2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

can’t say the last 3 weeks have looked great for me but it’s all settled now and i believe in the macro trend of having luka doncic

my main memory of Kidd was that he would run the same defensive sets every single time, once the opposing team figured it out they could pretty much always get a guy open from 3 which is why the Bucks gave up like 120 pts/game despite having some pretty great defenders

According to @JeremyWoo: "The Cavaliers have begun to explore trade options involving Collin Sexton. There’s belief around the NBA that Cleveland prefers to move on from Sexton, rather than sign him to a deal that would greatly inhibit their flexibility." https://t.co/wSNaqKYnhi

— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 25, 2021

flexibility to...

draft more guards

cavs are just like, hmmmm yeah let’s break off a lil 10 year playoff drought

wish i could remember where i heard that opposing players were taunting various cavs by telling them that sexton would never pass them the ball.

good on the cavs i guess if they can sell high before they get locked into his first big contract, if they don't believe in him. but given the organization we are discussing, the idea that they have an alternative plan that is better in any way is unlikely to the point of impossible. do they think someone is gonna trade them a top 5 pick in this draft for him?

no

oh obv not, but they may be delusional enough to "test the waters"

might be able to get something in the low lottery, someone would have to be enthusiastic about paying sexton tho

maybe they can move for an overpaid vet they seem like a team "that wants to make the playoffs"

maybe they just got tired of playing that old chestnut "Kevin Love is on the trading block" and needed to mix it up a little

thing is, if mobley falls to #3, sexton-garland-okoro-mobley-allen is a really intriguing starting 5!

can’t imagine there are many teams out there looking to trade real assets in order to pay a tiny ball hog PG a bunch of money except perhaps another poorly run franchise

i’m looking at the standings rn and i don’t see a single fit for a sexton trade they’re prob stuck with him

thing is, if mobley falls to #3, sexton-garland-okoro-mobley-allen is a really intriguing starting 5!

I wonder if some teams will see Reggie Jackson going off in the playoffs and consider the fact that Sexton is Reggie with 5 times the talent

Sexton is a tiny ball hog point guard but he also scored the shit out of the ball and gets better every year

can’t imagine there are many teams out there looking to trade real assets in order to pay a tiny ball hog PG a bunch of money except perhaps another poorly run franchise

― J0rdan S., Friday, June 25, 2021 9:12 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i’m looking at the standings rn and i don’t see a single fit for a sexton trade they’re prob stuck with him

― J0rdan S., Friday, June 25, 2021 9:13 AM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

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If Isiah was running the team they would already have traded for him

otm haha

knicks trading for sexton might not even be a bad idea

idk what they wld trade but still

yeah that one does fit. maybe quickley and a pick or something. would be pretty dumb by the knicks but i could see it happening

sounds about right

I wonder if some teams will see Reggie Jackson going off in the playoffs and consider the fact that Sexton is Reggie with 5 times the talent

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, June 25, 2021 12:26 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago)

i think the difference is that reggie jackson is actually kinda big for a guard, he's more suited to playing off the ball in a number of ways, esp in the playoffs he can guard 3 positions and not kill you. sexton is like bottom 5 percentile for the NBA in terms of size, it's just hard for me to imagine him being an off ball player. and when reggie jackson was getting paid real money in the prime of his career it didn't work out. he's nice to have on a minimum contract tho

also it's pretty debatable whether sexton has gotten much better, his stats between the last two seasons are essentially identical. he started passing a bit more. i don't hate him it just seems obvious he's gonna have to be the focal point of your offense at this stage in your career and i'm not sure where that's getting you. maybe the second round one year?

knicks fans might burn down the city if they make the second round

lol i was gonna say, 2nd round in the east is kinda respectable! which is abt all that cleveland can aspire to when bron doesnt play for them

he's not getting anywhere near the second round w/ the cavs. maybe on a better team... i guess the knicks are better? sexton and julius randle trying to share the ball would be really funny

if you've washed out with the cavs and every opportunity in the world to have the ball it's not a great sign. sexton has talent and someday he'll be another reggie jackson--a guy making the minimum who finds a spot for half a season on a team where he's the 6th-best player.

NB i am not sexton believer and i dont think cleveland will be like GOOD good but theyll at least have something resembling a plan

a guy making the minimum who finds a spot for half a season on a team where he's the 6th-best player.

which, when you consider the intense global competition for NBA roster spots, is still pretty respectable as a hoops career.

i dont think cleveland will be like GOOD good but theyll at least have something resembling a plan

― class project pat (m bison), Friday, June 25, 2021 1:33 PM (two minutes ago)

am i allowed to yellow card you back?

yah guys like sexton just have to realize their calling in life as a 6th man chucker

xp haha no I ALONE!!

crazy that jacksons making the minimum and balling out in the offs

if you've washed out with the cavs and every opportunity in the world to have the ball it's not a great sign. sexton has talent and someday he'll be another reggie jackson--a guy making the minimum who finds a spot for half a season on a team where he's the 6th-best player.

Collin Sexton is 22 and has career averages of 20/3/3 on 46/39/83. That’s a seriously talented scorer. Teams will want to figure out how to make it work.

plus theres the prospect of improvement from just not being on the cavs

i think it just depends on the price point and expectations. if he's giving you a decently efficient 20 ppg w/ no other production on the floor then that's a pretty good sixth man. but that can't be the center piece of your offense or franchise -- i assume he sees himself as the latter and will be looking for donovan mitchell and de'aaron fox's contract and not jordan clarkson's

call it whatever you want, they don’t want to pay the guy.

if you look at 538 raptor offense only the names you see around him among guards are kendrick nunn, RJ barrett, caris lavert, dillon brooks. if you look at offensive win shares you see delon wright, devonte graham, fred van vleet, cameron payne. all of these guys are positive players but they're paid at a certain price point. there's prob a lot of teams that would be interested in sexton at 4 years and $65 million, but 5 years and $175 million is a diff story

yeah trying to sign a sixth man who thinks hes an allstar is dicey

I would be happy with 4/80 for him

the cavs prob would be too. i bet they'll end up giving him $125m+ once they aren't able to trade him

I’d pay more if I was getting him for a late first

He's RFA, rite? Cavs should let another team make an offer, then if it seems reasonable, match it. If it's a max offer, dump him on them.

Charania says that the Blazers are “locked in” and looking to complete a deal with Billups.

boo

Billups might be great idk