he wasn't lying when he said he never playing for morey ever again 
If nothing else, at least, they got some lengthy but old players (except for KJ Martin) that Nurse likes that could shoot better than what he had in TOR plus the picks. I do have a feeling they'll try to get a SG/SF like Mann was or maybe an all-star with the 2 FRPs. Also, Marcus Morris-Embiid bromance like Pat Bev-Russ lol
For LAC, they finally got a PG that can shoot and Harden-Kawhi-PG is gonna be really good. They're so small now that Kawhi and PG are going to have to play more at PF now with PJ.
Late in replying to this. You're not wrong but I have a worry with him having knee problems already so I had no problem with it. Porzingis is the same but at least he's lengthy but also a better shooter as he's already showing. I hate it when BOS gets better lol
He'll be a free agent after this so he doesn't have to demand a trade lol. I doubt he gets max money after this even though I know he'll play like a near-superstar again for them. Gonna be interesting to see when Kawhi, PG & Harden go to free agency next year.
For LAC, they finally got a PG that can shoot and Harden-Kawhi-PG is gonna be really good. They're so small now that Kawhi and PG are going to have to play more at PF now with PJ.
Late in replying to this. You're not wrong but I have a worry with him having knee problems already so I had no problem with it. Porzingis is the same but at least he's lengthy but also a better shooter as he's already showing. I hate it when BOS gets better lol
He'll be a free agent after this so he doesn't have to demand a trade lol. I doubt he gets max money after this even though I know he'll play like a near-superstar again for them. Gonna be interesting to see when Kawhi, PG & Harden go to free agency next year.
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my problem with Morey was that it took the 76ers/Clippers owners communicating first (and NBA ownership) and intervening for the trade to finally materialize since it was reported that Morey (especially with barring Harden from boarding the plan) intended to keep playing hardball with the Clippers up until the trade deadline in February 2024 (and he didn't even get Terrance Mann or anything else that he had wanted since Shams said that the trade for both teams were mainly worked out by the owners) and it would have been just infinitely petty beef between him and Harden in that timespan
Morey has done a lot for the Rockets post T-Mac/Yao + 76ers (getting rid of Horford which is a bit debatable since he still keeps beating them anyway lol) but the dude has way too much of an ego to admit that he needs to cut his losses (Harden) and move on, and that not everything he does has to be a 'win' on his end
also this
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and then Morey trying to do damage control by saying owners stepping in trade discussions is 'rare' (when the Suns were able to get KD less than a week after Ishbia gained ownership)
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good response though
also I think Embiid to the Knicks is very much out of the question, but if there was ever a point where the Knicks would have to do negotiations with Daryl Morey, I might just kill myself tbh
Morey has done a lot for the Rockets post T-Mac/Yao + 76ers (getting rid of Horford which is a bit debatable since he still keeps beating them anyway lol) but the dude has way too much of an ego to admit that he needs to cut his losses (Harden) and move on, and that not everything he does has to be a 'win' on his end
also this
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and then Morey trying to do damage control by saying owners stepping in trade discussions is 'rare' (when the Suns were able to get KD less than a week after Ishbia gained ownership)
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good response though
also I think Embiid to the Knicks is very much out of the question, but if there was ever a point where the Knicks would have to do negotiations with Daryl Morey, I might just kill myself tbh
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I'm not gonna lie with you: This is weird lol. I woke up and people are now saying this trade was bad for them? I find it hard to believe that this isn't the deal that he wanted (granted, he's known to propose ridiculous offers first before downgrading) but this feels like a type of deal that he would've done when he was in HOU to sign or trade for another star. I'm pretty sure him getting Terence Mann was always to trade him for another 1st round pick because they wanted to have as much cap as possible next year but he already got 2 first round picks in the trade.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-up-to-flip-terance-mann-if-it-trades-for-him
Look. I've said this before Ben Simmons got traded. It's OK to wait because anything can happen later on. The Dame trade should've validated it already because people said he only wanted to go to MIA and the best that they could get was only Herro/Jovic and whatever else with picks that they were only going to offer to them.
In fairness to mah boi still Harden (even though it's tough to defend his 3rd trade demand lol), I like him on LAC more than I did when he was in Brooklyn because I hated them lol. Mah other boi Pat Bev is at least still on the Sixers. CP3 in GS is the only one that's still sore to see
I don't think he was being petty. I just saw the ESPN article about it and Daryl seemed heartbroken and wanted to be friends again lol (ngl though the stuff about the Harden art pictures was a little cringe but the friendship was real lol)
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-up-to-flip-terance-mann-if-it-trades-for-him
Look. I've said this before Ben Simmons got traded. It's OK to wait because anything can happen later on. The Dame trade should've validated it already because people said he only wanted to go to MIA and the best that they could get was only Herro/Jovic and whatever else with picks that they were only going to offer to them.
In fairness to mah boi still Harden (even though it's tough to defend his 3rd trade demand lol), I like him on LAC more than I did when he was in Brooklyn because I hated them lol. Mah other boi Pat Bev is at least still on the Sixers. CP3 in GS is the only one that's still sore to see
I don't think he was being petty. I just saw the ESPN article about it and Daryl seemed heartbroken and wanted to be friends again lol (ngl though the stuff about the Harden art pictures was a little cringe but the friendship was real lol)
