I'm literally triggered by everything Miami does so with that in mind I can only assume this means KD is on his way to South Beach.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35422322/dewayne-dedmon-ejected-bizarre-sideline-scene-miami
Dedmon has a long history of being clueless both on and off the court. His BBIQ is as low as any player I’ve seen in this league over the past decade. I posted years ago I never thought he’d play another minute in the league after his showing in Atlanta(?) but kudos to Spoelstra who was able to get something out of this time bomb.
They were already under the tax, but just by a hair. This allows some breathing room for buy out guys/trades.
It primarily rids them of an idiot who wore out his welcome at yet another destination. I think he had more recent issues with the coaches too.
Agree with this. Probably just a proactive move because he's not in their second half plans. It looks like they are also auditioning Jamaree Bouyea with a 10 day deal, while many of their guards are banged up.
If memory serves, most of the wheeling and dealing usually takes place on the final day. That's when the C's traded for Derrick White, and also when they acquired IT and, earlier, reacquired Antoine Walker.
I'm by no means a DLo fan, but his 39% from 3 on 7 attempts a game (likely more as Lebron's sidekick is) going to do wonders for their offense. And their defense... well, that will hopefully just stay as bad as it is and not get worse.
Yeah, the shooting is an upgrade over Westbrook, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as wonders. That's 9 or ten more threes every 100 shots; even with that, they'd be underwater NRTG-wise by 80 or so points on the season. Rough math, ceteris paribus, obviously, but what the Lakers need is two superstars who are young and healthy, and they ain't got that. It's a desperate move.
100%.
Lol I was just joking. I understood.
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Lakers get:
that would be fantastic if Danny can get out of Conley's $24MM next season and gather 2 Lakers 1sts, while still having the chance of making the play-in game
Agreed. That’s two unprotected firsts as a starting point. Danny will excise a Laker tax without question on a deal like that.
Lakers already have two small guards in Schroder and Beverly that this version of Conley isn’t much of an upgrade on if at all. Whereas DAR can have a greater impact both now and moving forward.
But Westbrook for Conley/Vanderbilt/Beasley also works?
They’ve been trying to do any deal that gets him out of town for the past year +. Doubt much changes now.
It amazes me how much hatred there is for the Lakers. I get it, they were a great and hated rival in the 80's. Why the need to hang on to that anger though? Let it go friends
Miss 2008 and 2010?It amazes me how much hatred there is for the Lakers. I get it, they were a great and hated rival in the 80's. Why the need to hang on to that anger though? Let it go friends
I should have prefaced that comment with "this year", otherwise yeah, it's a dubious claim.
It's not about hate or being angry at the Lakers. In this scenario we'd be watching RWB take back a little pride for himself after being scapegoated in LA. That's highly entertaining NBA basketball to me. Narratives like that are part of what make this league so much fun to watch.It amazes me how much hatred there is for the Lakers. I get it, they were a great and hated rival in the 80's. Why the need to hang on to that anger though? Let it go friends
It's not so much his production so much as adding the threat of a shooter to their offense (and if they add Beasley too, that'd be really nice). No one else on the team besides Lonnie Walker shoots half as much as 8 per game, and they do it at a below average rate outside of Matt Ryan.
