Royce to Brooklyn for a first rounder

[Coach Ellis]

The flip side is maybe Collins can net you another, better first in a trade later.

I’d still like to try to get there without adding a first if possible. Collins trade market has seemingly cooled, and I could easily see someone like Bogey’s heat up depending on what happens with other deals happening today.

 

[NUMBERICA]

View: https://twitter.com/DLocke09/status/1542590460824133632


David has to have enough money to have someone proof read his **** before he sends it right? He should understand this... @andylarsen of course sets his *** straight.

What did this say?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

What did this say?

Basically how smart we were for doing this before the league year turned to avoid the tax... but it doesn't work that way... tax is already "locked" in bruh.

 

[infection]

So far this off-season Ainge has:

1. Not traded Rudy.
2. Not hired Don's guy.
3. Got us under the LT.
4. Cleared out the way in the starting lineup for those minutes to be occupied elsewhere.
5. Got us a first round pick.

I'd say he's executed this pretty good and has been pretty well rounded in being able to make both basketball and financial moves. I'm getting more optimistic.

 

[stitches]

He knew Royce would cost him a single bucket every game and that just would not stand.

Sean Marks calls KD to tell him about the trade: "We got O'Neale"
KD: "Like... he gonna be an assistant coach? I thought he's busy enough with TNT"
Marks: "Royce! Royce O'Neale"
KD hangs up and texts Shams he's asking for a trade.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

So far this off-season Ainge has:

1. Not traded Rudy.
2. Not hired Don's guy.
3. Got us under the LT.
4. Cleared out the way in the starting lineup for those minutes to be occupied elsewhere.
5. Got us a first round pick.

I'd say he's executed this pretty good and has been pretty well rounded in being able to make both basketball and financial moves. I'm getting more optimistic.

If he signs Queen today imma laugh my *** off.

 

[LoPo]

This is a good deal for us, but enough of the Royce bashing. The guy put it all out there for us since he's been here.

We will miss you Royce

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[LogGrad98]

In the Sicilian with White I usually play the Smith Morra Gambit. With Black, I like the dragon.

Both of those are fun. I like playing black against the Smith Morra, that extra pawn can be huge if you can hold onto it. I tend to lean toward the accelerated dragon with black.

 

[campaignist]

This is a good deal for us, but enough of the Royce bashing. The guy put it all out there for us since he's been here.

We will miss you Royce

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It was never his fault Snyder didn't know how to use him, or to not use him for 35 minutes a game. I'll miss Buckets O'Neale and wish him well

 

[MT Steve]

Both of those are fun. I like playing black against the Smith Morra, that extra pawn can be huge if you can hold onto it. I tend to lean toward the accelerated dragon with black.

Any other Caro-Kann fans in here?

 

[NUMBERICA]

I’d still like to try to get there without adding a first if possible. Collins trade market has seemingly cooled, and I could easily see someone like Bogey’s heat up depending on what happens with other deals happening today.

Acquiring a long term asset in a trade of Bogey is very difficult given his age and contract status. If they can parlay that into a near-20/10 guy with a chance to rehab value, that might be the best we can hope for.

Obviously, if they can do it straight across without the pick then you do the paperwork so quickly that it is hardly legible.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Do we know the protections yet? I thought Houston had that pick from the Harden deal?

 

[NUMBERICA]

This is a good deal for us, but enough of the Royce bashing. The guy put it all out there for us since he's been here.

We will miss you Royce

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I’d be more with you but Royce was a complete embarrassment in the playoffs (most importantly the clear cheap shotting and the pouting about his benching that won the Jazz the game) and it has soured me immensely on him.

He’s where he belongs now.

 

[David Hume]

Any other Caro-Kann fans in here?

I’m mostly on the White side vs Caro Kann but I respect it. I sometimes play Fort Knox or Scandinavian with black, both of which have similar pawn structures to the Caro Kann.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I’d be more with you but Royce was a complete embarrassment in the playoffs (most importantly the clear cheap shotting and the pouting about his benching that won the Jazz the game) and it has soured me immensely on him.

He’s where he belongs now.

Yeah, but the past few years Royce was actually stepping up his game for the playoffs.

(And he did have a game winner this year in the playoffs)

 

[KqWIN]

So far this off-season Ainge has:

1. Not traded Rudy.
2. Not hired Don's guy.
3. Got us under the LT.
4. Cleared out the way in the starting lineup for those minutes to be occupied elsewhere.
5. Got us a first round pick.

I'd say he's executed this pretty good and has been pretty well rounded in being able to make both basketball and financial moves. I'm getting more optimistic.

I think trading Royce is encouraging, but whatever you think of Royce, clearing the way in the starting lineup is another way of saying we lost a starter and didn't replace him (yet) lol.

 

[LogGrad98]

Any other Caro-Kann fans in here?

I don't play it myself, but I don't mind playing against it. I prefer rapid development over pawn pushing so I angle that way.

 

[prodigy]

Credit Royce that he went from undrafted to signing a contract making more money than any of us will see in our lifetimes. The shot vs the mavs would be reflected on better if we would have not failed badly the rest of the series.

 

[JazzGal]

I've appreciated Royce's effort and am glad he got the chance to remain in the league considering his undrafted status. But it was a mistake to play him so many minutes last season. I hope this is a good move for him. I wish him nothing but the best.

 

[framer]

This has been a crazy day for sports. Between this (which isn't all that crazy), the Durant news, USC/UCLA moving to the Big 10...I'm not getting a lot of work done today.

Wait, USC an UCLA are moving to the Big 10?!