Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

Watched a video on YouTube just now that tried to tie the rumors together that we had interest in Ben Simmons with the fact we didn’t have any money for Ben Simmons.  The theory was that the interest was real, but when Caleb Martin refused to drop his trade kicker, the opportunity vanished.  I didn’t know if anyone had posted that here (can’t keep up with everything these days).

That makes me further wonder if keeping the deal open like we did was an effort to dump a bit more salary in order to create room under the apron for Simmons.  Summer target?

Low key, the Grimes for Martin trade may have been more lopsided than the Luka trade.  How much better would we be with Grimes and Simmons than Martin?  Insanity.