12 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

yeah Howard and Reid makes a difficult situation. Unless Reid can actually play the 4 with his athleticism and ability to shoot.

The team is also in need of a real distributor at PG or else Maxey really has to evolve there. Not sure I care to get Rubio though. Maybe can get a PG with that Horford trade exception.

He is a FA at the end of the year and more value than Hill

15 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Are you guys still drunk from the weekend?

I think we are still undervaluing Simmons trade value. 

 

Sixers related 

 

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

Are you guys still drunk from the weekend?

It’s monday? 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Read the reporter from TWolves who reported this is basically the mouthpiece for the owner so this is true news. 

I don’t doubt it’s true. The twolves are consistently a crap show and do dumb things 

no

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

that would be amazing. 

16 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

no

Why not?

3 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Why not?

Dont want to put Maxey in the deal. Everyone knows how I want depth. I want to be the team receiving multiple players back. I much prefer some of the discussed Minnesota deals rather than Simmons + Maxey + picks to just get 1 player back.

I think Edwards, Beasley, and Reid make a bigger combined impact than Lillard alone.

Dame has played 35.5, 37.5, 35.8 minutes over the last 3 years and he isn't going to want to decrease his minutes 

 

4 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Dame has played 35.5, 37.5, 35.8 minutes over the last 3 years and he isn't going to want to decrease his minutes 

 

yep. dame will eat up all the pg minutes. perfect world...sure, you try to keep maxey & give them shake instead. but no way in hell does portland do that.   

Maxey isnt a true PG. He doesnt necessarily need PG minutes. 

agreed that maxey could play minutes with dame...but port would want more than simmons, pick 28 this year and 2 pick swaps that probably won't happen. we'll see what happens.

remember when we thought we had a shot at lebron....then kawhi....then harden....

 

 

 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

If that's even a possibility, do it now.

4 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

agreed that maxey could play minutes with dame...but port would want more than simmons, pick 28 this year and 2 pick swaps that probably won't happen. we'll see what happens.

remember when we thought we had a shot at lebron....then kawhi....then harden....

 

 

 

Enough with "I don't want to include so and so". The window is quickly closing. Take your shot and then if it doesn't work, start over.

7 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

agreed that maxey could play minutes with dame...but port would want more than simmons, pick 28 this year and 2 pick swaps that probably won't happen. we'll see what happens.

remember when we thought we had a shot at lebron....then kawhi....then harden....

 

 

 

Yeah. They may want more. Id walk away and take a different deal. 

5 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

Enough with "I don't want to include so and so". The window is quickly closing. Take your shot and then if it doesn't work, start over.

What window? The window to win with Embiid? That window was an optical illusion. Hes never been healthy and effective deep in to a post season. 

Build great depth so that hopefully the team has enough talent to win games without him. If he is there, its a bonus. Ill take a 2 or 3 for 1 deal in our favor over giving up young talent like Maxey as a throw in and picks, for 1 player.

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

What window? The window to win with Embiid? That window was an optical illusion. Hes never been healthy and effective deep in to a post season. 

Yes. If that's all an optical illusion then we have zero shot for the next 4-5 years anyway.

Just now, Paul852 said:

Yes. If that's all an optical illusion then we have zero shot for the next 4-5 years anyway.

Correct. 

The combination of young talent like hypothetical Edwards and Naz Reid, and Beasley is probably better than 1 player in his 30s. 

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Correct. 

The combination of young talent like hypothetical Edwards and Naz Reid, and Beasley is probably better than 1 player in his 30s. 

That's fair but man am I big on Lillard. Love to see him in a Sixers jersey.

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Correct. 

The combination of young talent like hypothetical Edwards and Naz Reid, and Beasley is probably better than 1 player in his 30s. 

I’m betting Minnesota doesn’t even consider giving up edwards in that deal. Probably looking at Beasley and Russell.

A week ago we couldn’t trade Ben for Markelle Fultz. Now we have our option between Edwards and Dame, but can’t throw Maxey in because we are giving up too much. Come on guys. 

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’m betting Minnesota doesn’t even consider giving up edwards in that deal. Probably looking at Beasley and Russell.

Yeah. 

I'm banking on them wanting him "badly" and windhorst saying at least 12 teams would make offers. 

Minnesota would likely feel inclined to improve their offer. 

From Minnesota standpoint,  they'd still have Russell who they pursued for years,  KAT, and Simmons to sell a a big 3.

 

Anthony Edwards is most likely untouchable. 

1 minute ago, Khani1 said:

A week ago we couldn’t trade Ben for Markelle Fultz. Now we have our option between Edwards and Dame, but can’t throw Maxey in because we are giving up too much. Come on guys. 

That's not representative of my position from the start because I've said every year Ben keeps decreasing his value,  and yet,  so many people are fooled by him and we almost had Harden.

At this point I have been believing we will get a decent offer for him.  Learned from previous years. 

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Yeah. 

I'm banking on them wanting him "badly" and windhorst saying at least 12 teams would make offers. 

Minnesota would likely feel inclined to improve their offer. 

From Minnesota standpoint,  they'd still have Russell who they pursued for years,  KAT, and Simmons to sell a a big 3.

 

I’d still bet they’d walk away and not do the deal. I can tell you why Minnesota wants him badly cause they wanted to get Russell’s contract off their hands and Beasley is a problem off the court and want to capitalize on that value before it dwindles more if he does something more stupid. I’d bet anything Minnesota would walk away even if they wanted Simmons badly if it was required to give up edwards. Edwards might ultimately be a better player than Simmons and has a cheap contract for another 3 years.