[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/twitter/SamQuinnCBS) "Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jay Huff are two other names on this front. Its wild. The Lakers have one of the best scouting departments in the NBA but the people making the bigger picture decisions keep losing the gems those scouts unearth"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947135870311538693) 2025-07-21 03:25:42 UTC 18.1K followers, 59.4K engagements "I know we glorify 16-game players but making it through XX games has never been harder. Look at the two finalists last year. Indiana and OKC really emphasized depth. Cheap young guys who can help get you through the slog are valuable"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946684345978134884) 2025-07-19 21:31:30 UTC 18.1K followers, 5788 engagements "He's gonna be good for them. They never should've traded him. The Lakers should've found a way to sign Smart that didn't involve waiving him"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948126964356960333) 2025-07-23 21:03:57 UTC 18.1K followers, 27.5K engagements "Dorian Finney-Smith was better last year than Deandre Ayton has been post-Phoenix and Marcus Smart has been post-Boston. If those guys get back to Boston/Phoenix form the Lakers are meaningfully better. If theyre who theyve been lately theyre probably worse"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946707935335202873) 2025-07-19 23:05:14 UTC 18.1K followers, 77K engagements "The Blazers are currently set to pay Jerami Grant (age-34 season) and Jrue Holiday (age-38 season) $XXXX million in the 2027-28 season. I can squint and kind of see motivations for them making this deal but they don't remotely justify it. This is bad for them"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1937356613569986616) 2025-06-24 03:46:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 40.6K engagements "Think of the KD-Kyrie-Harden Nets. It didn't work out but the whole reason they were able to accumulate all of that talent is that they didn't have to give anything up to get the first two guys. You can't trade for three players at that level but you can usually get one"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948125972030439437) 2025-07-23 21:00:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4071 engagements "So could the Lakers make a trade today Yes. Especially if Milton is in it. They could even waive Milton and make a separate trade today. But they don't have to rush anything besides the Milton thing. Goodwin's guarantee date isn't until January. They have time on anything else"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946959489170649122) 2025-07-20 15:44:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 8520 engagements "If the Lakers waive Jordan Goodwin for Marcus Smart thats a real sacrifice. Goodwin was good in the regular season. If thats where this goes it puts pressure on Bronny to be able to play this season maybe not every night but certainly when injuries start happening"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946683561299395035) 2025-07-19 21:28:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 10.5K engagements "I think Darius Bazley is more likely to contribute to winning at the NBA level than Bronny James is. It's very complicated because Klutch represents everyone involved here but if LeBron really isn't long for LA I'd frankly trade Bronny to open a roster spot for Bazley"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1944874889808085416) 2025-07-14 21:41:22 UTC 18.1K followers, 14.8K engagements "Note on the Lakers' hard-cap crunch for Marcus Smart. Today is the Shake Milton deadline so if he's not traded today he'll be waived. However this does not mean they literally have to sign Smart today so the secondary move (trade or waive Goodwin) may not be today"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946959095296045191) 2025-07-20 15:43:15 UTC 18.1K followers, 13K engagements "@EugVibes If youre occupying a roster spot especially on a team with XX players instead of XX like the Lakers likely will be yea you sort of need to be able to provide some minutes in the modern NBA. No team makes it through XX unscathed"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946685643972641034) 2025-07-19 21:36:39 UTC 18.1K followers, XXX engagements "I dont disagree with this I understand the logic of what theyve done. I dont think risk is inherently a bad thing and frankly its usually necessary to win anything. Im just acknowledging that high-reward plays like that are rarely sure things"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946743004045172932) 2025-07-20 01:24:35 UTC 18.1K followers, 6020 engagements "This isn't as true today as it used to be because of the NBA's shrinking middle class. We're nearing a point where if you want to trade a $XX million player the only way to do it is gonna be with another $50ish million guy involved because those mid-tier deals are disappearing"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1943127038891819152) 2025-07-10 01:56:02 UTC 18.1K followers, 9868 engagements "Stop talking about Jrue Holiday getting bought out. He has three years left on his contract. The Blazers traded for him because they want him. If they just wanted to save money why would they have traded an expiring contract for him"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947785416742211897) 2025-07-22 22:26:46 UTC 18.1K followers, 34.3K engagements "I think this is true and I dont think thats insulting to Kobe. Young healthy T-Mac was genuinely that good. He was just playing on garbage rosters and his body didnt hold