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Woj: Don to the Cavs for Markkanen, Agbaji, Sexton, three unprotected 1sts, two swaps, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Elizah Huge said:
I was thinking about this earlier. I was fully on board with taking Miami’s best offer if it was the best one available if it meant getting a deal done before training camp.

Their absolute best offer would have been:

Tyler Herro
Duncan Robinson
Nikola Jovic
23/27/29 unprotected 1sts
26/28 pick swaps

We ended up getting a 2025 unprotected 1st instead of a 2023 unprotected 1st.

Way better salary, player and positive asset in Markannen vs Robinson who is absolutely a negative asset (that contract is one of the worst in the league).

We got the 14th overall pick vs the 27th overall pick in the 2022 draft.

Sexton on a 4/72M deal vs Herro on 4/120M deal (guessing he gets close to RJ money). I like Sexton the most out of the three for the role he is going to be in.

All of that to say that the extra value we got in the Cleveland deal just made it that much better. A ton of extra value shows when you break it down.
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Miami is also a prime Bogey target imo... if Bogey isn't already making flights for LA. So we preserve them as a trade destination.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Final couple random thoughts on why this is still hilarious.

- Knicks fans are loud dumb. They think Rose passed on this. He played hardball and thought he could get the guy he wanted at a discount. He didn't walk away... Danny did and then Leon got slapped upside the head with a Woj bomb. If Rose could rewind to a week ago he would do RJ+3 UPP and Grimes and be done with it. All their actions led to this... they aren't building around the kids now... they had a chance to get a lotto pick and swapped it for picks they'd like to consolidate now.

- Danny deserves a **** ton of credit for getting Ryan to buy into a rebuild. It was the right thing to do. JZ gets a ton of credit too.

- Finally - This really will remind MFers who forgot about DRE... I mean Danny. Next time he is on the phone he can say with credibility "Your offer isn't good enough... if you really want this I need your best offer... if I hang up this phone without a deal you will hear about the trade we will do from Woj cuz I ain't calling back here". No one will try to call his bluff for a while.
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Who’s Woj?

It’s a wrapski for ole boy. It’s Sham’s world now.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Miami is also a prime Bogey target imo... if Bogey isn't already making flights for LA. So we preserve them as a trade destination.
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Bingo. That is why I have been scratching my head about the "we need to give the Lakers our vets plus stuff we got from our trades" crowd. There are other teams. And they come without the need to buy out Westbrook. Now when Danny says "this is what we need, " people believe him. If the Lakers are only offering one pick, screw 'em.
 
Elizah Huge said:
We got the 14th overall pick vs the 27th overall pick in the 2022.
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Do you like Agbaji better than Jovic?

He went 13 spots ahead of Jovic, but during the run up to the draft I kinda fell in love with Jovic.

But 14th selection is likely better than the player selected 27th. AND I feel more confident in Cavs’ picks being more valuable than Heat’s, 2025 - 2029.
 
framer said:
Bingo. That is why I have been scratching my head about the "we need to give the Lakers our vets plus stuff we got from our trades" crowd. There are other teams. And they come without the need to buy out Westbrook. Now when Danny says "this is what we need, " people believe him. If the Lakers are only offering one pick, screw 'em.
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I’d much rather get LA’s unprotected firsts. Better than anything we get from Miami.
 
BENTLEY said:
Do you like Agbaji better than Jovic?

He went 13 spots ahead of Jovic, but during the run up to the draft I kinda fell in love with Jovic.

But 14th selection is likely better than the player selected 27th. AND I feel more confident in Cavs’ picks being more valuable than Heat’s, 2025 - 2029.
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I’d take him over Jovic all day long.
 
framer said:
Bingo. That is why I have been scratching my head about the "we need to give the Lakers our vets plus stuff we got from our trades" crowd. There are other teams. And they come without the need to buy out Westbrook. Now when Danny says "this is what we need, " people believe him. If the Lakers are only offering one pick, screw 'em.
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I think you have a mental block about Westbrook. The returning salary from Miami in a deal like that is likely a lot worse.

Also, the goal is the top of the Lakers' draft when they are likely to be in the ditch. So, better picks and a less burdensome contract.

The money that will be paid out to Westbrook will be spent one way or another, whether he's here or isn't.
 
Hearsky said:
Bogey and Gay for Duncan, Jovic, filler, protected 1st. 2029 swap due to Ainge factor.
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Miami has Riley. He is an elite GM and they will never be in the ditch. Miami is also a free agent destination. Lakers however only has mediocre ownership/GM and Lebron is putting them in a crunch down the line.
 
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