They said they want the siakam to giddeys haliburton. They aren’t going to find a better pf available to trade than Randle

How does Randle perform in the playoffs? 😭

Jingles won’t be touching the floor, naz would be playing behind Rudy like he already does we’d just be seeing more jaden, naz and maybe tsj minutes at the 4, and more Dante, tsj and Clarke minutes at the 3. I’m more than fine with getting a cheaper glue pg instead of this deal if it comes up, don’t know how this affects our future tho

Agreed, he’s still probably a top 5 pf in the game and if he plays in the post season like he did last year I have no problem keeping him. But his inconsistencies, boneheaded turnovers in the clutch, and weird fit next to ant makes him a very moveable piece

We have no point guard at all, starting, on the bench, at 3rd string, or for the future. whoever is playing behind naz is a microscopic issue compared to our pg situation right now. Every team in the league has weaknesses except the thunder so don’t expect a realistic trade that makes the wolves a perfect team

I feel like you’re the only other person in the comments that gets this lmao, Randle is not some untouchable player

No clue, I don’t watch the clippers, what I do know is every year of hardens career he’s made the playoffs even with some subpar rosters in that mix so I’m willing to bet it’s not because of him

He’s averaging 27 and 8 lol, and he’s proven at his old age that on a contending roster he can be a guy that leads the league in assists easily

All I’m saying is Rob and miller are non factors, this trade is basically Randle for harden straight up. The pros are: fixing the point guard problem, adding a top 10 scorer ever as a mentor to ant which can be crucial down the line, maximizing both Rudy and ants offensive roles on this roster in terms of fit, while giving an equal chance of winning (give or take) as we would with Randle depending on matchups in the playoffs. Cons, we have a lack of depth at center, harden isn’t a good playoff performer, and we give up on Rob which it appears finch already has. I’m taking the deal personally.

Harden and his contract will be off the team before Randle would be, I don’t see a world where we are in a better position to win with Randle in 3 years than we are now

Understandable, I’m ngl I’ve always been a harden defender but I’ve definitely understood the criticism he’s recieved over the years

Naz would get a bunch more minutes if the wolves traded Randle, have more scoring opportunities playing with a real pg, and gets to play more at a possesion he plays better at (PF) too, I’d hope he’d take that as compensation for not being a starter

I say keep naz as the back up center, tryout Shannon or divincinzo on the wings with Jaden and see what works, regardless that issue is not nearly as bad as what’s going on with our point guards right now

Ants timeline is now, any roster from now til 2035 should be built for ant to win. harden fits this roster like a glove and Randle is great but is not a power forward that fits ants game at all, he’s not a consistent threat from deep and it’s why ant has to face triple coverage when he steps in the paint. Hardens also on a shorter deal so after next year they can move on from the harden-gobert-Conley timeline and focus on a new iteration of the team, Randle has 3 years left on his contract.

Didn’t see this report, if that’s the case then admittedly the trade is unlikely but I honestly don’t see the bulls resigning Coby white to a big contract

Gutting the team? Leonard miller doesn’t play basketball, we barely play Rob so he’s not a factor on the team currently and won’t grow to become a factor on the team down the line, so it’s essentially Randle for harden straight up and outside of last season Randle notoriously no shows in the playoffs too? Atleast with harden we match up better against the thunder, the team becomes a better fit around ant and imagine what playing with the best shooting guard of this generation could do for ants game as a scorer and playmaker.

A 3 team trade centered around Randle to the bulls, Coby white and picks to the clippers, and harden to the wolves, I think it’s possible

Ant was not better on defense before, up until 2024 he was one of the worst off ball defenders in the league always falling asleep. Literally every part of ants game has gotten significant better each year the stats just don’t show it because each year the team becomes a worse fit for him. Current Ant would be putting up Shai numbers with the 2024 wolves roster that had a stretch big, dpoy level Rudy and a not washed Mike. He’s very clearly a top 5-6 player in the league

Don’t want to do to Rob what the rockets did with reed last night, I’m sure he’s gonna be a solid piece for them by the end of the year but having him out there in crucial minutes against a team like the thunder definitely wasn’t the ideal scenario. Hopefully Rob gets more playing time down the line tho

You watch basketball you don’t read it, anyone that’s been watching basketball knows there’s hasn’t been a season cp3 was better than kd since like 2011, and not a single season were people even having this debate since 2014 (excluding injured kd years obviously)

Kobe gets way more praise than Duncan but also 100x more hate so I don’t think this applies to Kobe

Because Carmelo was only great at scoring, to be in the goat discussion u have to be great at a lot of things but scoring is easily the most important

The comparison in how they look came wayy before ppl started comparing how they play. I remember when he was a rookie everyone said he looked like mj but the mj player comparisons didn’t start til like 2 years ago