Joes response was a tweet that said "Lol" when the article and stuff started spreading.Agreed. As he should.
Joes response was a tweet that said "Lol" when the article and stuff started spreading.Agreed. As he should.
It's not one article. It's MULTIPLE articles, Shams, Woj, etc... that are saying this. If you believe ANY of their reports (and they're almost always right.... literally) than you HAVE to believe what they're saying now and I do. Someone IS getting traded. It's either Rudy or DonovanGod, fans complain about player loyalty and one little article is written and now you are ready to trade Rudy or DM for mostly bad deals. If DM is peeved about this still then I will lose some respect for him. I wouldn't trade him nor Rudy unless a great deal was offered but it would be for basketball reasons instead of hurt feelings.
I'd take Rudy for George.
Sign Favors and Baynes and off we go
I don’t think the Pacers would bite but Gobert for Turner (and a 1st?) would be a solid move on the fly. Turner is VERY good defensively. Was a top 3-5 defender two years ago. He just turned 24 years old so he fits in with the Mitchell timeline perfectly. He can stretch the floor, albeit not as well this last year. And contractually, he doesn’t pose the issues Gobert’s potentially mammoth deal would in two years. There were rumors the Pacers were shopping him or considering doing so in season. This would make a ton of sense imo in that we could retain our defensive identity, evolve offensively with his stretchability, and gain financial flexibility moving forward.
It's not one article. It's MULTIPLE articles, Shams, Woj, etc... that are saying this. If you believe ANY of their reports (and they're almost always right.... literally) than you HAVE to believe what they're saying now and I do. Someone IS getting traded. It's either Rudy or Donovan
I don’t think the Pacers would bite but Gobert for Turner (and a 1st?) would be a solid move on the fly. Turner is VERY good defensively. Was a top 3-5 defender two years ago. He just turned 24 years old so he fits in with the Mitchell timeline perfectly. He can stretch the floor, albeit not as well this last year. And contractually, he doesn’t pose the issues Gobert’s potentially mammoth deal would in two years. There were rumors the Pacers were shopping him or considering doing so in-season. This would make a ton of sense imo in that we could retain our defensive identity, evolve offensively with his stretchability, and gain financial flexibility moving forward.
This.I think we sadly might eventually be relegated to the fact that we’re going to have to trade Gobert. The players and FO both seem to have sided with Mitchell, their Golden Boy. If we do trade Gobert and then Mitchell walks ala Hayward in four+ years, this will be a ****ing fiasco.
personally I’d want more than that. We’re giving them an Allstar/All NBA/ DPOY who I personally think will end up resigning in the 25/yr range after this if he is viewed as locker room problem and everyone out there is putting his trade value as low. It might be reaching but I’d rather package Gobert, Conley, picks, and what every is necessary to get Turner and Oladipo. Indiana could then move forward with Brogdon, Sabonis, and Gobert as their core with picks and great role players, while we’d have a potentially injured Oladipo with Donovan and Turner as our core. I’d be down is all I’m saying.
Why the heck would the Pacers trade Oladipo? We need to be realistic here. Gobert’s offensive shortcomings are a major liability in the eyes of many. And yes he was DPOY twice. But like I’ve said, Turner is an elite defender himself.