Deleterious

I wouldn't. It takes away their one legit three point threat. It also makes Harris try to defend on the perimeter, which won't be pretty. Mobley is more of a finesse big anyway. He won't bully Harris like Banchero did

Hey, you say something dumb so I can respond on my podcast for clicks. Also, the airline bailouts don't even rank top 3, do they? Fannie and Freddie, S&L, AIG, the auto bailouts in 2008 were all bigger I'm pretty sure.

That would be pretty hilarious. Trading your lottery pick in one of the most stacked drafts in decades for a center. Then turning around 12 months later and trading away your best trade asset for another center. But wait, there's more. The new center you traded for has a range of about 3 feet from the rim. The same range as your PF. So now you have created some of the worst spacing in the league, and you traded away arguable your best 3PT shooter to do it. But wait, there's more. You probably signed Duren to a stupid contract that will be one of the worst in the league. You traded away Murphy, who at $27/29/31 million a year for the next three years is one of the best contracts in the league. That is terrible roster management, even for Joe and Troy.

Random thoughts Of the 16 first round teams, Cleveland gave up the third most points in the paint. They did this against a team who did not have functioning center. The Cavs are not a good defensive team. Ranked 15th for the regular season. But if you limit that to the time Harden was on the team, they rank 18th. Very exploitable. Who guards Cade? Not Allen or Mobley. Not Mitchell or Harden. They used two different guys as the fifth starter against Toronto, so that leaves either Strus or Wade on Cade. Yes please. Yeah, Mobley is going to cheat off of Ausar and basically play free safety on Cade. Thompson will have to be aggressive running the baseline and cutting so they can take advantage of him being left alone. Orlando is one of the most physical teams in the league. Cleveland is not physical at all. The Pistons can bully them and Mobley and Allen are two of the softest bigs in the entire league. This will be a little bit of a Duren redemption series. I don't think he will get back to his regular season numbers, but I expect him to play better than the Orlando series. He can really push Allen and Mobley around. Cleveland is a dumb team. It will be interesting to see if the Cavs remember Allen is on their team while on offense. The Raptors played two terrible centers most of the game and Allen had a big advantage over both. But for the first six games Cleveland rarely went to him. They finally did in game 7 and he responded with a monster game. The more ball screens he sets for Harden the more involved he will be. The Pistons cant have the long stretches of low offensive production like they did against Orlando. The Magic are a bad offensive team and you can survive that against them. Cleveland has a good offense and they will be up 25 on Detroit if the Pistons struggle to score on a regular basis. The more Donovan Mitchell dribbles, the better the Pistons odds are of winning. Their offense is at its best when Harden has the ball and is distributing. When they go Iso Mitchell he forgets he is playing with 4 other guys and is just concerned with getting himself a shot. That is not good offense.

Minnesota takes game 1

The Knicks look like the best team in the east.

The extension is a head scratcher for sure. Not opposed to rewarding good work. But put a car in his driveway. Give him access to your private jet and tell him to take his family anywhere he wants for 2 weeks on your dime. There was no reason to extend him if he had 3 years left.

Love the schedule

I think Cade will get Harden and Thompson will be on Mitchell. Ausar could be swapped if one of the Cavs starts going off on Cade.

That Jakob Poeltl extension will haunt Toronto. Around $28 million per starting next year. He played 19 MPG and gave them 7 points and 6 rebounds per game in the Cleveland series. He was pretty much unplayable at times.

Look at what Thompson did to Bane this series.

So Anthony Black ended up being the Magic defender who defended Cade on the most possessions for the series. Cade's EFG% was 34% with Black as the primary defender, a full 5 points lower than when Franz defended him.

Series odds: SA -1200 OKC -1600 NYK -270 DET -120

Most expect Orlando to fire Mosley. The first name I read in the rumor mill to replace him is Dusty May. College coaches don't have a good track record jumping to the NBA. Can't imagine why they would want to go the junior varsity route.

A lot better on offense than Ausar, but still can't shoot at all. I don't think I would give him a max extension. Especially not this summer. Wait and see what he does next year and maybe then he is worth the max.

He should be the face of the Cavs organization.

Pretty sure he is a free agent this summer.

It was a dumb trade from a GM with no clue about the new CBA. It was 100% a trade you make in the past but you absolutely cant do it now under the new rules. They are now an apron team which means their roster is pretty much locked in. The new rules make it almost impossible to maneuver via trades and free agency is impossible. Their roster will have ehh, a good $250-$300 million in luxury tax payments in 3 years. They have: No PG. Absolutely nobody to distribute the ball. No Shooting. They make Detroit look like the splash brother era Warrior teams they are so bad. And Franz being out didn't do that. He is a career 32% three point shooter. Suggs being out didn't do that. He is a career 33% three point shooter. No PoA defender. Suggs can handle smaller guards like Brunson. But nobody to guard the bigger guys like Cade, Jalen Johnson, etc. Best part. They have no way to fix any of their roster problems because they are now an apron team. On top of that, they have no draft picks worth a damn to help fix any of their problems. If you make a deal like that, it has to be two things. 1) He has to be a star if you give up that much and lock yourself in that bad. Bane is a nice player, he is not even close to being a star. 2) He has to be the final piece to the puzzle. If you are going to lock your roster in because of all the new rules, you can't have massive holes to fix on your roster. They do. I love aggressive GM's. Hell, I had multiple aggressive trade ideas for Detroit. Difference is, none of them put them in the roster/salary hell Orlando is in for the next 3 years.

He had another funny tweet. Something like, the worst part of Spirit shutting down is now having to share a plane with Spirit customers.

Said it all year. That Bane trade will go down as one of the worst trades ever. It left them with a very incomplete roster. They don't even have a PG. Starting this summer they are a 1st apron team with zero draft capital. They basically have two years to win before their payroll balloons up over $500 million a year.

Wow, look at that TS%. Mid 50's is considered garbage. Of course, the only Pistons 55% and up were Duren, Stew, Cade, and Reed.