Very timely that many acquisitions and sell offs are happening on this era. While these wealthy people don't have anything to do with their money, the sellers are certainly doing it perfectly.

They have a different Dame now but they can still build the team around him but, with this new management, we don't know what they're planning.

I think that you're right and it makes sense that a team like Blazer would have been a quarter of Lakers value and I also think that they weren't that much. But this is all about business and the seller have won this sale.

He didn't have that playing time with the Warriors, I'm talking about Melton here. Not sure if he got injured already and then he was included in the trade. He was a good catch for the Warriors back then, with Buddy Hield. But again if my memory serves me right, he was injured (not career threatening), so he fall off from the rotation.

Everyone is waiting to hear where Kuminga will be going, but it seems that he will stay with the Warriors till season. Hopefully he will not fall for the Schroder effect as the extension that the Warrior is fair in my opinion and the Warrior could still be a contender the following season.

Right, and as said before, he has a lot of of wear and tear in his body already and at 35 years old, he could be showing signs of slowing down. Although there is one good example in Durant or Steph Curry we still can score and control the game.

And unless they surround him of young players, it might be very hard for Lillard to carry the team as he used to be. But I remember one game of him, I did bet on ML with $100 on them to win and it was a crazy game. They won a game via a buzzer beater, so I will have to take him for that. 

For now, I believe Portland using him again as the main guy on their roster because that’s the only reason why would a team will re-acquire their main star after trading it.

I don’t know the full scope how deep their roster but for sure they already acquired a lot of young talent and the missing pieces is a veteran star player that has a potential to explode on any game.

Assuming Portland indeed have deep roster including bench. With Lilard help will surely gives them better position in playoffs

Yeah, if chemistries between the players will developed for sure Lilard can help in terms of leading them, with his scoring capabilities I think he still have shot for the team, though it's a new squad that he needed to blend his game the chance is always possible if everyone have that same goal to win, we won't be able to conclude it as the season is not start yet, we will see his impact once we see them playing together.

It is clear that Blazers are basically tanking at this stage of their era. There is no chance that they can do great, that team sucks and they can only tank with this team and they can only hope for some good picks.

I have no idea if they even own their pick, but I do hope that they do, because they are going to be close to bottom. They also need to realize, getting one good player isn't enough. Look at them before, they had Dame, who was a great player, and they even had CJ McCollum, who played amazing, and yet when you think about it, they didn't do well all that much. So they need to end up with more than that, they need a few stars, and they can do that if they tank a few seasons and get some good players from free agency.

I hope so too.

Everyone talks about the same fate as Dennis Schroder if he don't accept the offer he's getting from the Golden State Warriors.

He'll not get much playing time there, they've been loaded already if that's the offer he's waiting for.

Agree to that, if ever that he may signed by the Lakers he might get decent minutes as he's fit playing fast-face gaming style, he can run together with Luka and with his ability to finished his attacks that can help the Lakers, with his height and still young he got something to offer for the Lakers, if the management will be willing to acquire him and offer something that GSW may bite, it's going to be a good season for Kuminga in case that this change in uniform take place.

This is why gambling on yourself sometimes isn't worth it. He's the perfect example of this one. The clock is ticking against him, and the chances of him having that $30-$35M per year contract is going lower and lower as days passes by. I don't like to happen to him what happened to Schroder, but based on what's happening, it seems like that's where he's heading too. No other teams wans him, and if there's a team that wants him, they're lowballing the Warriors which of course the Warriors management will decline.

As for him going to the Lakers, HE WILL NOT GO THERE, and that's 100%. The Lakers don't have the cap space to acquire him especially with that amount of money Kuminga wants. A sign-and-trade from the Warriors would be the most plausible option if he wants to go there, but he just declined their offer. Now if he really wants to go to the Lakers, he must accept a much lower contract. In short, he will not go there.

I'll follow this situation of him just because I'm a Warriors fan and he contributed towards the 2022 title that they got still. I'm hoping that he will not follow Schroder, but... but... time is ticking.

After the post about Portland Blazers sold for $4B. There's another clearance for the Boston Celtics to be sold for $6.1B. Looks like the NBA teams are now in a bull run, many former owners selling it.  



NBA link: https://www.nba.com/news/nba-approves-sale-of-boston-celtics

With $2B more expensive than the Blazers, this should have been what Tom Dundon and group had tried to purchase. But if that'smore than their budget, a team is a team in the NBA I guess.