C'mon bro...don't blow the whistle before you realize the poster was making light of the thread that had already suggested trading CJ for Gordon.
I’m willing to give up our #1 pick with Harkless, Leonard and Davis to obtain Jordan and Williams. Here’s why: This trade is as much about what we get rid of versus who we are obtaining. We can experiment with Nurkic / Jordan and if this does not help us against the conference power teams - we can trade either player over the Summer (sign & trade in Nurkic’s case) and Lou Williams will come off the books at the end of the season. Perhaps we resign him, perhaps we use him in a sign & trade. In any case, we berid ourselves of Harkless, Leonard and Davis and untie our hands this Summer for all kinds of flexibility. And if healthy, we go deep into the playoffs with the addition of Jordan and Williams versus being playoff hopefuls with Harkless, Leonard and Davis.
I've read that the clippers want partial or even full complement of Middleton, Brogdon and Henson for DJ, i really doubt they take Meyers, Harkless and Davis and 1st rounder for DJ and Lou https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2017/12/bucks-make-concerted-push-for-deandre-jordan.html
Jordan would never work next to Nurkic. It’s even worse than the Jokic/Nurkic pairing that failed. I agree that we could use a backup center that can actually defend centers, but Jordan ain’t it. Nevermind that Jordan wouldn’t ever be happy with such a move. Dude is a starter, period.
That's beyond awful for the Clippers. Why would they not just take Middleton instead of Turner? We steal so much value out of that deal.
I would want tony Allen in this trade as well. His veteran leadership and defense but I don’t know the rules and options to make it happen. But I honk this is actually feasible. It really balances out both teams rosters. I know some people won’t like this. But it would also help our salary cap situation http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y84892au
Jordan is free agent in the Summer if he opts out and he probably does. Also, Clippers would be insane to trade them for bad contracts when teams like Bucks or Cavs would actually offer them something back. Davis has absolutely zero value for them when they will be going for the tank, Harkless is much worse than Galinari and Meyers is even worse, $20M a year down the drain in their situation.
Jordan IMO has to go to Bucks. Bucks should IMO trade Jabari and two overpaid players (probably Teletovic and Dellavedova) for Jordan and Williams. A rotation of Bledsoe, Williams, Snell, Brogdon, Middleton, Giannies, Jordan and Maker would be good.
Why do we need Okafor? Herzonja is a bust with a weaker mentality than Meyers Leonard. His ceiling would be at the level Harkless was at last year. We don't need more middling role players. We need good starters. No more bargain hunting, we have enough mediocre pieces off of that style of thinking. Go big or do nothing.
Henson, Dellevedova, Parker, and Teletovic for Jordan and Gallinari is what I'd do if I were them. Bledsoe / Brogdon Middleton / Brogdon Gallinari / Snell Giannis / Maker Jordan / Maker
Everything you said is correct. However, I think he could turn things around just by being around Dame. A move for Okafor and Hezonja is about turning duds into assets. Much like what is happening with Napier.
Barnes for harkless, 1st round and Swanigan or another thing to match up if they dont accept harkless and a 1st round. We need a big move. A change at SF can really turn the corner for us.
