The Official Dwayne Wade <<<<<< you thread

I miss Magic's tweets tbh.

Some of them were hilarious.

Luca wrote:Kemba would give you a legitimate second scoring option though, a poor man's Kyrie essentially

But expectation; Kawhi, reality: Kemba would not be ideal by any means

I think Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez are enough of scoring options right now. I don't see why Kemba would be needed really. We need off-ball shooters if anything. Kemba isn't that.

And trading a player like Lonzo isn't ideal.
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Regarding Kawhi:
Apparently Spurs want Ingram, Kuzma, Hart 2 1st rounders and 2 1st round pick swaps

That would be the single worst trade in history imo.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote: I miss Magic's tweets tbh.

Some of them were hilarious.

They're incredible.

Doesn't write them himself either. Bill Simmons has said something about how Magic has a guy to tweet it out and just gives them notes.

The tweets are dangerously bland though, it's great

i am concerned we dont have a go to scoring option. The cavs suffered a lot from that last year and against the dubs you need scoring. you go to guys who can get buckets at will. we dont have that.

Kawhi could be “more receptive" to being traded to Clippers since LeBron joined Lakers, per @ShamsCharania https://t.co/p5p16p7pSY pic.twitter.com/a6q2MZQbuV

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 3, 2018

Speaking of Kawhi, bit confused by it all tbh unless the entire league of superstars don't want to play with him after Kyrie which i doubt.

Freeza wrote:

Luca wrote:Kemba would give you a legitimate second scoring option though, a poor man's Kyrie essentially

But expectation; Kawhi, reality: Kemba would not be ideal by any means

I think Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez are enough of scoring options right now. I don't see why Kemba would be needed really. We need off-ball shooters if anything. Kemba isn't that.

And trading a player like Lonzo isn't ideal.
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Regarding Kawhi:
Apparently Spurs want Ingram, Kuzma, Hart 2 1st rounders and 2 1st round pick swaps

That would be the single worst trade in history imo.

Necessary come playoff time to have a second scorer capable of hitting 25-30 points on any given night, don't you think?

Still can't believe we have Lance, JaVale and LeBron on the same team lmao

Mr Nick09 wrote:i am concerned we dont have a go to scoring option. The cavs suffered a lot from that last year and against the dubs you need scoring. you go to guys who can get buckets at will. we dont have that.

You just have to punt this year in any case if Spurs won't lower their Kawhi demands. Ingram can be a go to scorer. Lopez has shown he can too. Kuzma was almost unguardable at times. So we have to hope they've improved and LeBron's gravity on the court makes them better.

I don't see why Ingram with Kemba's usage % couldn't put up the same scoring. Ingram scored 20ppg as main ball handler this season on 48/40%

There's no need to go all in on a player like Kemba who's not even top 25. He's not getting you anything.

We might as well trade for Lowry.

Luca wrote:

Freeza wrote:

Luca wrote:Kemba would give you a legitimate second scoring option though, a poor man's Kyrie essentially

But expectation; Kawhi, reality: Kemba would not be ideal by any means

I think Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez are enough of scoring options right now. I don't see why Kemba would be needed really. We need off-ball shooters if anything. Kemba isn't that.

And trading a player like Lonzo isn't ideal.
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Regarding Kawhi:
Apparently Spurs want Ingram, Kuzma, Hart 2 1st rounders and 2 1st round pick swaps

That would be the single worst trade in history imo.

Necessary come playoff time to have a second scorer capable of hitting 25-30 points on any given night, don't you think?

Still can't believe we have Lance, JaVale and LeBron on the same team lmao

We aren't winning this year, so I don't see why we should throw our best young talent away on a 28 year old point guard who really isn't that efficient and has never won a series in the playoffs. A 22ppg PG on a shit team isn't something you want to give assets to get.

Ingram averaged 16 per game

Freeza stay inflating stats

I didn't say give up Lonzo necessarily, but going for a proper secondary option seems sensible enough

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Ingram averaged 16 per game

Freeza stay inflating stats

When he was a PG he averaged 20/5/5. Think it was a 20 game sample or something.

