x more 1sts to their Rebuild Chest.
Raptors -
Usiah Majiri gets the 2nd best player the past 10+ years in KD. He held firm on no SC Barnes but KD is locked up for 4 yrs. Raptors give up 4x 1sts, 3 swaps, Pascal siakam. OG, G Trent Jr, Precious Achiuwe..
Raptors get back Joe Harris & Kevin Durant.
Ofc it's a gamble but W scottie Barnes, Fred van vleet, Durant, Thaddeus Young.Boucher, Harris, Raptors will be looking to win titles the next 4yrs.
Nets - ultimately the Nets move all their big pieces for a fresh start
They get back AD as a star.. They get back D Mitchell & they get back depth.
Most importantly they take their franchise back from 2x jokers who think they run it..
If Nets move the right pieces & teams overpay, they will be in a position to win a title sooner.
Plus there be younger.
This trade ofc is a hail Mary & very unlikely, though I do think Tor could offer a pkg of Pascal + OG + picks and get KD..
Sun's should be offering Ayton Bridges + Johnson + picks
But KD 34b off achilles.Achilles...
So teams may be hesitant. I know I'm not trading for him. He's lost explosiveness & a step on Def.
Thoughts on Blockbuster?
Say yes to the dress? Who says no?