martin wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:martin wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:With the right partner... Could trading Lee and our #36 pick give us something in the mid 20's ?Would any of these teams see Lee, with 2 yrs left on a cap friendly contract for a quality 2 way player, as someone who could help them?
21 Utah
22 Chicago
23 Indiana
24 Portland
25 LA Lakers
26 Philadelphia
27 Boston
28 Golden St.
29 Brooklyn
30 Atlanta
Lee might be good fit in Philly, depending on what happens with Reddick
Philly will hold all of the cap space for LeBron until they know he is not coming
I'm not disagreeing with you here, but I don't understand why everyone thinks Philly is the best destination for Lebron. Ben Simmons is not a catch and shoot player. You need to feed Embiid the ball... I understand Philly might have the most talent to pair with LeBron when you factor in those two's growth but to me it doesn't make the most basketball sense
Yeah...In some respects, James is pretty much a Simmons who can shoot from the outside. I think James can play off the ball a little better than Simmons, in terms of scoring, but they seem redundant.
Has James expressed an interest in Philly?
I think the only "reported" interest James has shown is in LA, where he has a home. Not much else to go on really.
I'd guess that it would come down to cap space and ability to get to finals. East would be much easier, next year only 2 teams would really have seem contenders to come out of the East: Philly and Boston. West is just a minefield of hard teams to battle through not only the playoffs but the regular season.
Let's say James picks LAL, I just don't know how the move enough salary while also maintaining a team that LBJ could also win with in the West. I can't imagine having to go through the west in the playoffs like the Cavs did in the East.
If KP wasn't sidelined, and we had cap space, I can't understand why he wouldn't sign a 2 year deal with the Knicks...player option second year...or even a 3 year deal with some bail-out option ability for James so he doesn't feel trapped.
Historically, bringing another title to the Knicks would cement his legacy, and if he got this Cavs team into the finals, he could have done the same with the Knicks, with a healthy KP, of course (Which makes my entire post here, purely academic in nature.).
EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?