I just read an article about the case of a 10 year old girl from Ohio who got an abortion in Indiana after being raped by a (convicted?) 27 year old. There was apparently some back and forth as to whether it was real (apparently it is?) followed by an investigation in the doctor providing the abortion because it was not filed correctly. My question is:
- why is this called an illegal immigration issue?
- why is the doctor called an abortion activist?
- and what actually happened?
> Ayton’s camp believes they have a max offer sheet coming it could only be Indiana or San Antonio.
This comes from Gambadoro a few hours after this Tweet from him:
> From what I’ve heard Malcolm Brogdon was on vacation when he was traded and has not yet taken his physical to complete his trade to Boston. Not until that trade is finalized would Indiana have the space needed to offer a max contract to Deandre Ayton. Heard physical is tomorrow.
I’d appreciate it Ayton if this could get resolved soon.
This is my Windhorstian attempt to connect some lines, I’ve been thinking this all week, and keep arriving at the same thought:
The Indiana Pacers are going to torpedo the Durant trade 3 days from this post.
Let me start with a question: Are the Pacers interested in Ayton at all?
They have turner, why would they want Ayton? Well, there were tweets, some with sources, and some without that confirm, before the haliburton trade, the Pacers and suns had discussed a Sabonis for Ayton deal around the deadline. So we know there was interest at some point. And trading Sabonis for Ayton would put the Pacers back in the same boat they were for the last couple of years, having 2 Centers too good to not see floor time, forcing one of them to play as a stretch 4. Now getting Ayton would create the same thing, so one would have to come to this conclusion: Since the deadline, the Pacers have been ready to move on from Turner. I say this as a Pacers fan, I've seen his name in rumors since he walked off the stage at the draft, but I think they're comfortable moving on. Beyond this, I have seen the countless Sign and Trade Ayton for Turner proposals online, and I'll say this, they aren't bad. I think there was enough smoke around the idea that the Pacers and Suns had a framework in place to do that move Turner for Ayton in a S&T. But then Durant wanted out and it broke everything.
So, angered, the Pacers decided to screw the S&T and do things themselves.
Let me ask you another question: Why would Indiana, trade Malcolm Brogdon, Now?
They had all offseason, yeah he was rumored to go around the draft, but why now? Think of it, in this standoff across the league, where most teams have been re signing and extending current players, why would Brogdon be moved NOW? His value was already low, we know that, he could've been traded at any point this offseason, but why now? and why didn't a player of note go over in the trade? Theis is a nice player sure, but not for a rebuilding team. And Nesmith might have a hard time filling the roster. The answer to why now is this: to create 4 Million in cap space (once Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan and Nik Stauskas are cut). Post this trade, the Pacers build up an even bigger trade exception and more importantly create Cap space of 31 million, enough for a Max Contract. **The Pacers can now sign Ayton to a max contract, without sacrificing a dime. It's not the homegrown rookie max, but it is enough, an
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Deandre Ayton remains the best unsigned player left. The Suns are scrambling to find sign & trade opportunities for Ayton in order to flip him assets attractive enough to entice the Nets into a Durant-to-PHX multi team trade. Ayton can throw a wrench into those plans if he were to sign an offer sheet with either the Pacers or Spurs. Once that happens Suns recourse is to either match the offer on their RFA or let him go. If matched, the Suns would be forced to hold onto Ayton until mid-season before being able to trade him. The other option is not matching and letting Ayton walk for nothing. Gambo, a Suns insider, believes we're nearing the end game.