He wasn't featured as much when everyone was healthy.

I want a Spurs model from their great 2013 season when they didn't really have a huge usage go-to-scorer but had a team that played team basket and could score in different ways.

Too small of a sample size to be relevant IMO. Also it's pretty irrelevant IMO as he won't have the ball in his hands as a ball handler that much tbh.

Luca wrote:I didn't say give up Lonzo necessarily, but going for a proper secondary option seems sensible enough

Oh sure. We need the second superstar to compete. But it has been rumoured and suggested so many times to go after a player like Kemba. I don't want that.

Ingram for Kawhi would be ideal, as they're the same type of player. Ingram is basically Kawhi with much lesser defense.

Just don't want a low tier all star from the Eastern conference. That's not gonna win you a ring.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Too small of a sample size to be relevant IMO. Also it's pretty irrelevant IMO as he won't have the ball in his hands as a ball handler that much tbh.

Well, yeah. Everything in a 20 year old's career is small sample. But he look great in the role compared to other roles.

I think LeBron will go more off ball than earlier though. Since I think he wants to adapt his game to his age. Can't fly around the court and have crazy usage anymore. Ingram could help with that.

Wizard had locker room problems.

So they sign Dwight Howard

Wall and Howard is.... something.

[Weiss]Dwight Howard has finalized a buyout with the Brooklyn Nets and will sign a 1-year deal for the tax MLE with the Washington Wizards once he clears waivers, league sources tell The Athletic.

Dwight with John Wall, this could be good

Free Agents left [notable ones]
Clint Capela, Houston (Restricted)
Zach LaVine, Chicago (Restricted)
Marcus Smart, Boston (Restricted)
Jusuf Nurkic, Portland (Restricted)
Jabari Parker, Milwaukee (Restricted)
Isaiah Thomas, Los Angeles Lakers (Unrestricted)
Luc Mbah a Moute, Houston (Unrestricted)
Kyle Anderson, San Antonio (Restricted)
Brook Lopez, Los Angeles Lakers (Unrestricted)
Wayne Ellington, Miami (Unrestricted)
Rodney Hood, Cleveland (Restricted)
Greg Monroe, Boston (Unrestricted)
Dwyane Wade, Miami (Unrestricted)
Dante Exum, Utah (Restricted)
Michael Beasley, New York (Unrestricted)
Montrezl Harrell, Los Angeles Clippers (Restricted)

I hope Jabari ends up somewhere decent and does well

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Wall and Howard is.... something.

I'd be hard pressed to find two less compatible personalities tbh.

Well... Kobe and Howard

Remove Exum from the list. He signed a 3/33 with Utah.

This guy is ridiculous... Zion Williamson.
2019 draft class. 6'6 280 lbs.

Got a 40 inch standing vertical

Booker getting paid

Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns are progressing toward finalizing a 5-year, $158M maximum contract extension as soon as the weekend, league sources tell ESPN. Suns presented the offer to Booker in Los Angeles today.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) 3. juli 2018

This is not surprising at all

Lost in all of this is Anthony Davis’ role in free agency.

Source w/ team said if AD wanted Cousins back, GM Demps would have listened.

Davis liked the style the Pels started to play without Cousins, and he also liked the environment in the locker room more with Boogie absent.

— Andrew Doak (@AndrewDoak_WWL) July 3, 2018

sounds like a real snake this Unibrow guy

Mr Nick09 wrote:sounds like a real snake this Unibrow guy

If anything it just shows how unlikeable Demarcus is.
His treatment of Stauskas was something else.

I found it interesting that he apparently pushed really hard to recruit Randle.

A lot of talk of people saying how this impacted Anthony Davis, as if it would happen behind his back lmao.

I wanted Boogie to stay but mainly because I thought we'd get just a big body to take bumps for AD. We needed someone better than that, as the team is constructed we can't get away with having a big which can't help us offensively.

Randle is much better than I expected we have if Cousins left so I'm less annoyed by it than I would have been.

If Mirotic keeps his form then the Pelicans are fine off

I even think Payton could pay off, especially if he cuts his hair