Deleterious

How bad are the Hawks?

Burks has 32 off the bench. I wonder what the Pistons record is for bench scoring in a game.

Hayes just airballed a 5 footer.

Restricted free agency is generally a bad idea. You almost always have to overpay so their current team does not match.

Sign in London.

The beautiful thing about the NFL. They provide 13 commercial breaks an hour to flip back to the basketball game.

The talent in this game is crazy. The #1 ranked senior, junior, and sophomore are playing. Quite a few other highly ranked guys as well.

I saw a blurb saying the Pacers are wanting to move Buddy Hield. Thought that could be interesting for the shooting. But I looked him up and he is already 31 years old. He didn't enter the league until he was 24.

Absolutely. But it seems unlikely a guy like Maxey would sign that type of deal. He will get a max contract which means his first year salary will be 25% of the cap. We would then be asking him to lower his salary each year while every other team would be increasing it.

That old man would still be the best player on about 70% of the teams.

If you or I was his dad, no. Someone will grab him just because Lebron wants to play with him. Worst case you trade him to LA. Best case you get Lebron? I guess?

Attention draft nerds. Cooper Flagg (Montverde Academy) vs AJ Dybantsa (Prolific Prep) tonight at 7:30PM on ESPN2. Those two plus the Boozer kid are considered the three best prospects currently not in the NBA regardless of class. I never imagined we would be in the Flagg mix. But after this year I don't see Detroit getting out of the lottery next season.

There is a reason Gallo played almost all of his minutes at C this year. He doesn't have the athleticism and quickness to play PF anymore. Old and too many injuries. If anyone knocks Wiseman out of the rotation it would be Gallo.

If reporters are right and this was a trade to set up something in the future. I doubt these guys ever see much time here. These guys are trade chips, actually their contracts are. Combined they provide $10m in expiring contracts which could be attractive to a team looking to cut salary. Knowing Weaver and his love of reclamation projects, keep an eye on Patrick Williams from Chicago. His salary? $9.8m.

The only reason I count this trade as a win is because we did not end up with Jordan Poole.

$60m in cap space this summer. Zach LaVine come on down. You're the next contestant on overpaying for marginal players.

He probably received permission first. Weaver: hey Tom. I would like to trade Livers and Bagley Gores: Who are they?

I'm laughing as I watch people describe Gallo. They are describing the player he was 8 years ago. He is a very different player now.

One guess who's son is Gallinaris agent.

They just traded a 1984 Chevette for a 1985 Escort. People are saying it is setting up a future move.