You can now remove Damian Lillard on the speculation and rumor of yours since he already cleared that he will still play for the Portland Trail Blazers in the upcoming season. But he takes note that things might change along the way so him transferring to another team is possible during the season if Blazers will have a slow run or their roster won't change or improved.
Irving-Simmons trade won't happen. The Sixers aren't interested in Kyrie and there is not much space cap on the Sixers. I think that's the reason why they are still left hanging if they will trade Simmons because they are not receiving a decent offer. Simmon's value decreases after the choked performance last playoffs and he pointed out it's not his job to make his trade value increase during the trading season which is correct. If Sixers want to get rid of Simmon's don't expect a superstar trade in return.
Yes, you're right. I just checked it out as well and saw, Damian Lillard will continue to play for the Blazers, but I don't rule out a possibility that Lillard will be traded to another team during the season, let's see how he performs.
PJ Tucker was known for his immense defense, of course he failed to stop Durant that part is known but dude is Durant, how many players can even stop him? I think not many, probably zero. So, letting him go and then getting a player that is not good on defense but a good shooter wasn't really a great need for them, not a horrible one neither.
PJ Tucker had a shot as well but not as good as Grayson Allen, so the question is, is the difference between their defense smaller than their defense on offense? Bucks had a good championship run but that was mostly thanks to many injuries in many teams, if Lakers and Nets are healthy this year, I do not see them losing the chance to meet in the finals at all.
Unfortunately PJ Tucker is short for his position, and these days he has the height of a SG and maybe a few PG's.
But really, one of his qualities was his defense, because being a little bit short, he could mark fast players (for example SG or SF), but he could also act well defending against bigger players than him (most of the time PF ), with a little difficulty, but he could act defending these players bigger than him.
Allen was a good choice, but I still believe, Tucker could be useful in the team