by KobeMVP888 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:11 am
BTW, I need to correct myself on the hypothetical trade that I posted earlier. Something like that could only happen after 7/1 AND Jordan Clarkson would have to consent to it. In other words, if let's say the Knicks make him a max offer (some team will because it hurts our payroll regardless) and we match, Clarkson would then have to consent to a trade (I have no idea why, but that is what I read). So trading him is extremely complicated and is unlikely to happen.
HAVING SAID THAT, the Lakers and Sixers certainly have compatibility with mix and match parts, so it would not shock me completely if a complex trade was worked out in a manner to improve both teams. The fun stuff starts a week from Thursday, brethren.
As for free agent signings, I am pessimistic that we will land any difference makers. Players only want to go to winners these days and could care less about our rich lore. Nobody wants to sign with a rebuilding team. Perhaps some RFAs will, but their teams will likely match regardless of the size of the contract with all the money teams will have. Too many teams have gobs of money to spend. Most players stay with their own teams anyway. Once again, I think we'll be signing off the scrap heap for the most part, barring collusion, which is the only other thing today's players seem to understand. We live in different times.
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