Trade Ideas Thread

Rehashing this, but can we get Blake without giving up CJ?

Evan/Zach/Aminu/2019 1st for Blake. Throw in Simons if needed. That saves them a ton of money. We'd be locked in to this big 4 forever though.

 

I want Reggie Bullock maaan. He’s also an expiring, meaning Detroit is most likely open to trading him.



He is a career 40% shooter from outside, and he’s done it consistently his whole career, going back to college. I’m not going to pretend like I sit around analyzing Pistons games, but everything I’ve read about his defense suggests he would be a good fit with Dame and CJ.

 

It simply comes down to whether or not their owner wants to build around him or get rid of his contract and if our current ownership is willing to take on that much money since it all but guarantees luxury tax payments for the next 3 years.

Much like you're suggesting with the Blazers, the Pistons I think want to try and trade some of their secondary pieces to build around Blake before trading him. Most fans are sick of Drummond and Reggie Jackson and want them traded, not Griffin. As proven in this thread though, most fans don't care for trades that are made for financial reasons so it might be a possibility.

 

Thats way to much for Blake. A very often injured "star" who is on the decline athletically who is owed 34m, 36.5 then 40m the next three years aftrer the 33m he is owed this year. That is just asking to hamstring us capwise for the next 4 years.

 

I can't root for that hair. I loved BG and his rasta look, but this is just too far. I don't even know what this is.

 

The basketball fit for our squad would be tremendous. And we'd open up roster space for the buyout guys in Feb. A Dame/CJ/Harkless/Blake/Nurk lineup with Curry Sauce off the bench. And if this iteration won't work, we can then move CJ in a subsequent deal for what we need.

I think that big 4 would be the best top heavy talent in the league this side of GS.

 

The problem is that a trade involving Griffin wouldn't come down to basketball reasons.

 

Blake's salary is a tough pill to swallow. Which is why I'd only be in on the trade if it included Turner in addition to CJ (being the guy that makes DET say okay).

When you look at it through the lens of only paying an additional $7M over what CJ is making, but the player better balances the roster, the price tag isn't quite as bad. Add in the $18M savings from getting rid of Turner a year early and that pretty much covers the difference between CJ's and Blake's salaries.

 

If Bledsoe would stay after this year I would do this trade:

Bledsoe & Ilyasova FOR McCollum

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y85rez5k

 

What if instead of Otto Porter we put Blake Griffin into my Dallas trade?

Dallas gets CJ and ET

Phoenix gets Dennis Smith Jr

Detroit gets Harrison Barnes, Swanigan, and Aminu

Portland gets Blake Griffin, Wes Matthews, and Mikal Bridges

 

Sean Deveney is reporting that Charlotte is desperate to dump Batum.

How many unprotected lotto picks would they have to attache to the deal before you would even consider it?

 

I would do Turner, Leonard, and Aminu for Batum, Marvin Williams and just one 1st rounder. I hate the idea of bringing Batum back at that cost though.

 

One and take Turner in exchange and I'm good.

 

I like it better.

 

Batum and a first for Turner and Biggie. Then use the extra first to dump Leonard.

 

Reminds me of Crabbe.

 

So you are willing to pay near 40 mil for that first round pick? That's what it would cost the Blazers in salary and that's not even counting the luxury tax implications and Batum is having a similar season as Turner. That's a lot of money for a sideways exchange and a first round pick.

 

You should do the math as to what that would cost the Blazers. It's not pretty

 

Portland doesn’t project to be in the luxury after next season. Being in the luxury is whatever as long as they avoid being repeat offenders. And they could also theoretically use that extra pick to dump someone else cough Meyers.

 

40 million dollars for a first round pick just to dump another salary and Leonard is an expiring contract next year. If he continues to play like he has been, it should be relatively simple to move him before the deadline next year without adding a pick. You guys have no patience. We would be better off letting those contracts come off the books if they can't be dealt next year.

Also, how do you figure that we won;t be in luxury tax next year as we have a projected salary of 123mil next year and if you take away Batum and Swanigan and add Batum that would put us 5.5 mil next year over the 123 mil and that's with 10 players under contract. Even if we moved Leonard, we would likely have to take back some salary as well sign Aminu. We will likely be over the salary cap as I expect Aminu to be in or around 9-10mil (in other words about a push for Leonard). The following season we are projected near 77 mil. Add in Batum and Aminu that would push it out to 114mil and only 7 players under contract.