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No team with a small payroll could be consistently in the playoffs in the AL East

I don’t really think so. Pitching is year to year imo. They are going to be at least what the brewers have been for last 7 years except the offensive version, and with good luck you win a WS

Damn AJ Reed

I would rather spend money framing Benintendi into getting convicted for a DUI where the judge was bribed into forcing him to coach a rag tag group of little leaguers so that he gains perspective and finds a new lease on life before I would water down the return for our few valuable assets.

We are going to go hog wild on the reliever market next year, I'm sure of it.

Don't you remember when we got rid of Grandal and it fixed everything? Look how a real catcher has turned around our pitching.

It's not just him, a lot of national media think Lavine would come into next season and play hard to get traded to a contender. ... But he could have done that last season and moped is way thru november, cratering his value. Then went under the knife to specifically avoid getting traded to pistons. He's toxic as can be, but not good enough to dream on.

There is no rehabbing with Lavine. Do we remember how brutal he was to start last season? He went under the knife to avoid getting traded. The guy is a loser. He’ll just sabotage himself over trying to show out to get traded to a contender. Just get rid of him and good riddance.

I'm sorry to keep bringing it up but just bring back the f*@&ing goose.

And Eloy is in the lineup today...

one thing that kinda annoys me about the NBA is while certainly the elite teams with elite ownership/front offices find ways to build greatness no matter what, your celtics, teams with jerry west, etc. But then you have a team like the timberwolves who have been bad and stupid but blessed with good luck repeatedly, the last one netting Anthony Edwards and they get celebrated like they drafted well or something. Meanwhile you have a team like the Magic who have just been screwed for a decade with horrendous luck, and its taken them forever to get to the quarterfinals and people just want to ignore and forget about them like it's their fault. People act like the lottery punishes bad teams but it just crushes their fans. There aren't enough great players in most drafts to make being outside the top 5 worth the bad basketball.

I thought this thread will just be a joke about how he came back so that means he's on the road to his next injury, did not realize he's injured again (had a great sunday!). What an embarrassment.

Woof game for Keener

we are basically hoping to get 1 years of trash for 3 years of lavine

Caruso wasn't the Mid 3 though, and they aren't getting anything for DeRozan unless a S&T materializes, and they definitely aren't getting anything for Zach. So that's why I go back to Caruso, the others were "get bad to avoid losing next years pick", this was "get a piece for when you are better" and it may have actually just compromised "get bad to avoid losing next years pick"

I actually think NBA group think is muted to fine on this, bulls fan groupthink is against it and frankly they've been right and right early more often. I think Giddey could work out, but he needs to blow past the weaknesses that frankly put a heavy ceiling on him. And soon he'll be making $25 million a year or something.

A draft pick would have also made them younger and would not had to make an expensive decision (which he will be, more than you'd like to pay) immediately.

The problem I have is Caruso was their one undoubtedly strong trade chip. And now he is a bounce back player with 1 year before you pay him. And no picks, in a year we give our last up for DeRozan, potentially. They were going to be different regardless with Derozan gone and Lavine likely out.

Let’s throw this night out

If I could choose the worst qualities for a modern nba guard, it would be : bad at shooting, bad at getting to the line, and bad at defense. Giddey is all 3.

https://x.com/sbn_ricky/status/1803941116422533190?s=46&t=9lkBcVJmwvxFpyVi5DNtCg

Chicago teams just love letting people who put together s%*# rosters continue to try and fix as if they know how.

I think on the other hand he has to be much more disciplined than even Elias because there will be such little budget wiggle room.

Get Flexy that W.