up"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948769702559314390) 2025-07-25 15:37:58 UTC 18.1K followers, 8773 engagements "For now Giannis and Jokic are eligible for 2027 free agency. Recent history has taught us to expect extensions and/or trade requests before that. Look out for Luka's extension structure too. If he signs a 1+1 to align with them maybe free agency makes a big comeback in 2027"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948122833877446830) 2025-07-23 20:47:32 UTC 18.1K followers, 19.2K engagements "Defense is a biggie. Scottie gets to the line more. I think there was hope that he'd get to the rim a lot more. He has the physical tools to do so. He's gotten a bit too comfortable shooting bad jumpers lately though"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948828241285800431) 2025-07-25 19:30:34 UTC 18.1K followers, 1035 engagements "First domino down. Unclear on when the second domino falls. Could be today. Could be down the line. Theres no deadline to sign Smart so they have time to either waive Jordan Goodwin or make a trade"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946991033243328876) 2025-07-20 17:50:10 UTC 18.1K followers, 9115 engagements "My expectation is that Luka extends at 2+1. However if he plans to recruit Giannis and/or Jokic in 2027 free agency 1+1 actually makes sense because it gives him and the Lakers a bit more cap space wiggle room if they need it (which they can then just make up in future years)"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948123455766806550) 2025-07-23 20:50:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4071 engagements "Houston had a better record than Minnesota last year. The Rockets got better. The Wolves got worse. If Houston had gotten to play Golden State without Curry they wouldve beaten them too"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947373191443222741) 2025-07-21 19:08:43 UTC 18.1K followers, 2994 engagements "I thought the Clippers were dead in the water when Paul George left. All theyve done since is build a legitimate championship contender that can generate max cap space basically whenever they want to. Just an incredible year of front office work"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1945539885424623713) 2025-07-16 17:43:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 284.9K engagements "We dont need a news cycle out of every team that wants Giannis. Oh the Clippers want Giannis You dont say. The Warriors want Giannis Are you sure five years of reporting is enough Every team wants Giannis. Every team thinks he might move soon. We dont need XX news cycles"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948777874334364044) 2025-07-25 16:10:26 UTC 18.1K followers, 5511 engagements "I think the difference is that most of those were solved because the better player kept ascending whereas in T-Macs case he just kept getting hurt. I think we got one of the worst possible versions of his career between injuries and rosters"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948762073619403235) 2025-07-25 15:07:39 UTC 18.1K followers, 10.5K engagements "The irony of this quote is the reason he dismisses the teams Michael beat is that they didnt win championships except the reason they didnt win championships is that they all ran into Michael"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947661833621434512) 2025-07-22 14:15:41 UTC 18.1K followers, 7800 engagements "I'm happy to extend Trae Young. It's just not gonna be at the $XXX million max figure. If he's willing to stay for like 180-190 maybe with incentives tied to things like All-NBA taking it higher I'm in. But if he wants the max I'd take it into the season"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946314135949476161) 2025-07-18 21:00:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 5868 engagements "The internet has been better at designing Pokemon than Game Freak and The Pokemon Company have since Gen X. There are easily a dozen better mega dragonite designs out there than this"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947776265685241920) 2025-07-22 21:50:24 UTC 18.1K followers, 3973 engagements "Id rather have Smart but Id like to have both. Wouldve been nice if they couldve figured that out. Hate to cut a useful player"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947115224747724840) 2025-07-21 02:03:39 UTC 18.1K followers, 7743 engagements "Im not sure if the on-paper roster is better or worse. That depends on whether theyre getting 2022 Ayton and Smart or 2025 Ayton and Smart because DFS is a big loss. But I think with LeBron being a year older and the West getting better theyre in a worse overall position"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946706463360979004) 2025-07-19 22:59:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 358.8K engagements "Happy Gilmore X mostly works. Not nearly as funny as the original but it has heart and nostalgia and that's enough"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1948818133721940238) 2025-07-25 18:50:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 3042 engagements "Honestly I think Chris Paul has that title pretty well sewn up for now"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1946003629531353156) 2025-07-18 00:26:34 UTC 18.1K followers, 16.1K engagements "OKC is a tier. Houston and Denver is a tier. Lakers Clippers and Wolves are a tier that the Warriors can join if they get Horford and Melton and do something with Kuminga. Spurs are ready to pounce when one or two of those older teams struggle with injuries"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1947371144903868898) 2025-07-21 19:00:36 UTC 18.1K followers, 9322 engagements "My only non-health question for the Clippers is who starts. Harden Kawhi and Zu are locked in. I suspect they want one offensive player and one defender with the last two spots. So Id guess Beal and DJJ or Dunn and Collins"  [@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/x/SamQuinnCBS) on [X](/post/tweet/1945545130712211861) 2025-07-16 18:04:40 UTC 18.1K followers, 3355 engagements
