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I think talentwise Whiteside would be a upgarde to what we have now. I agree with you, that his attitude is a risk. But why gave Miami him that contract? Maybe something happen in the last year that we all don't know. His prize is at the bottom now and we don't have to give up much for him. Worst case: we get a player with high salary for the next 2 years. Best case: slove our problem at the center position.

Washington John Wall isn't going to come cheap, both in regards to the cost of the trade to acquire him and the cost of his contract. He has one more season on a "reasonable" $19 million, before his deal shoots up to $37.8m, $40.8m, $43.8m and $46.8m - this is excluding this 15% trade kicker. If we did a deal for Wall it would likely include multiple first round picks, at least one young talent (Isaac or Gordon), and possibly one of our better veterans (Fournier or Simmons). Milwaukee I suppose we could offer them Biz, he's got two seasons left on a $17 million deal the second of which is a player option, but I don't see a deal that works for both parties. We'd probably have to take some combination of John Henson, Tony Snell, and Mattew Dellavedova, which is not very appealing. Miami If a team like Miami have cut his minutes and his role like they have, and their head coach Erik Spoelstra has apparently had issues with him, then that is enough for me to not want Whiteside here in Orlando. Their head coach is well respected around the league and not known for butting heads with players, whereas Whiteside is known to have a questionable attitude. I don't want a player like that here unless they are special and Whiteside isn't special. Miami started to adopt a more modern style and that led to a reduction in Whiteside's minutes. If we want a modern style basketball team, Whiteside isn't the guy to bring on board. OKC This team could be in a tough situation if Melo and PG opt out and leave town. The deal would need to be centered around them removing protection from their 2020 first round pick and possibly including another pick since they are fairly light on ascending talent. I wouldn't mind adding Adams, but his deal is fairly costly and we should ideally be taking on expiring contracts and trying to rid ourselves of burdensome multi year contracts to maximize cap space. Portland The issue in Portland is that Lillard and McCollum's contracts are feature hefty cap hits for the next three years. I would prefer adding Lillard because he could be our point guard but it would be a costly acquisition. Much like any deal for John Wall, it would need to include multiple first round picks and some talent. I don't see a deal working out well for us. Spurs I could see us trying to do a deal for Leonard, but we would arguably need to send Isaac or Gordon to the Spurs (this isn't a major issue since Leonard and whoever is left can start at the forward positions) and at least this year's first round pick. It is likely we would need to send another first round pick and possibly another talent like Fournier to even up salaries and give them someone that can help them remain competitive. One issue here is whether Leonard would want to come here and stay here, and the other issue is whether we believe he can stay healthy enough to build a contender around. ~~~ For me, I do think there are potential trades to be made this off season but I suspect we are more likely to be looking at salary dumps for draft picks than making significant moves to reshape our roster.

that's a great gif!

Just listened, here's what Hammond said on that episode of Drive Time: "We know we've got the right guy. There's no doubt about that. He's the right person, the type of person you want to have around... just has that good charisma about him, a good spirit, a good heart. We know that about him, next step is to find out how much does he want to be great? How important is it to him to be a very good player? We want him to become an all-star, does he want to become an all-star? Plans are going to be in place, we can guarantee that. The most important plan though is his plan." I think it's fairly clear that this is all philosophical speak about his potential. Again, people say this stuff all the time; it's not new in sports. You'd be burning a giant bridge and exposing your own incompetence by admitting publicly, less than 1 year into an injury-riddled season, that the guy you spent the 6th pick on has a general lack of motivation. That's not how this stuff works.

Listen to the Hammond interview with Dante on Drive Time from March 23 around the 11 minute mark. He’s talking about Isaac being a great kid with a great heart but needing to find out if he wants to become a great player. I highly doubt the Utah Jazz Management are wondering aloud if Mitchell wants to be a great player. If it’s not evident to our FO already that says something. And this isn’t a pocket full of change where you can have four quarters or a single dollar bill and come out the same. So I’ll say it again. If you think there is a greater likelihood that Doncic is a cornerstone player and you don’t see as much potential in Isaac and whoever is there at 5, you have to consider moving both in order to get the rarest and most important piece on your team.

We did tank the end of the season, maybe not as hard as others but we still did. We kept guys out for a lot longer than needed and not even bringing some back. We played G League players big minutes and sitting our starters a lot.

We did tank though.

I'm the same. Tuned in wanting Sixers to win, but watching the game, hard to not be impressed by the Celts.

What's up, Terry Rozier

How good was that play by Rozier, dribble then alley to Morris.

Actually that’s a prime example of exactly what I’m saying

We aren't talented enough to be giving up on young players this quickly, especially for other young players who haven't proven anything yet.

Wow. Pulled that right out of your ass