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Paying $600M to get $17M in charity donations seems like a bad business decision.

A vintage Tom Peterson alarm clock with Scoot Henderson’s name and face on it.

Wake up! Hey, wake up!!

Scoot Henderson plays basketball today!

This is your reminder to a) follow @backtothebasket.bsky.social and b) go there and buy some stuff.

There’s something incredibly gross about draining PCEF - a voter-backed initiative to equitably fund clean energy and climate resilience for our most impacted communities - to subsidize a billionaire’s unnecessary renovation of one of the most sustainable arenas in the world.

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Not landing that Pelicans pick from Atlanta in the Krejci trade is gonna look like a pretty big whiff in a couple months. SMH.

Ok all you whiners in Rip City… circle all the guys in this picture you wish Joe Cronin had traded for.

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

Seriously. Our nuts are just boiled toothpaste at this point, but damn if it still hurts to get kicked again…

Ooooof, that’s a hell of a place to be as a fan - but I feel ya.

Some of us just can’t have nice things.

I’d rather send Scoot, but tomato tomato, I say yes either way.

Lol, love and respect my Philly brother.

But I wanna see Embiid and Maxey in the Finals and I think Giannis might be the ticket for you guys!

That’s a three headed monster.

But yeah, the money does work with Shae. Bucks would have to send a smallish salary to Philly - like GTJr - but it could work.

I think they could play together.

Deni up top playing point forward. Clingan picking and popping. VJ and Sharpe and Toumani flying around the perimeter and cutting… could work in Splitter’s offense - and in the open court, look out!

And they only overlap on court for 20ish mpg anyway.

Just what Minneapolis needs on today of all days… C’MON!

This season, yeah. Not sure we can do that going forward, especially if Dame comes back.

But this is a crazy fun team long term:
PG: Deni
Wings: VJ, Shaedon, Camara
C: Clingan

Next year…
PG: Jrue, Dame, Love
SG: Shae/VJ, Tisse
SF: Camara, Sidy, Rupes
PF: Deni, Grant, Kris
C: Cling, RWIII, Yang

🤤

If both teams agree, yes.
I think we’d do that if it came to it in 2027, unless the pick is really high.

Pushing the rookie contract extension we owe Scoot back two years is the kicker to me.

Makes it so we can afford to keep Jrue the length of his contract.

Also ensures that Deni can continue to play some point-forward which he’s excelling at.

But if I’m Daryl Morey, I want this done ASAP.
Because Joel’s healthy now (who knows how long that will last), the East is wide open (no Hali, no Tatum), and the Sixers could catch lightning in a bottle and raise a banner this year.

Might be worth it to him sweeten further with more picks to MIL.

This is also a deal that could be done in the summer - if say, Milwaukee wants to see Scoot stay healthy for 30 games before being a buyer.

To answer your question tho, this was brought up at one point over the summer and my understanding is that we owe the pick to Chicago but the swap rights don’t transfer.

And since we no longer have the pick to swap, Milwaukee keeps their pick.

Yep.

Three picks and Scoot is steep for VJ, but two of the picks are just swaps… and VJ comes with the added bonus of two more years on a rookie contract… and PG going to Milwaukee means we can keep Jerami Grant instead of throwing him in as a salary match.

Lots to like for Portland.

Good lord if the Blazers don't make the playoffs until 2028 something has gone seriously wrong in Rip City

@samvecenie.bsky.social had posted a mock trade that had VJ going to Portland, Giannis to Philly, and Scoot to Milwaukee.

I really like it.

I'm all in on the VJ Edgecombe to Portland train.
Non-refundable ticket purchased. Let's goooooooo.

And don't lie, you know Giannis/Embiid/Maxey would be fun as hell for 30 games. The NBA needs it.

Dot, meet dot. Glad I could connect you two.

WE'RE GLOBAL

I'm right there with you, as long as you don't advocate for putting public dollars into an unnecessary arena renovation.

Paul Allen didn't need public money to build it.
Tom Dundon shouldn't need public money to renovate it.

Money would be better spent making MAX free to and from games.

4 steals last night!

My mother always told me I was GM material.