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Respectfully to Bane, he’s not a make or break guy. That Suns pick could be massive. I don’t think they’re all that close and getting that haul means you either try to build around Ja/JJJ or you have ammo for a rebuild if you decide that duo won’t cut it



Carrying 35M on KCP/Anthony for 3 years is why they had to give up so many picks though.


Hallelujah!!!!!!

Fuck bane....this was priority one to get rid of him...this is one hell of a trade for the grizz!!


Best father's day gift ever lol
I can’t believe they gave up so much for bane wow! Especially the phoenix pick!! That right there is too much; same thing I said about the Knicks trade for Mikel…
 
Memphis must have had some dirt on the orlando front office to pull this type of trade. The president must be on a diddy, tape or the epstein list.
 


Respectfully to Bane, he’s not a make or break guy. That Suns pick could be massive. I don’t think they’re all that close and getting that haul means you either try to build around Ja/JJJ or you have ammo for a rebuild if you decide that duo won’t cut it



Carrying 35M on KCP/Anthony for 3 years is why they had to give up so many picks though.


Wait I just read what Orlando sent. Who the fuck Orlando think they are getting? The Second Coming of LeBron James?? wtf
 
Is it not nuts that teams can make trades(whether finalized or not) during the NBA Finals??

It’s already established that the people get more excited about player movement than the actual games so why would the NBA allow this “distraction”. Whatever tho

I didn’t think it was allowed!!! Incredibly stupid. When does the trade deadline period end? When a team is eliminated? Are they so dumb that the finals is when they are allowed to start trading again???
 
That’s the going rate these days. Them late round picks ain’t worth shit.
Actually not true at all!! Picks are worth even more now because of the CBA; all these teams want cheap labor! so picks are move valuable than ever! and they aint late picks; they got number 16 this year! and they got Phoenix 1st next year; which will definitely be a lottery pick; probably top 5 pick i bet; so even if the other 2 are late 1st; thats still is a massive overpay for Bane...
 
Actually, the chatter helps the NBA; keeps it in the news cycle for sure; that helps the league...

The NBA finals is happening!!! The NBA needs people focused on and watching that, there are many months for player movement news. There is zero tangible benefit to this. Only committed fans care about a Memphis/Orlando trade anyway. The timing is terrible.
 
I didn’t think it was allowed!!! Incredibly stupid. When does the trade deadline period end? When a team is eliminated? Are they so dumb that the finals is when they are allowed to start trading again???

I remember after the Celtics won last year, sports analysts saying it was disrespectful to start announcing transactions so soon. Celebrate the Champs for a few first. I agree with that. However this is on another level lol. What if Kevin Durant gets “traded” a day before Game 7? Let’s take a wild guess which even would steal the headlines :rolleyes:
 
@praetor

4 unprotected picks for Bane??? WTF? lol



I want to hear how Praetor feel about it. Because I like it. Them first round picks ain’t shit to me.

I like the trade for both teams but this gotta mean rebuild for Grizz. This gotta mean Morant gotta go too.

@praetor when we was talking about names like Simon’s and shit I’m like naw that ain’t it. Bane? Makes yall a legit player in the East now especially against the Pacers and Celtics. They gonna say yall traded too much and for the future that is the case but this about now and yall got youth. Yall got young players…time to get some vets.

I think Bane will fit perfectly in our starting lineup. We desperately needed someone who could facilitate the offense and actually shoot the fucking ball. With Bane and Suggs on the court, defenses won't be able to swarm around Paolo and dare us to shoot a three.

The problem is our bench. Cole was the spark of energy with our second unit. Even with getting Mo back, we still need scorers/shooters to come off of the bench especially if guys get injured.

As far as the picks, that was a lot. I still need to read the details but if we can find a backup PG for cheap then I think we'll be okay.

As a Magic fan, this was more of a "We hear you" than just a win now thing. I rather them do too much than do nothing at all, which is exactly what they've done the past two years outside of KCP.
 
The NBA finals is happening!!! The NBA needs people focused on and watching that, there are many months for player movement news. There is zero tangible benefit to this. Only committed fans care about a Memphis/Orlando trade anyway. The timing is terrible.
I feel ya but the NBA tries to model like the nfl; as it relates ti news and they want to constantly stay in the news no matter what! And not really as it relates to committed fans. The main purpose of sports news is for gambling!!! They won’t say it or talk about it but that’s what’s it’s for. Gambling fuels sports !!! So all news is good news…
 
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