Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SkenfromLMF]

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?

I did immediately call the Grimes trade as terrible as it took away one of the minor positives of the Luka trade: reducing the limit against the Hard Cap. Not necessarily the fact that Martin did not waive the TK, just in a general sense of cap management. To lose that deal twice (after the snag on medicals) is dumfoundingly dense. What can we give Detroit to get Lindsey back???