Merged: |0fficial| Trade Deadline

Again at the ~46 minute mark

 

Not trying to look into this too hard but I think he knows he might be dealt by thursday

 

Woj makes it pretty clear that Portland wouldn't have trouble dealing Crabbe if they wanted to. Same with Meyers and Harkless (we already knew the Harkless part though)

 

If he weren't so injury-prone, he'd be interesting. Still only 28, so not necessarily out of step age-wise for Portland.

 

I wonder if Brooklyn would take Meyers and a future 2nd.

BKN Gets: Leonard, Future 2nd
DEN Gets: Ezeli, CLE 1st, Cash (BKN)
POR Gets: Gallo or Chandler

Would give us a replacement in case we shipped out Harkless, Crabbe, or Turner.

It would come down to if either of them would be worth the giving up the CLE 1st.

 

I know we have just acquired Nurkic but we should do all in our power to get Drummond. He would literally be perfect for this team. Nurkic can still comfortably get 16-18 minutes a game and develop and this is more of a case of seizing the opportunity to get a special talent when it's available.

I don't think we will be able to do this though, not with our assets. We don't even have a center to send them to compensate unless we make it a three team deal with Philadelphia or Brooklyn (Okafor or Lopez).

 

I'd rather have Meyers than Greg Monroe.

I'd prefer to have neither of them.

 

How? That trade results in us shedding about $1M in salary.

 

I'd be trying to entice teams to take our picks, Harkless, and Okafor.

 

If we don't trade for a star player, we need to try to get 4, maybe 5 picks, as well as shed salary. Standing pat isn't the way to go. Trading players for picks would improve ours, and give younger guys extra PT.

 

I am not buying into the notion that Detroit really wants to move Drummond. But if they did........what is the rule on trading Nurkic? Does it have to be just him and not part of a larger deal? 1 for 1?

 

It's sad that every deadline/offseason the Wolves try to deal this guy.
They're so much better with him on the court than off, almost every year.
He's proven he can win in Spain/Olympics, but he's never had the talent around him in the NBA.
I truly hope for him, and his career he goes to the Spurs or even the Bucks. Allow him to run the show with Talent around him and watch that team flourish.
Or he chooses to go back and play in Spain if he misses his family.
He deserves so much better than what he's got from the joke of a franchise T-Wolves.
Sure he struggles shooting the ball. But he does so many other things that he just can't be kept off the court.

 

It doesn't have to be a 1-for-1, but Nurkic can't be a part of a package. The other team could theoretically send a package of assets back.

 

Doesn't have talent around him? Come on. Wolves definitely have talent. Rubio just isn't very good as a starter. As a backup sure. But it's not the wolves fault he still hasn't learned how to shoot a basketball.

 

Right because a bunch 1-2 year players are going to win right away with one vet.
So lets look back at the previous team.
Love/Martin/Pek/Brewer... Maybe you're talking about Berea or Cunningham?
The Spanish national team had more talent on it than any of the teams the Wolves put on the floor with Rubio.
He's basically Jason Kidd.
DMC had more talent put around him in Sac.

Not trying to say Rubio doesn't have his flaws. Nor that he is a superstar, or even a star.
But I don't think there are 20 better point guards than him in the NBA.

 

I think there might be. Few teams have point guards who are not at least as good as Rubio. Milwaukee are a great suggestion for him except he doesn't shoot and neither do they.

 

He'll make NY better

 

Woj is stating that PHI will consider trading Noel but only if they don't find a taker for Okafor.

 

I like a Nurkic- Noel combo better than Nurkic-Okafor combo. Noel can play with Nurk for longer stretches and provides exactly the kind of defense we need to keep a Dame-CJ duo viable.

But I hate that Noel is up for a contract this summer.

Edit: in 17 games played this year, Noel leads the league in steal %.

 

If Noel can't play with a traditional center like Embiid hence why sixers are trying to trade him why would Noel work with another traditional center like Nurkic?