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Dutchrudder

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  1. I think the signing of Merrill may be more important to that end. Their cap is shooting up with the Mobley extension kicking in this year, and the Okoro/Ball swap was to drop salary for next year. It saves the Cavs 1m this year, but that's nothing. They are well over the 2nd apron right now, and that's without re-signing Ty. He's likely going to leave in free agency to a team with a full MLE, but the Cavs could still offer him and pay out the nose in luxury tax if he stays. I'm not really sure if they will or not. I do think the Cavs may try to move Garland though. He's making 39m and appears to be the most expendable of the top 4 guys. He's a young, promising player who could be attractive to a team partway through the process of rebuilding. He's their best opportunity to drop some salary and get a decent player back to fill the gap without losing much.
  2. New Orleans has proved to be morons, maybe trade Randle for Murray? Salaries are pretty close, you might be able to swap them for a couple of 2nds. Murray could be a good backcourt pairing with Ant, as he can share the ball, is a good defender and can run the offense for the 12 minutes when Ant's on the bench. I think if Murray gets out of NOLA, he will have a good bounce-back year.
  3. So after holding the Phillies to 1 run in 27 innings against Houston, the Phils are up 11-0 on the Braves in 3 innings so far tonight lol...
  4. I hope he does, couldn't happen a nicer franchise.
  5. They could have let Altuve have a crack at finishing this game. Adding a save to his record would be fun.
  6. 2 outs, and bringing in Hader? Is this just for "Save" stats?
  7. I'm kind of disappointed that we aren't down by 1 in the 8th, and able to smack around Pressley to win the game. Oh well, 2 more chances this weekend for it to happen.
  8. I think it's kinda nice of the empire to send Dedra to a prison sentence doing something she loves, building the Death Star until she dies.
  9. Do you think she knows that?
  10. I would imagine the Lakers wanted him to take it so they could trade him.
  11. I saw a tweet joking that Ace Bailey has already requested a trade from the Jazz, but man I could see it happening. Just look at that face announcing that the Jazz picked him. Lol...
  12. Make it 36 tomorrow, and continue to build on it in November!
  13. At this rate, they will win tomorrow 3-0.
  14. Fuck yeah! That was a rough inning, but no runs allowed!
  15. In his first 3 years with Charlotte, he played 44, 19 and 44 games. He has 1 year left on his rookie deal at 6.2m, and then he's an RFA next year. It's a desperate move by the Suns to get a cheap, but capable Center that may or may not play in half their games. I like it for the Rockets, it's a gamble.
  16. Twolves gonna have 2 French Centers next season, so that's cool.
  17. Walkoff hit by Jram against the Blue Jays in extra innings.
  18. I think I would rather seen Singleton at DH... Oof
  19. Yeah he's been awesome and shrewd with his moves. I still can't get over that Brooklyn pick swap trade, what an amazing gift that has become. Can't believe Brooklyn didn't tank harder this year. I think the Stone philosophy is to have guys on contracts ready for a trade when the right time comes around. I didn't like either the Jalen Green or Alpi extensions last year, because I would have preferred to have cap flexibility. But we can now see he has/had 2 young guys under contract, and they are both apparently enticing players for trades because they have those deals in place, instead of trying to negotiate a S&T. The KD trade likely costs us Fred if Green didn't get the extension last year. However, when they signed Fred, Brooks and even Landale, it felt like each of those deals could or would be future trade chips. Now the team gets to keep Fred at a reduced rate, add KD, and continue to grow with an excellent balance of vets and young studs. Build through the draft, keep players under contract, stock future picks, and pull the trigger when it's time to flip them. It also helps that Tilman seems to have taken a more hands-off approach since the Westbrook trade blew up in his face. Letting Stone and company make the basketball decisions is the key to this franchise's success.
  20. The Rockets can only offer like 15m a year via MLE, and the 76ers would instantly match that. Morey would keep him just to have as a trade chip if nothing else.
  21. Enjoy the Lakers Jock! Too bad they couldn't find a way to move him to another team and at least get a trade exception for him.
  22. Yeah, the show has reached current South Park levels for me. I still enjoy watching it, and occasionally they have a great one, but there are a lot of forgettable episodes.
  23. "The Houston Astros and Jeremy Peña were reportedly in serious contract extension talks for a deal exceeding $105 million over 5 years. However, Peña recently switched agents to Scott Boras, and those negotiations are now on hold. The Astros had been discussing a deal with Peña, who is in the midst of a career year, before he hired Boras." That would have been a nice contract for him, but I guess the appeal of hiring Boras and holding out for a 1 year 25m deal in 2027 is just too good to pass up.
  24. Great deal for Fred and the team! I hope KD signs a similar extension. 2 years 50-60m with a player option would be excellent for him. That MLE is juicy, lots of guys would be good gets. Ty Jerome, Malik Beasley, DFS, Gary Trent Jr, Kennard, etc. lots of good shooters out there to be gotten. Or maybe Harden opts out and comes home to Houston and finally win a ring.
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