Starting to really round the corner into the back stretch of silly season in the NBA, I'll start doing some rumour/news updates:
- Chicago has jumped into the Jimmy Butler sweepstakes as a possible landing spot for Beal so Jimmy can land in Phoenix. In theory Lavine would go to Miami in that type of move. Imo, if I'm Miami I'm all over that. Lavine isn't nearly as toxic an asset now that he's 1) healthy 2) playing well 3) has 1.5 years left on that deal now. He's a hard working dude, he would fit in well with Heat Culture.
- Anthony Davis keeps petitioning the front office to add a traditional centre, but they apparently keep telling him no. Vucevic and Poeltl are the two that have been mentioned in LAL as desired options.
- Walker Kessler is somehow considered to be off limits in trade talks by Utah....
- Toronto, Washington, Charlotte, and Detroit are the 4 teams who have offered to take money in a Jimmy Butler deal. With that many willing though, I don't like the chance of getting anything good as the facilitator and would probably prefer to just stay out and do our own thing. It's one thing to jump into this and end up getting a decent player or two and 1st. Another entire to end up taking Pat Connaughton and getting a couple 50th overall picks for your troubles. I'd rather we just make our own mistakes in free agency with that money.