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Chandler, Noel and Nurkic are all available and wouldn't require CJ. Which of those do you prefer?

 

I'd trade Meyers for him. I think Meyers could be a good fit in NO.

My preference would be Noel, Nurkic, _____, nobody, then Chandler.

 

due to contract questions I would go nurkic then noel, noel first IF he tells us he wants to stay

 

I am not sure about Alex Kennedy but maybe. Another one is Shams Charania @selloutking http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/07/the-vertical-shams-charania-breaking-nba-news/

 

Noel, then Nurkic. Nurkic might be a more immediate impact, but doesn't have the upside potential to be the needle move Noel might be to this team. Noel's game is a style in much more of a need than Nurkic's game.
Chandler is an expensive stop gap with nothing but downside left. and that downside might drop into a free fall real soon.

 

that's the one I was thinking of

 

I'm still going Ibaka first, even though no rumors about him, I think he is available. I think Noel is getting more expensive, but besides that I like Ibaka's three point shooting and experience.

 

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/244560/Hassan-Whiteside-Not-Paying-Attention-To-Trade-Rumors

 

Between Noel and Nurkic.........Are we keeping Plums in that scenario? If so I wonder who he would best fit next to. Plums would play center next to Noel and PF next to Nurkic. Two totally different looks. My first thought is that the obvious choice is Noel, but I actually like size and shooting touch of Nurkic. And his next contract might be cheaper.

But the athleticism of Noel is hard to argue. I guess long term Noel is the choice since he has the most upside, but I would be happy with Nurkic as well if he didn't take as much to get.

 

No way Plums plays PF.
He would go to backup Center.

 

Aminu is a much better PF than Plumlee. I hope there is no such plan as Plumlee PF and to be honest I don't think there is any plan with Plumlee being a Blazer next year with the contract he'll demand.

Noel and Nurkic are both Cs with Nurkic being much stronger though. The 76ers experiment with Noel PF never worked very well, there is no floor spacing as he moves like a C.

 

Maybe PLums has simply been a stop gap all along(though we are nearing the end of the road) to Allow NO the time he needs to gather assets and shop for the true big man to put with Dame/CJ?
Plums has played well, so I think it would be a big mistake to just let him play out and walk considering his increased value. If we could work some sort of sign and trade with another team, then his value is even higher because he is then commited to that team, so we could demand more in that trade.
Could we do a sign and trade along with Davis/Laymen for Nurkic? Is that even too much?
Then we use Crabbe and picks to go after Noel?

Dame/Napier
CJ/Connaughton
Harkless/Turner
Aminu/Vonleh
Nurkic/Noel

Would need some tweaks, but we get rid of Crabbe's large contract to help use to tweak. Crabbe and picks also means I don't think we would need to use both, so if we include CLE's and another of ours down the road, It might work? They will probably want ours, so we still have the CLE pick to use in other small moves to fill in the gaps.
Maybe Leonard/CLE pick/Vonleh for Ibaka?

Then we go with this?

Dame/Napier
CJ/Layman
Harkless/Turner
Ibaka/Aminu
Nurkic/Noel

Now that seems pretty solid first and second unit with many interchangeables.

 

Why are we trying to get rid of Plumlee again? He keeps improving, even his rim protection has taken a jump lately. It's not his fault he's our only big man.

 

I forgot that one as well. It makes no sense for them to not clean house. They could get tons on draft irks and cheap Yong layers for Dragic and Whiteside, and meanwhile clear $60M in cap space for next year (including Bosh).

 

We need two types of PF's IMO. Aminu is great against more active 4's and Plumlee is better against bigger PF's. We have some big PF's in our division (Favors, Towns) that Aminu does not match well against. Plus sometimes OKC goes twin towers......

 

I guess we'll keep Davis or Vonleh for this kind of matchups. Of course Vonleh needs to improve.

Yes and Crabbe kept improving and his efficiency took a jump and it was not his fault that he was the only one that can hit a 3 other than Cj and Dame and look where we are now. I wish we could keep them all, but that's the NBA. You cannot keep everyone. Plumlee is not idiot, he will demand around 15M and i think he can easily find something like 50/4. We cannot even give that with all the trash we have gathered. Unless you believe we don't need another C and we are fine as we are.
Plumlee is a real asset, not like Leonard....He has trade value and we need to use it.

 

Because we need more of a rim protector and he could probably fetch us 2 future firsts from a team like Toronto.

That gives us assets we need to trade for a guy like Whiteside. If we trade Crabbe to Phili, they would probably give us a future 1st back. Suddenly we have four future 1sts other than are own and could give a team those and pure capspace by writing that trade into Crabbe going to the 76ers.

 

I had already answered your question in my post I quoted above. Along with what others have mentioned about size and what not, there is also the bolded section of my earlier post.
We cant afford him and his value is higher than ever right now. Now is the time to move him.

 

kind of a neat list to help you think about trades


Teams with 15 fully guaranteed contracts:

• Atlanta Hawks
• Boston Celtics
• Detroit Pistons
• Golden State Warriors
• Houston Rockets
• Indiana Pacers
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Memphis Grizzlies
• Miami Heat
• Milwaukee Bucks
• New Orleans Pelicans
• New York Knicks
• Oklahoma City Thunder
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Sacramento Kings
• Toronto Raptors
• Utah Jazz
• Washington Wizards

Teams with full 15-man rosters featuring at least one player on a 10-day contract:
(Numbers in parentheses indicate full-season contracts + 10-day contracts.)

• Brooklyn Nets (14 + 1)
• Denver Nuggets (14 + 1)
• Philadelphia 76ers (14 + 1)

Teams with open roster spots:
(Number in parentheses indicates roster count.)

• Charlotte Hornets (14)
• Chicago Bulls (14)
• Cleveland Cavaliers (14)
• Dallas Mavericks (14)
• Minnesota Timberwolves (14)
• Orlando Magic (14)
• Phoenix Suns (14)
• San Antonio Spurs (14)

 

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NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers interested in Sixers center Nerlens Noel

The Lakers have inserted themselves on trade talks this season and will continue to do so. They had talks with Atlanta about Paul Millsap and expressed interest in Nerlens Noel, if the Sixers decide to go ahead with a deal for him. But the best asset the Lakers can put forth is a future draft pick, probably not until 2021 depending on how the lottery plays out this May. That’s going to limit their activity on the market, and there is a chance they could even be a seller with a veteran such as Luol Deng.