The Memphis Grizzlies have traded Desmond Bane to the Magic for KCP, Cole Anthony, FOUR unprotected 1st round Draft picks and a 1st Round Pick Swap

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That Suns first round pick they traded gonna hurt that team is going to suck and have a high draft pick in 26':francis:
 

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quickley came out the same back 20 too. jaden mcdaniels as well. late picks are value and salary freedom.

point is orlando has plenty of holes to fill on that roster and by removing all cap flexibility and picks, they're dramatically reducing the ways that they can fill them with quality players - and this is all while its not even clear paolo/franz/suggs is even gonna work. and the best part about having other teams' picks is that they can do the tanking for you while you keep building lol...

people keep talking like boston being out of it is their cue to go all in but are they even clearly better than detroit with this?
I agree, I actually think they got to have another move in their plans. Black and the bigs they have might get them another good piece
they just read the headline but dont break it down or dont even know Orlando still has a first round pick this year AND the next ..they would only NOT have a pick in 2028 and 2030 :manny:
Historically speaking a team in Orlando’s position wants to trade the picks now because in 5 years who knows who or what they are as a team. It’s always the later picks that come back to haunt a team.
 

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its not the suns straight up wizards have a right to swap first :manny:
Oh ok. Those other draft picks weren't gonna be shyt anyway.

Honestly its gonna sound crazy but the trade might not be that bad.

They have a core with Bane being the oldest at 26.

Paolo is an all star trending to superstar

Franz is a all star

Suggs is a solid player when healthy

They retained Mo Wagner who was considered for 6th man award before injury

They still have Johnathan Issac bytch ass to play D

They got rid of trash ass useless KCP



Not to shabby all things considered :ehh:
 

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This is only the first move. I’m hearing rumblings of Ja going to Minnesota en route for a full rebuild in Memphis. You heard it here first
Ja and Ant on a team would be interesting. It could be the scariest back court in years. I don’t know if Ant and Ja’s would get along though. That’s Ant’s team and Ja always seems to have a chip on his shoulder.
 
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