Ball to Rockets makes the most sense!
how about ball and bridges for van vleet and sheppard and 4 picks
First off, Melo Ball will not be traded, and Iām not necessarily a proponent either. Iām just bored and want to focus on something to avoid the misery. The two teams Iād look at would be Houston and OKC.
Houston being some kind of package involving Jalen Green. Iād give up anything for Sengun, but Houston wonāt be parting ways with Sengun. Green would likely be the guy and would slot in well as our SG beside Brandon Miller. Thatās a lot of youth and athleticism. Not too shabby.
Edit: Good point Chef. I wonder if Reed Sheppard could be extracted, and Van Vleet shipped to a third team? But I think Green would have to be the guy we demand if weāre trading Melo.
OKC being some sort of package involving Jalen Williams/Cason Wallace/Isaiah Joe (some combo of these guys NOT all three of course). OKC is going to have to pony up and pay several players soon. They are a franchise that does not want to reach into the apron tax levels. Given the addition of Caruso and Hartenstein, it signals a pretty clear win now mentality. Theyāre loaded with draft picks. This may be an odd take, but they have so many draft picks accumulated, I actually think that works against them in trades. Being that everyone in the league knows the glutton of picks they have and will certainly be asking for them. They have to convert those at some point.
Iād love to see Jalen Williams and either Wallace or Joe come to charlotte. I really would like to see Jalen Williams as a smaller power forward that he plays so well. A frontcourt of Mark Wiliams, Jalen Williams, and Brandon Miller is very intriguing.
Mann
Free Agent
Miller
Jalen Williams
Mark Williams
You could go big and play Brandon Miller at SG (which I donāt think he slots in well as a SG due to his poor ball handling and not able to keep up with quick, athletic SGs). But just for the sake of it:
Mann
Brandon Miller
Jalen Williams
Miles Bridges
Mark Williams
BUT MANN HAS A SERIOUS BACK INJURY, SO WHO FUCKING KNOWS. Fuck Iām tired of being miserable.
Yeah, Mannās back has certainly complicated how we handle him going forward. Iād still like to re-sign him given the talent heās flashed and the fact that he probably hasnāt even hit his ceiling yet, but with a back injury thatās kept him out basically all year, no way should he come back on a big contract.
youāre right on that. I also donāt think Mann has hit his ceiling quite yet. On one hand, the back injury hurts on several levels and delays his development here. On the other hand, maybe that will decrease what he will get for his next contract. So that could help us financially save money. Butā¦back injuries are no joke. Pretty concerning injury.
We got some new jerseys.
That looks pretty sweet to me. I like the gold stripe treatment. It seems generally were leaning into the mint kits more this year. This color specifically seems a bit of a throwback teal vs the one we were rocking with Adidas.
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Any sense we might make a stab at the 2m/yr Jerico Sims for a Mark fallback?
First off, that was a very slick video. Great music and production. Also, those jerseys are dope. I will be grabbing one of those for sure (when the $25 Chinese knockoffs are available on dhgate.com lol).
Related note to anyone on HP: I have a 2022/23 city edition melo jersey (black jersey) Iād like to sell. Itās unworn and a very big large-closer to XL really. With shipping it was around $30. Itās unworn. Would sell and ship it for $20.
Iāve got two tickets for tonight - DM me if you want them. Thanks guys
I would like that adding more size and send them Taj
hopefully we do.
Rockets would never give amen but if they did i would be very happy
If thereās a silver lining for this year falling apartā¦this draft class is exceptional. Getting a top 3 pick would be icing on the cake. Getting the first pick and Cooper Flaggā¦I would lose my mind.
A) a young frontcourt of miller/Flagg/Williams is delightful
B) having Flagg means we would have more reason to flip miles bridges
Having said, HORNETS LAW WILL PREVAIL. Iām sure weāll get pick 5.
So is Micic gone? My sweet Serbian prince.
Really? Where? Oh tell me this is real
Not sure, but he was quickly downgraded to inactive before the game. For āankleā.
Maybe nico Harrison from the Mavs wants to trade us multiple first round picks for Vasa Micic to fill the void of fellow European Luka doncic.
Edit: as much as I am a sarcastic dickhead, Micic backing up kyrie with the absence of Luka actually works.