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For the Kings or Cavs? Its a re-arranging deck chairs type deal. Although the Cavs may jump into the Giannis sweepstakes if they can move enough money to get under the second apron... or at least that's what someone inferred. Can't honestly remember who lol. It saves the Cavs a bunch of money...

I could see the reps just wanting him in bubble wrap until he is picked #1. Maybe just ultra conservative. I would be a bit worried that you may have some outside influences you'd have to deal with but we've seen how those things can be taken care of with Uncle Omar. Might be a Kawhi type...

If the league didn't put their thumb on the scale here then this is a clear indication of how happy coaches are with the Clippers brand of cheating. This has to be part of the equation unless they just put no thought into the vote.

I would think… but sometimes these guys are morons. They can also get banned substances approved in certain circumstances so maybe it was just something recreational and stupid or a PED type thing.

Could have been Ketamine or something. Said he was depressed trying to get back from an injury or something.

Just composed and calm. He is basketball zen.

Saves the Cavs a bunch of money. They likely dump Ball now.

There was never any reason not to start some of the tanking earlier… even now we are a couple games out of where we need to be… and no reason to not want to be even lower. To keep this going we will need to continue the more extreme actions which are the ones that get league attention and are...

You are making assumptions that just aren't true. They have wanted Walker for a while. FA is not full of stars. They had a deal close to done in the offseason.

Like if you are Walker and the Wiz offer 35M a year and you get a 30M offer from the Lakers... which one would you prefer? That's part of the value from the Lakers perspective. If they make a reasonable offer it gets matched. If they had him in house they have the cap space to do other things...

Anyone following the situation would kinda see that Lebron is almost surely out at year end unless he just take a monster paycut. They won't make decisions around what Lebron wants. Lakers interest in Walker has been consistent and real... no reason to think they wouldn't be interested under...

LA also might be loading up with some other guys that have contracts beyond this year... so won't have the space for Walker... so they acquire him now and then give Lebron some help before they send him into the sunset.

I think you can get more now for moving him and it would allow you to focus your FA and trade efforts towards a replacement that you prefer. Its partly the FO wishy washy attitude towards him that gives me pause I guess. LA might offer more now than in a sign and trade because it allows them...

Yeah I need to do some digging to see how strained the relationship really is. If you moved him now and signed Ihart in the summer... it would be kinda like trading Walker for Ihart and whatever you got in the trade. If he was in LA I think he works on a more reasonable deal than he might...

Stepien doesn't look back... only forward. They can't move 26/28/30 because of the 27/29 picks they owe.