re: Lowe's take on Boogie and his Free Agency

I said it in the other thread talking about the ringer article. a sign-and-trade to Washington that looks like Boogie for Porter is very very hard to pass up.


Boogie has relationships with John Wall and Eric Bledsoe and both MIL & WAS could probably be looking to make some roster moves this offseason. So it's possible he'd agree to a S&T to either, netting us Porter or Middleton. Other guys that could be changing teams (i.e. John Wall, Kemba Walker, Kawhi, PG13) seem less likely. However make no mistake, these are the only guys that could be on the move this summer that I'd trade Boogie for. But this is a tricky situation, and it might not be worth the risk to chase after other players for fear of upsetting AD and the current team chemistry. AND what if you could get a Kawhi or PG without giving up Boogie?


I do agree that the Pelicans have an upper hand in this Boogie situation. The Lakers are really the only team with cap space that Boogie would also have mutual interest in joining, esp if another big named guy signs there. But I believe New Orleans, even if you take out all emotion and all connection, is Boogie's #1 landing spot




EDIT: because I dont understand the cap lol

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They just swept the 3 seed in the first round, which is why we're having the conversation in the first place.

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Should have said second round my bad.

I've said before we don't need boogie to beat the mid-level/bad teams in this league. We need him if we want to compete with golden states, houstons of the world.

CP3 has a lot of issues with the front office. Pretty sure the two big ones were not resigning Jannero Pargo and then trading Chandler, who was thought to have a degenerative foot condition by the medical staff.

The Pargo issue was Pargo getting a better offer to play on a Russian team though he never saw the money he was promised. That was Pargo fricking up.

Chandler? Exhibit A of how godawful the team medical staff has been since he turned out to have a lot of life left to him between taking Charlotte to the playoffs and winning a ring in Dallas.

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Dell told Lowe his info was off before he published it and Lowe published it anyway.

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Well now I feel better.

What info? That we’ve discussed a 2 + 1 deal? That better not fricking be wrong. Demps should be fired on the spot if we aren’t at least considering that. Maybe Boogie refuses it, but it’s the best move for us.

Whatever happens you have to bring AD in and talk to him. Point out the potential difficulties of giving Cousins the 4 year max deal, emphasize how much we want Cousins but look how good we’ve been with you at center. We’re going to try our best to resign him, but make sure AD is on board and understands that if Cousins demands the 4 year max we may have to go another direction.

Guys, we're going to re-sign Boogie.

got it. I thought there would be cap restrictions for both Washington and us but I wasn't sure of the implications

so a S&T would basically look like us receiving 10 mil less than what goes out and the other team having enough cap to absorb that extra 10 mil?

I like the idea of being multiple on offense. How many teams can say they have 2 offensive styles you gotta prepare for?

Most importantly though, Dell gets to see how far this team as constructed is capable of going as do other possible free agents around the league. We’re in a good spot to chill and see how it plays out this year.

RELAX.

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Bring him back. Why the frick would we trade away 2 firsts to use him for half a year. frick that. Give him a 2 year deal with a player option for year 3.

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This thinking is what got us stuck with Omer and EG