Betrayer
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Does Milwaukee want Duren? I'm not a huge fan of Brown (the person) and his contract is crazy, but a starting perimeter group of Cade, Brown, and Ausar would be insane. You'd probably have to use up all your picks/assets not to get laughed out of the room, so you're stuck with just the MLE and re-signing Tobias in order to fill out the roster. Still, that would be a heck of a "push in all your chips" move to get a second (real) All-NBA player alongside Cade.
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Sounds like Reaves agent has been putting in a lot of work leading into free agency.
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The Lakers aren't clearing that much cap. I'm not even sure the Bulls or Nets are dumb enough to make a huge offer to Duren, but if they do then I guess congratulations Jalen Duren, you are a Chicago Bull or a Brooklyn Net! Or we can just match. Either way, those are loosing teams he won't want to go to. The best move would be a S&T to the Pelicans for Murphy and Missi. Maybe expand that to throw in some more assets and get Herb Jones back as well. But they won't do it. Either way, there's really no downside to letting him test the market. But again, they won't. They'll give him 38-42M for 5 years because of "player relations". Trajan is the opposite of Weaver. Where Weaver was happy to make reckless moves and "empty the clip" to the detriment of the team, Trajan is overly conservative and loyal...probably also to the detriment of the team.
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So much Fox usage in that 4th quarter.
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And it cost them the game
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Fox is so bad. Capped by that move right there. You have the lead and you can run out the clock or just let them foul you. What does he do? Try to take the contested shot and get it blocked so NYK gets another shot to win it.
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I see they called in Zach Zarba, the NY native, to officiate this game. I remember how fun that was for the Pistons last year.
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Adam got what he wanted.
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Moving Thompson would be the dumbest thing this team could do. Cade is the engine that makes your offense exist. Thompson is the engine that makes your defense exist. The defensive turnaround for this team was night and day when he came into the starting lineup and his on/off stats prove it as well (on both ends). Obviously I'm in favor of moving Duren for numerous reasons, but let's ignore the money stuff and just talk about this notion that you can't have two non-shooters starting. I don't buy it. This was one of the final 8 teams standing and very close to being one of the final 4. However, you can't do it with Tobias as your starting 4 and Robinson as your starting 2. If Tobias shot 40% from three and was willing to take all the open threes they kept getting him in the playoffs then things look very different. Replace him with a competent and willing shooter (who can defend a bit) and this team is at least in the ECF against a Knicks team they dominated in the regular season. Same with Duncan. Replace him with someone who is still a solid shooter, but adds either shot creation or defense (both would be tough since that's an All-Star). I have no ideas what trades are out there to make my plan happen, but they're obviously bringing Duren back. It would be monumentally dumb for them to compound one bad move (overpaying Duren) with an even worse move (trading Ausar).
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It was never about his skill and always about his attitude and approach to the game.
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They'll say it's player coddling...sorry, "relations". We wouldn't want to upset the pampered star making 30-40 mil a year by allowing the market to set his value.
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Exactly. Pistons have all the leverage here if they let him test the market...but they won't.
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Spurs are showing their youth.
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Weaver drafted a lot of these guys. He gave up future assets to bring in Stew. He traded up for Sasser as well. They have a lot of Weaver's favorites they can dangle. Ideally, I'd love for it to be Duren, but I doubt the organization will do it.
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I'm sure it's a tough decision for him. Who does he favor? On the one hand, having a title in NYK would be huge for league $$$. On the other hand, he gave Wemby to the Euro team (Spurs) to increase the interest in that market for eventual expansion. It's basically a win/win for him.
