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    Something to remember about free agency. The rumor is Detroit will sign international player, Isaac Bonga. 6'8" and an excellent wing defender. He won the best defender award in Eurobasket, which is a step-down from Euroleague. His shooting is good in Europe, but they use the 20'6" line which is even shorter than the NCAA. He didn't shoot well the last time he was in the NBA. But he was young then and didn't play much, so maybe he's improved. If the rumor is true, this will obviously eat into their cap space a bit. His NBA and international stats: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bongais01.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/isaac-bonga-1.html
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    To be fair, the Cavs are a pretty bad team. Going further, Atlanta, Philly, and Cleveland isn't exactly murderers row.
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    Not sure how they will do against the west. But the Knicks are playing good basketball right now.
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    Mitchell had 4 points in the 4th quarter. That was 4 more than Harden had. Those guys make, what? $100 million combined this year.
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    Cavs offense really struggles when road cones Harris and Robinson aren't out there.
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    Ayo Dosunmu would be a nice target in free agency. Unfortunately, I think his playoff performance might have priced Detroit of the Ayo market. I don't think the MLE will get it done.
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    They would have to send out north of $40 million in salary. No other teams are eating that much without requiring draft picks as compensation. Bare minimum would be one first, and at that large of a number, most likely two. No team is ever trading away two first round picks to sign a guy to an offer sheet where his original team can still match. If Lebron retires or goes to another team then LA could have space and possibly be a player for Duren. Outside of that, I don't see it happening.
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    Your answer is not realistic at all. No team is moving assets to clear cap space while there is a chance Detroit matches the offer. Can you imagine what a disaster that would be? You trade away assets then don't get your guy. Wow.
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    Not sure disagreeing with your bad ideas makes me a contrarian. I would never spend big money on the center position, except for a few guys like Jokic Victor. Give me a guy that plays some defense and rebounds, and I'm good. I would almost always have a young guy on a cheap rookie contract in that spot. You don't need a great center in today's game.
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    Asking again, which team is setting this market you keep talking about? Hartenstein is a fantastic defender, his play translates to the playoffs.
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    The Pacers couldn't get Turner out of town fast enough. Now Milwaukee wants him gone. Take the hint.
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    New tax filings show college sports’ financial arms race has new winners — and losers
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    Yam Madar is a PG that played this season for Hapoel Tel Aviv. He just agreed to an NIL deal with LSU. Rumors are it's worth $5 million per. He was drafted by the Celtics in 2020 but only played one summer league game. Never played on a regular season team. He played 13 games in Euroleague this year and averaged 3 points per game. For his career of about 8 years over multiple teams, he averages 8 points per game. $5 million per is almost certainly more than any NBA team would have paid him.
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    I have been banging this Duren drum for 3 years now. His playoff performance did not form my opinion of him, it confirmed it. Your Bulls comment is very odd. Free agency isn't a 1v1 comp. It's how you allocate the money over your entire roster. Picking up Duren for $42 million this year or say Peyton Watson for $27 million and Robert Williams for $15 million. So for $42 million you can sign one player who cant shoot and doesn't play very good defense. Or get two guys who both play excellent defense and one of them shoots 40% from three. That is a better way for a team to spend $42 million than putting all of their eggs in the Duren basket. Especially for a team like Chicago that really lacks talent.
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    This will take some value off of 1st round picks when traded. This is going to be a cluster****.
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    The Bulls probably don't go after Duren right away for fear of missing on other free agents. But if they strike out on their original targets and its July 10th, all the good free agents are gone, and Chicago has a dump truck full of cap space left. That is when they scare me. They throw a big offer at Duren and get their guy or worst case scenario, make a rival match a really overpriced contract. That is what happened with Ayton a few years ago. Indiana missed on their original targets, and they didn't give Ayton the offer sheet until July 15th I think. Phoenix matched and it was a disaster.
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    He was a trade deadline move by OKC.
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    Maybe his grandma has a vote.
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    Barnes finished top 5 in DPOY but did not make 1st team. Kind of a joke, he deserved it.
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    Looks like Fubo and DirectTV have it in Detroit. Curious to see what local stations pick it up on the west side. We're going to be out of the country the first three months of the year, so I guess it won't matter much for me. I'm the opposite of Duren. Take the regular season off and show up for the playoffs.
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    I wanted him at the deadline. But I think this is enough to pass on him now.
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    If I'm Ausar, I don't engage the Pistons in extension talks until the Duren situation is settled. Ausdar was the better player in the playoffs by quite a wide margin. He has the better future IMO. If Detroit gives Duren $30million+ then why would Ausar entertain any offers below the max? Which would start the first year at just over $40 million per.
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