The reporter who went digging through Braiden Bell's tweets from when he was a teenager, and found something misogynistic, has quite an interesting tweet of his own from 2012...
@JonesOnTheNBA Also I have no idea why you’d trade for him knowing he is going to sit/rest with any minor ache, pain or injury. The second his calves feel tight, he’s sitting. No way he’d risk a major injury in a contract year. Pdx would sacrifice their future for 50 games on Giannis
@ToreyJonesYT There has to be more too this. I mean does the team even pay much for these or do the sponsors? Maybe something else is going to take its place. Towels, scarfs to twirl around. I have no idea but how do you spend $4.25 billion and then decide spending $250k is your tipping point
@DavidAFrench I’ve thought about a point system. 1 point for every loss up to the trade deadline. 1 point for every win after the trade deadline. Team with the most points to miss the playoffs gets the most ping pong balls. I’m sure there are problems with this idea but it’s a thought. 🤷🏻♂️
@shaesharpeshow@blazersforreal@JakeLFischer I’m with you on this. Giannis will barely play much more this season. And next season he is going to be extra cautious with injuries, cuz of the contract year.
I’m in the minority. But I don’t see giving up all those future assets for one year (maybe) with Giannis.