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Thanks guys. I enjoyed the podcast. But let's not trade Lauri.

If I were Lauri, I wouldn’t give any assurances (about signing a contract) to any team before knowing how things go for me with this team. As a free agent, he would be able consider other teams as well.

Trying to catch up with this thread and it gets me dizzy. Anyway, I don’t think we’ll get an offer that will justify moving Lauri this offseason. For me this thing is simple: if he is willing, you R&E him, tank with him, and see what players are available next summer. If our game hunting fails...

Didn’t watch the first half, but what I saw from the second half, Collier looked great. He has awareness to turn around and pass the ball to an open shooter while he's penetrating into the paint, something Keyonte is lacking. I really liked what I saw from Collier last night.

Now you’re putting words into my mouth. I didn’t say tanking and trying to get as high picks as possible is useless. Not at all. I want us to tank with Lauri for next year’s draft. I was just pointing out what was lacking in your analysis/calculations.

Yeah, the bottom line is that the odds of drafting a top 5 player are extremely low, so low that in practice, it really is all down to luck and nothing else. Even with a hard tank that results the worst record, it’s pretty hopeless with the current lottery system. Between 1989-2020 five of the...

Well, in your post you ignore the fact that “tanking” doesn’t always give you a top-5 pick, which is guaranteed only for the worst team in the standings. You need to take into account the lottery odds and also the probability of getting to the very bottom part of the standings before making your...

Agree. Lauri is young enough to play at high level for the next 5 years. And with the draft assets we have and the young players developing, anything could happen in those years. Plus we would be a contender much sooner than with a complete rebuilt.

I’m surprised the Rockets are not reported to be one of the teams going after Lauri. Or maybe they are, but it's not talked about. They’ve got nice picks and young players.

Yeah Danny and Zanik have crucial decisions to make this summer.

Yeah, now that it looks like we can’t improve our team this offseason, the focus absolutely has to be next year’s draft. And that’s why, whether we trade Lauri or not, the smartest thing to do is to trade Sexton, Clarkson, and Collins (although moving even one of them is easier said than done)...

Okay guys, relax. Looks like Lauri is heading to the Warriors. He just bought a house in San Francisco.

I'm in

That Kris Dunn deal to the Clippers p****d me off tbh

If I were Danny, I’d just be patient with this. If Lauri is ok with tanking with the young guys, I would sure extent him and see what the next offseason (which I believe will be a better year for hunting) has to offer. If we then manage to sign a star for multiple years and one of our young...

Yeah, he might not want to sign an extension deal when he knows he could be traded six months later to a team where he wouldn't like to play. I mean with Danny shopping him now, he knows that the situation has changed from what it was earlier. Idk, I’d be disappointed to see Lauri go. He likely...

Yeah, if he can improve his 3-point shooting, I do believe we could be really on to something with Kenny. When you look at him play, you can see he’s got high basketball IQ and some of LeBron in his passes.

Kenny is our "big game". Let's see what he can do alongside Lauri.

I’m keeping an eye on the Rockets. They're hungry. Started with the VanVleet trade last summer.

This was great. Enjoyed it.