Nah, he means a multibillionaire came in under the luxury tax selling McCain. Philly is cursed they are never winning anything again.

I don’t want to tell Sixers fans how to feel, but I agree with him. It’s an incomplete right now until we see what the Sixers get out of it.

Also, I still don’t know what to make of McCain’s ceiling. Whether he stayed in Philly or stays in OKC, he’s just a bench scoring guard right now. An effective one for the most part, but that’s all he is. And if that’s all he stays, then I don’t know… it’s not the nightmare scenario I think many are making out to be.

The Sixers owner said in the presser that Morey presented the trade to ownership and Myers and they all approved it and understood it was part of a broader plan. They basically stood by the trade.

So it seems Morey wasn’t fired for that so much as he was let go for further embarrassing the franchise with his comments afterwards and perhaps more importantly losing the support of the players.

He also turned D’Lo into Wiggins and the pick that became Kuminga, effectively finding another championship for Golden State in 2022.

IDK whether Klay was a Jerry West call or not, but you can see Myers sitting literally right next to Lacob when they take Klay:

https://youtu.be/1F0CLQQiTVU?si=Msaf_yLVikx0fFyE&t=20

That also means he was likely involved in the Draymon pick. Nevermind Poole and Looney. You can meme the man for Wiseman (always projected top 3) and Kuminga (always projected top 5), but he got a lot more right than wrong. It’s tiresome when people try to dunk on the GM for one of the most successful eras of an NBA team because he had a few notable fumbles.

Off with his head, you say?

Ppl still pushing this narrative huh? Any team with the NO.2 pick was taking James Wiseman. Maybe a team would take Melo, but a team with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson obviously was not taking a third guard.

There was nothing about Wiseman that indicated he couldn’t be a starter level big in the NBA. There was also little evidence he could be considering such a limited college resume.

All that being said, it sucks for both Wiseman and the Warriors that it didn’t work out but you saw glimpses of what he could do, he just doesnt have the mind or drive to make it work.

The NBA is so ridiculously elite that even having such elite measurables means nothing if you cant utilize it well on the court.

I thought it was an owner thing?

I think a better example was that Bob was the guy who gave Poole a max contract when he didn’t have to. Poole had a year left and Bob just did it as his one last thing on his way out. Instead of leaving it to Mike Dunleavy. Thanks Bob, you gave MDJ a hot potato.

Lacob.

At least it turns it into a win-win, since it’s hard to say the Thunder lost a trade where they turned some of their glut of draft picks into a cost-controlled very good bench contributor.

What do you mean? I thought we have to draft the next player with a bigger TikTok following.

I hate this argument, you still need a 3rd guard off the bench, starters aren’t playing 48 mins. Unless you hire Thibs…

Thunder give you 12 for 22 + 2 future firsts? You do it? You could draft Mara….

I see what you did there

Because it had nothing to do with basketball lol it was to save the owner money and get under the tax. Then Maxey had to go out and play 48 mins in every playoff game because they had no bench lol

That’s simplifying it. McCain is a second year player who was the betting favorite for ROY before his injury.

To make things worse, he put up 18 off the bench in game 2 when Shai was in foul trouble. He’s doing that on a stacked OKC roster.

You can make the argument that he’s only performing well because he has so much talent around him but giving Jared to a team like OKC is malpractice lol.

it wasnt the trade itself, it was wat morey said afterwards

Because we’re talking about a second year player who was the front runner for roty (Castle probably would have won it regardless) until he got injured and the team gave up on him because he was hurt and struggling to fit in. Which given their lack of shooting or bench depth makes it bad and the fact that he’s an immediate contributor to an actual contender means that the team really shouldn’t have given up on him. Not only did he do very well immediately for a win-now team but they also needed his skillset. Especially given that they didn’t even use the pick to get anyone. They gutted their depth and shooting for a late frp. And then the gm came up with the entire “we sold high” thing on a press conference.

I can’t imagine it’s actual outrage. I think it’s just to poke fan at 76ers fanbase.

We all do it. We all poke at each other. It’s a brotherhood of misery and, as a Warriors fan, I’ll be joining in on the shenanigans for the next couple decades as we become Bulls West lol

He’s currently 11th in playoff minutes played for them lol

OKC trades get a lot more scrutiny given the history. Also giving up a young, injured shooter is dumb

Because most GMs don’t find it necessary to talk shit on a player after trading him! Classless.

If McCain was Kyle Singler you would have a point.

Elton Brand is the GM, ig Myers would be a consultant since he’s only leading the search for Morey’s replacement as President of Basketball Operations

Edit: Didn’t see that Myers will also have a say on high level decision making. Wtf is going on with the Sixers leadership structure

The Bulls get too much shit for the trades.

I doubt Ayo would resign with next year so they got a little value to send his bird rights to someone he would sign with. Same with Vuc. Same with Coby. These are all unrestricted free agents in about 6 weeks.

I think Philly was silly to trade him, but then again, we cannot necessarily assume McCain puts up these same numbers in a different system.

People are pissed because he wen to the Thunder - if McCain was putting up these numbers on like the Kings, do we end up caring?

I think he’s probably saying wait until we see who they can get at 22nd in this draft before the trade is evaluated.

I mean.. idk with NIL thinning out the back end of this 1st round it might be a stretch, but I think they can probably do better than McCain if they get the pick right. Regardless still doesn’t really make it a great trade

It wouldn’t be overhyped if he went anywhere else. He made OKCs already deep bench that much deeper. OKC has a tendency to go cold from 3 and McCain could mitigate that weakness.

To be honest I think he could plug into any contending team’s bench right now and tip the scales for a series if he’s shooting this hot. Against LA he was 63% (¹²⁄₁₉) from three in 14 min a game. I’m really glad OKC got him.

He was their 4th guard and they got a first round pick for him. He also is score-only shooting (not point) guard which is the easiest position to find. They could just replace him with Collin Sexton on a minimum next year

To knock the Lakers out in the 2nd round without Luka. Duh

a contender in the other conference….

a couple of their many, many picks. only one first

Nah McCain’s percentages had started to tick up the last 10 games or so before being traded, he was rounding back into form. As soon as he was given solid rotation minutes with OKC he started looking like he did at the beginning of last season, woulda happened either way.

I agree, it’s just the fact they sent him to a team that was already up. Makes it seem like Morey traded McCain just to get rid of him.

If he was sent to a team like the Magic or the Clippers, no one would’ve bat an eye. Probably would’ve gotten a better haul too.

I mean everyone in this trade ends up with 0 hall of famers so it was a draw.

I don’t care if he paints his nails pink, wears a dress on the court and calls himself Sally if he shoots over 50% from three in the playoffs.

Impossible, that boy is citrusy

No but that’s why Philly messed up