Who needs a GM when we already have the same puppet master we’ve had for decades (John Paxson)

No GM is better than a lot of GMs

Why would we need to hire a GM to do nothing? An empty chair in the GM’s office can and will do nothing. We’re fine if that’s what we wanna do.

They want Watson for GM

They’re saving it for someone special.

Ya y’all are just this ticking time bomb

This

Every team is going to want Austin Reaves, Jalen Duren, Walker Kessler, Peyton Watson, and Benedict Mathurin. The Bulls. Lakers, Nets, Hawks, Jazz, Supersonics, Patriots, and every team in existence with capspace might offer a ⁵⁄₁₈₀ contract for them

Source? The agents of those players wanting their players demand to go up

Do something wrong that’s for sure. I feel like post Jordan you could honestly flip a coin for every decision and still things would turn out better than with the Bulls front office. The problem with sports is that all the root problems of a team come from shitty owners, and you can’t get rid of them.

because they have the same owner.. the one that’s run the place for several decades

Watson would fit very well next to Buzelis and Giddey in terms of both playstyle and age and has looked excellent when given a bigger role. Don’t think it’s likely but I’d be really happy if we could get him for ~25m or maybe even 30.

All-Star potential is pretty good for the current Bulls team.

He does. The Nuggets will regret if they let him go. He can be a 20+ PPG scorer and high level defender. And he would fit perfectly beside Giddey and Buzelis.

that can shoot

That’s the rub. He was a complete non-factor in the playoffs last year and we were very arguably one reliable scorer away from putting OKC away in 6 (we had 4th quarter leads in games 4 and 5 that we ended up losing).

If you take his performance from Dec-Feb this year as a true leap with more potential headroom to grow then 25-30 mil is a great contract. If, on the other hand, his prior performance is a mean he will revert back to OR his hamstring problems are reoccurring then 25-30 mil will be in the conversation for worst contract in the league.

the term two way is overused in the modern, resulting in teams overpaying “two way” players like Christian Braun. You gotta be a tier 1 offensive player and defensive player for it to really matter. At least Peyton is a shot creator, but I haven’t seen enough, is especially in the playoffs.

Feel like if we’ve learned anything its that these types are pretty overrated. Inconsistent shooter doesn’t really create his own shot, not a super impactful defender and not a good rebounder. Need to have a few of these things to really deserve the contract that he will likely get. He obviously could get better at his age, but I would not give him the deal he will likely get.

Lmao if that’s the case he can go.

I doubt they’ll offer him an almost Austin reaves type salary that would be crazy. Especially for someone that’s largely untested in the playoffs

If denver says fuck that and the lakers have to pay peyton watson that much a year, theyre fucked. Hes a good player, but not a 35 mil year player and hes dealt with recurring injuries all year long.

Any team giving him 35 million a year deserves to lose

as someone who’s seen him play his entire career a gm would have to literally be smoking crack to give him 35 million

Yeah they can have him for that price lol. His hammy has been exploded for like 2 months now.

No way…he has not earned that at all.

At that price the Lakers can eat the ookie cookie lol

That’s what people said the Spurs would do for Austin, and they ended up not doing it. Why be petty in a league where relationships are everything?

This. Watever people think is reasonable, you have to go over that amount to pry him away from Denver, even then, they probably match. RFA is a bitch

The Stein Line has learned, in fact, that both the Lakers and Bulls registered trade interest in Watson leading up to the in-season deadline for deals

So at least the Lakers and Bulls are actually interested in Watson. But that line doesn’t mention the Nets.

Pick* not Picks.

Outside of a 2027 Swap to Houston the Nets don’t have anything owed.

Brooklyn has 13-1st’s over the next 7yrs with 10-1st’s being eligible for Trade before involving Swaps for the other 3. Plus $30-50m in Cap Space.

That’s after using 5-1st’s last Offseason in the Draft.

They may try to win, but not if it handicaps their prospects long term. Like, they’re not gonna trade for PG13 and Sabonis just because they wanna go from 20 wins to 35 next season, and find themselves with a long-term horrible balance sheet.

They won’t make short sighted moves just because they don’t have their pick.

30-35M per year is nuts. You guys are insane lol

I can tell no one in these comments watch the nuggets because Watson is not a great defender yet people always say he is. He blocks shots at an elite level for his position but his on ball defense is ok at best and he lacks focus often off ball.

AR yes, LeBron no. Reaves’s cap hold isn’t very big, so as long as he’s willing to wait under the assumption that the Lakers will take care of him afterwards they can sign someone and bring him back. LeBron has a huge cap hold though that needs to be renounced if the Lakers want to operate with cap space

He would probably be replacing Rui/Hayes/Knecht’s salary as I’d imagine they’re all gone next year

AR’s cap hold is tiny, Lakers can max him no matter what they do.

AR would sign after all their cap space is used up as his cap hold will be well beneath what he’ll sign for.

In order to pay a FA \(30-\)35M a year, LeBron would likely have to sign for ~$20M or less. Obviously multiple things can happen (players not picking up options, salary dumps etc) which could change this math but that’s the general gist.

How about Luol Deng?

Idk but Reinsdorf will somehow find a way to fuck it up in order to save a couple cents

Small sample size and the guys had three hammy issues in one season. Could be a fluke season, but still.

bad take. AG is the most important player to this team other than Jokic

Christian Braun is kinda one of the worst contracts in the league. AG is my favorite player but he’s always injured. Cam johnson is a much worse player than PWat too

AG has bad hammies and will likely rarely be full strength, especially down the stretch of any given season. This is the second season in a row.

He’s Mr. Nugg but the guy can’t stay healthy when it matters. Cam isn’t nearly as effective as anyone thought he’d be.

CB has been absolutely atrocious this year. I’m not sure why Cam Johnson is being touted as a positive piece for their championship windows. He missed nearly 30 games and can’t shoot the 3 anymore.

Gordon was injured last playoffs, and has sat out for half the games + this years playoffs.

With AG playing half the season and still injured in the playoffs… these convos are going to get a lot tougher

Not happening

Nooooooo.

No more than AG or Cam’s contracts are. And at least Cam and CB are on the court. The idea would be to match offers for Peyton then move off of AG and Big Val

Roll out a starting line up of Murray/CB/Cam/Peyton/Jokic

It is not just CB contract, it is the lack of draft picks to get off his contract

yeah ig it makes sense too and he would probably love it since he is from cali as well.

I like this proposal ngl

Lakers can afford him they’ll be the team with the highest cap space this off-season.

If I’m PWat I ain’t signing for less than CB’s yearly with the Nuggets for very obvious reasons.

Key word potential. Paying him to be a starter when he has yet to show that he can be one is a massive risk. The advanced alphabet soup metrics aren’t everything but in W/S per 48, Watson’s best year is as good as Brauns worst year and that contract is reviled. He took a step forward but he’s still ideally a 7th or 8th man. If he’s going to be worth the contract he sees likely to receive then you’re looking at his 90th percentile outcome as a player.