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@SamQuinnCBS
"Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jay Huff are two other names on this front. Its wild. The Lakers have one of the best scouting departments in the NBA but the people making the bigger picture decisions keep losing the gems those scouts unearth"
@SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 03:25:42 UTC 18.1K followers, 59.4K engagements
"I know we glorify 16-game players but making it through XX games has never been harder. Look at the two finalists last year. Indiana and OKC really emphasized depth. Cheap young guys who can help get you through the slog are valuable" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:31:30 UTC 18.1K followers, 5788 engagements
"He's gonna be good for them. They never should've traded him. The Lakers should've found a way to sign Smart that didn't involve waiving him" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 21:03:57 UTC 18.1K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Dorian Finney-Smith was better last year than Deandre Ayton has been post-Phoenix and Marcus Smart has been post-Boston. If those guys get back to Boston/Phoenix form the Lakers are meaningfully better. If theyre who theyve been lately theyre probably worse" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 23:05:14 UTC 18.1K followers, 77K engagements
"The Blazers are currently set to pay Jerami Grant (age-34 season) and Jrue Holiday (age-38 season) $XXXX million in the 2027-28 season. I can squint and kind of see motivations for them making this deal but they don't remotely justify it. This is bad for them" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-06-24 03:46:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 40.6K engagements
"Think of the KD-Kyrie-Harden Nets. It didn't work out but the whole reason they were able to accumulate all of that talent is that they didn't have to give anything up to get the first two guys. You can't trade for three players at that level but you can usually get one" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 21:00:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4071 engagements
"So could the Lakers make a trade today Yes. Especially if Milton is in it. They could even waive Milton and make a separate trade today. But they don't have to rush anything besides the Milton thing. Goodwin's guarantee date isn't until January. They have time on anything else" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 15:44:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 8520 engagements
"If the Lakers waive Jordan Goodwin for Marcus Smart thats a real sacrifice. Goodwin was good in the regular season. If thats where this goes it puts pressure on Bronny to be able to play this season maybe not every night but certainly when injuries start happening" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:28:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 10.5K engagements
"I think Darius Bazley is more likely to contribute to winning at the NBA level than Bronny James is. It's very complicated because Klutch represents everyone involved here but if LeBron really isn't long for LA I'd frankly trade Bronny to open a roster spot for Bazley" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-14 21:41:22 UTC 18.1K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Note on the Lakers' hard-cap crunch for Marcus Smart. Today is the Shake Milton deadline so if he's not traded today he'll be waived. However this does not mean they literally have to sign Smart today so the secondary move (trade or waive Goodwin) may not be today" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 15:43:15 UTC 18.1K followers, 13K engagements
"@EugVibes If youre occupying a roster spot especially on a team with XX players instead of XX like the Lakers likely will be yea you sort of need to be able to provide some minutes in the modern NBA. No team makes it through XX unscathed" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:36:39 UTC 18.1K followers, XXX engagements
"I dont disagree with this I understand the logic of what theyve done. I dont think risk is inherently a bad thing and frankly its usually necessary to win anything. Im just acknowledging that high-reward plays like that are rarely sure things" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 01:24:35 UTC 18.1K followers, 6020 engagements
"This isn't as true today as it used to be because of the NBA's shrinking middle class. We're nearing a point where if you want to trade a $XX million player the only way to do it is gonna be with another $50ish million guy involved because those mid-tier deals are disappearing" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-10 01:56:02 UTC 18.1K followers, 9868 engagements
"Stop talking about Jrue Holiday getting bought out. He has three years left on his contract. The Blazers traded for him because they want him. If they just wanted to save money why would they have traded an expiring contract for him" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 22:26:46 UTC 18.1K followers, 34.3K engagements
