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Michigan and OSU is up there

Out of curiosity, had Embiid approved, how would you have reacted at the deadline to trading Embiid for excellent picks, Tari and filter (FVV and Adams, who would be flipped next year)

I also see some really good small ball Center minutes if they ever get a quality forward next to him who can rebound. Like a good version of Walker.

I'm happy for Barlow. If ever there was a guy who earned it...

A modest proposal...🦆

Given all the recent deadline day tax ducking, create a Lottery Tax.

Owner only gets a 50% Luxury Tax dispersal if you are in the lottery, which drops to 0% if you get a top 6 pick.

If you are going to reward owners for ducking the tax, why not incentivize them to win games?

With so many teams ducking, there isn't even much of a distribution this year. Only about 5M.

"winning" at the margins

Is there a limit to how many players you can have on 10 days

Even if McCain is more limited than what he looked like at the beginning of last season, having a true movement shooter who can also handle the ball and has a high BB IQ on a rookie deal is not something you just discard.

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🦆🦗

Mikal would be great for them, but that roster is feeling really light on ball handling and creation.

Resetting with a million first round picks

Memphis has my favorite front office. Don't understand the Utah angle at all. KG-Ace-Lauri-JJJ hardly a win now template for the West

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Morey gets looped in so he can pull off his white whale... the legendary 7 team trade.

If this gets VJ the chance to level up in the offense I'll take it.

And I think it gives the Bucks owner 11M in savings... unless he still has to pay for the suspended games?

I'm trying to figure out how much money this is saving the owner? Does he save the 11M in salary due to not playing a suspended player, then 5.9M in tax savings... then if he ducks the tax, he gets another 11M in distributions? Or does he pay the salary and the money goes to the league charity?

Maxey, VJ (and McCain) seem to be the type that will overperform our expectations. If we are going to bet on an outlier outcome, that's where I'm placing my chips.

While a Giannis trade, while seemingly the obvious all in move, feels more like doubling down on Morey-ball in the post 3-star era.

I'm much more willing to bet on Maxey and VJ than I am in Embiid being at the height of his powers during a full playoff run, even if they add Giannis.

And given it's all a low probability, I think the ride with VJ and Maxey will be much more engaging to follow. More like the early Embiid years.

Do you think the Celtics are going to try to get under the first apron so that they can make a run at Nurk in the buyout market?

I'm sure you have enough on your plate 😂

That's where my question came from 😀

Is there was a way to 🦆 by dumping Drum, Gordon AND Lowry then sign Barlow, Walker, Bassey and carry only 14.

Seems like a way to 🦆 while keeping Oubre and the rest of the roster intact- if the numbers work. Although very unlikely they could salary dump all 3.

I assume it would be to get bought out and then return as a coach. Which would net him extra 💰. To me the biggest hurdle is finding a way to offload all three contracts without taking any salary back.

I don't know if the eye test matches the stats, but he basically is as good of a shot blocker as Bona... while being as good on the offensive and defensive boards as Drumm.

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@btoporek.bsky.social if the Sixers salary dumped Drum, Gordon and Lowry... Wouldn't that give them just enough space under the tax to sign Barlow+Walker+Bassey to standard contracts? The numbers are really close.

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In theory, they could put off converting the contracts to the last day of the season and still use them in the playoffs while potentially ducking the tax. The problem is they will run out of game eligibility so they would have a few months where they wouldn't be able to play them.