Pelicans could make a good run but it’s all going to come down to Zions health again so we’ll see.

The three second-round picks headed to Detroit are Toronto’s 2025, a 2028 pick that is the less favorable of the Clippers or Charlotte, and Miami’s 2028.

Also frees up space for them to re-sign Derrick Jones jr.

Hope the best for him, it’ll be nice to play with his dad and hopefully there’s not too much pressure and he’s given time to develop given it’s the Lakers and he’s lebron son.

I don’t really follow college and this year it was especially tough to judge it sounds like but here’s what John Hollinger said about the Spurs pick:

I had Castle second on my board and really like the fit in San Antonio, where the Spurs need to upgrade their perimeter talent on both sides of the ball. Castle also will likely get plenty of chances to play on the ball given the Spurs’ dearth of point guard talent, which is notable given his stated preference of playing the point. His shooting is a question, but his ability to guard immediately and his high long-term ceiling make this a great pick.

This year the 2nd round is on a separate day (tomorrow) so he still may get drafted. More than likely some team is going to take him since 2nd rounders aren’t valued much.

Updated to they got a pick and a pick swap:

2031 unprotected first round pick

2030 top-1 protected pick swap

Didn’t know you could put protections on swaps until this tbh.

Sounds like the Wolves were super high on him.

Should be clear to anyone paying even moderate attention but here you go.

Couple more since you must be living under a rock.

Biden has pushed funding and weapons to the Israeli military despite clear evidence they will be used for the genocide of Palestinians. So yes he is responsible.

Dominos is really only worth it if you’re doing the 2 for $5.99 each deal. Although I think that’s even up to $6.99 now lol

Yeah I agree with pretty much all your points although I think given Embiids health history it makes sense keeping him at 1B. KD at this point should’ve been 2A and yeah thought it was a bit odd they had Brown so low he should’ve been 2B.

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the trade did not include any draft compensation and was a “straight-up swap.”

Must be because he’s in his last year of his deal but yeah feels like they could’ve gotten more. Especially with the deals timing it feels like he wasn’t even shopped around?

Per Woj:

The Chicago Bulls are trading two-time All-Defensive guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, sources tell ESPN.

Solid move by OKC.

The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that the deal is “in the neighborhood of $8 million per season.”

Definitely, he’ll make a solid trio with Hali and Turner they can build around for the future.

They especially need his defense given how terrible most of the team is in that aspect.

Has to be the most $ left a coach has on their deal when fired right?

Ahh I forgot about breakfast, that makes more sense. I was picturing butter drenched fires lol.

In one video, which has 30,000 views on TikTok, a young woman becomes increasingly exasperated as she attempts to convince the AI that she wants a caramel ice cream, only for it to add multiple stacks of butter to her order. 

Lmao didn’t even know you could add butter to something at McDonald’s. If you can’t then it’s even funnier it decided that’s a thing.

For Lively specifically since he’s a rookie they can retain him through the 2027-2028 season.

Yeah this year was definitely their best chance. I think Denver would’ve beat them (Wolves are just a tough matchup for them) and OKC is on the upswing so it’ll be harder next year.

They still have a chance as long as Kyrie is Kyrie but like you said that’s not going to be much longer. Once he starts to decline they may have some more future picks available and can swing something but outside of that they’re hoping to luck into someone making a jump that’s not expected.

I said “gentleman’s sweep” which means a team won in 5 games. Some say it’s specifically when a team goes up 3-0, is a “gentleman” and lets the other team win 1 at home to not get swept, and then finishes the series in game 5. Which would also be the case here.