"I think this is true and I dont think thats insulting to Kobe. Young healthy T-Mac was genuinely that good. He was just playing on garbage rosters and his body didnt hold up" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-25 15:37:58 UTC 18.1K followers, 8773 engagements
"For now Giannis and Jokic are eligible for 2027 free agency. Recent history has taught us to expect extensions and/or trade requests before that. Look out for Luka's extension structure too. If he signs a 1+1 to align with them maybe free agency makes a big comeback in 2027" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 20:47:32 UTC 18.1K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Defense is a biggie. Scottie gets to the line more. I think there was hope that he'd get to the rim a lot more. He has the physical tools to do so. He's gotten a bit too comfortable shooting bad jumpers lately though" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-25 19:30:34 UTC 18.1K followers, 1035 engagements
"First domino down. Unclear on when the second domino falls. Could be today. Could be down the line. Theres no deadline to sign Smart so they have time to either waive Jordan Goodwin or make a trade" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 17:50:10 UTC 18.1K followers, 9115 engagements
"My expectation is that Luka extends at 2+1. However if he plans to recruit Giannis and/or Jokic in 2027 free agency 1+1 actually makes sense because it gives him and the Lakers a bit more cap space wiggle room if they need it (which they can then just make up in future years)" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 20:50:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4071 engagements
"Houston had a better record than Minnesota last year. The Rockets got better. The Wolves got worse. If Houston had gotten to play Golden State without Curry they wouldve beaten them too" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:08:43 UTC 18.1K followers, 2994 engagements
"I thought the Clippers were dead in the water when Paul George left. All theyve done since is build a legitimate championship contender that can generate max cap space basically whenever they want to. Just an incredible year of front office work" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-16 17:43:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 284.9K engagements
"We dont need a news cycle out of every team that wants Giannis. Oh the Clippers want Giannis You dont say. The Warriors want Giannis Are you sure five years of reporting is enough Every team wants Giannis. Every team thinks he might move soon. We dont need XX news cycles" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-25 16:10:26 UTC 18.1K followers, 5511 engagements
"I think the difference is that most of those were solved because the better player kept ascending whereas in T-Macs case he just kept getting hurt. I think we got one of the worst possible versions of his career between injuries and rosters" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-25 15:07:39 UTC 18.1K followers, 10.5K engagements
"The irony of this quote is the reason he dismisses the teams Michael beat is that they didnt win championships except the reason they didnt win championships is that they all ran into Michael" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 14:15:41 UTC 18.1K followers, 7800 engagements
"I'm happy to extend Trae Young. It's just not gonna be at the $XXX million max figure. If he's willing to stay for like 180-190 maybe with incentives tied to things like All-NBA taking it higher I'm in. But if he wants the max I'd take it into the season" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-18 21:00:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 5868 engagements
"The internet has been better at designing Pokemon than Game Freak and The Pokemon Company have since Gen X. There are easily a dozen better mega dragonite designs out there than this" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 21:50:24 UTC 18.1K followers, 3973 engagements
"Id rather have Smart but Id like to have both. Wouldve been nice if they couldve figured that out. Hate to cut a useful player" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 02:03:39 UTC 18.1K followers, 7743 engagements
"Im not sure if the on-paper roster is better or worse. That depends on whether theyre getting 2022 Ayton and Smart or 2025 Ayton and Smart because DFS is a big loss. But I think with LeBron being a year older and the West getting better theyre in a worse overall position" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 22:59:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 358.8K engagements
"Happy Gilmore X mostly works. Not nearly as funny as the original but it has heart and nostalgia and that's enough" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-25 18:50:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 3042 engagements
"Honestly I think Chris Paul has that title pretty well sewn up for now" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-18 00:26:34 UTC 18.1K followers, 16.1K engagements
"OKC is a tier. Houston and Denver is a tier. Lakers Clippers and Wolves are a tier that the Warriors can join if they get Horford and Melton and do something with Kuminga. Spurs are ready to pounce when one or two of those older teams struggle with injuries" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:00:36 UTC 18.1K followers, 9322 engagements
"My only non-health question for the Clippers is who starts. Harden Kawhi and Zu are locked in. I suspect they want one offensive player and one defender with the last two spots. So Id guess Beal and DJJ or Dunn and Collins" @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-16 18:04:40 UTC 18.1K followers, 3355 engagements