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@KevinOConnor @Sam_Vecenie A loophole? Porzingis isn’t with the team and isn’t available to be evaluated by the medical staff, so he isn’t contributing to Golden State. While not medical cases, Miami did a similar approach with Rozier and Butler.

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GS isn't under the cap; they can only trade for contract amounts that they send out. Green is nearly 28 mil, Moody is over 13, that's 41 million (28 mil expiring) you can send out so now you're in the range of being able to send out salaries and assets for a ~41-million-dollar player(s).

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GS didn't have a shot at J.Brown after Green declined his PO(to not get traded). Why couldn't you send an injured but expiring Butler in a package to Boston? That would be pouring salt in the wound and a bigger PR problem for the Celtics FO/ownership, Butler lead a Heat team that stopped Boston from making the finals 2 times in the last half decade and you trade a beloved player for a despised and injured one?

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@lightyrspod Fun fact, 26-year-old Murphy has only had 1 season where his TS% was lower than Klay's career best (.598). Another fun fact... Murphy's career TS% is .613, which isn't that far off from Steph's which is .626.

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@Sheridanblog Plain and simple, it's a bigger contract to possibly move in a trade. When Butler gets back there's going to be a time crunch at SF/PF between Butler, Yaxel, Santos and Green.

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@MotionJefe @SdlubleR @GSWBallReport Wait, Washington gave up 2 1sts and 3 2nds so they can turn around and trade AD for 2 1sts (possibly better picks in possibly worse drafts) and possibly 2 2nds and it's a no brainer for Washington? That's odd logic.

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@SdlubleR @MotionJefe @GSWBallReport Bend the knee? Who's going to have tons of money in FA and be willing to pay AD in a year from now? I'd think they talked to Klutch about AD staying in Washington before they traded assets for him if there were then why would they trade him?

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They have a ton of rookie contract guys, yes, they can pay AD and Young. Just because you have cap space doesn't exactly mean you're going to get good players. Also, if he's only playing 20-30 games why would GS trade for him, to possibly get LeBron for a year while throwing away future 1sts in the post Curry era?

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@SdlubleR @MotionJefe @GSWBallReport Ayton? LA got rid of him because he couldn't protect the paint for their bad defenders, so Washington took him to be bad for them too? Young and AD are a good tandem who in theory work well together.

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@MotionJefe @SdlubleR @GSWBallReport Why would they trade 2 1sts, 3 2nds and matching salary for AD and not expect to extend him which can happen at the earliest... August 6th? He's the type of big you want protecting Trae on the defensive end.

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@SdlubleR @MotionJefe @GSWBallReport Sure, unless they extend him which they have to wait until August 6th to attempt to do. They just signed T.Young and having guys like AD and Sarr help protect him defensively makes a ton of sense with a bad defensive PG.

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@baby_face_goat Klutch could be using GS as leverage, and it could be why Shams says it's a package deal. The way you get LA to pay more than they want for LeBron is by it stopping GS from getting your old team (the pre-Doncic Lakers).

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@PolymarketHoops Minnesota traded away both of those players. They even sent a 1st and 2nd round draft pick with Wiggins to get D-Lo. Both Wiggins and Towns had to have ego checks to get them to fall in line that maybe they weren't #1 options for a high-level team.

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Kuminga plays differently now, GS fans who wanted him traded last year are changing their views. He's always had talent so something else had to change to get people who watch GS games to alter their thoughts on him so quickly. Butler mentoring him seems to have helped greatly in Kuminga's mindset/game. https://t.co/zRLW98IqNM

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“I just wanna help JK be great… We’ve been kickin it. Hanging out. Watching film and just working on our game together. I know how great he wants to be and how great he can be.”

Jimmy Butler III on mentoring Jonathan Kuminga 💯

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More from the Bay Area's favorite friends👯

Jimmy: "I DO be frying him in 1-on-1, don't I?

Buddy: "Perhaps."

Jimmy: "Two way player is a stretch, but Buddard's been key."

Buddy: "I'm nice."

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The Toronto Raptors are training at the ASB GlassFloor Athletes Lab in Orlando and I got to say, the technology is MINDBLOWING.

Using LED lights to change to any court you want (even the NBA Cup courts), to drawing up X’s and O’s that show up on the court. 😳

Future is here.

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Miami may try to do a pre-free agency to eat up that cap space before the summer of 2026, Miami has 2 chunky expiring contracts that add up to around 45 million they can send out after the next season begins. So, if a team is worried about losing a high-level player for nothing, Miami can offer them nearly all expiring money as one part of their package.

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@NotAdamNB Beal's contact goes to 2027 which wipes out Miami's cap space for the summer of 2026. It's the same reason Miami didn't trade for CP3 in 2019, for the cap space in 2021.

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Building an offense has strengths and weaknesses. When the offense was built around Butler and Bam they made the finals twice, ECF 3 times, it seemed to work, even with a bunch lesser talented players than most contenders. What Spoelstra's moving towards is a 5 out offense which not only gets up a ton of 3s but it leaves the lane open to get easy buckets if a player can get loose from his man, this showed up a lot during the last road trip. With Bam in this type of offense, you saw in the Denver game Jokic just ignore Bam and sit in the lane taking away easy drives from the rest of the team. One way to fix that is by trading Bam in the next year or two once Ware is ready to be leaned on as a scorer.

I'm not a Bam offensive fan anyway but he's not really a threat without the ball in this offense.