This is an off season trade idea... that is the the thread for this exact thing... there is no reason it needs it's own.
Would you say the same about CJ? It’s worse than can’t defend. It’s won’t defend. isn’t he flawed as a player as well?
Adams sets quite possibly the best screens in the history of the NBA. That with Dame/shooters in an MDA system would be gnarly
Sure, but CJ keeps the basketball pump companies in business..... you know..... from pounding all that air out of the balls.....
Adams is a dinosaur and Bledsoe is pretty much useless. If they were any good New Orleans would've been good. So... no. Maybe if they were waived, on veteran minimum contracts. MAYBE.
In every conceivable way, Simmons is the anti-CJ to almost a laughable extent. But if Philly botches this and really does make him available, I think the reason we need to make it happen is simply the roster-building flexibility he provides you next to Dame. His size, defense and ball handling literally allow you to mix and match rosters with him and Dame better than anyone not named Giannis in the league. Want to go big? Play him as your 2, Roco as your 3, etc. Want to run and go small? Play him as your 4 or 5. Is the lack of 3pt and FT shooting mildly alarming? I guess? But it would also be why he's available and not being called the next Lebron.
To add to these thoughts... The above roster flexibility is going to be ABSOLUTELY crucial when you don't have any meaningful draft picks and a supermax player. A core of Dame, Simmons, Roco, Nurk and a resigned Powell is a very solid 5, but likely you're going to have to fill in the cracks and depth with specialized role players, so being able to shop from a larger pool of players (because you can play Simmons anywhere) will likely yield better-than-the-alternative results. Neil's claim to fame is still his trade for Chris Paul... feels like a similar situation and like we're going to need to put together a similar type of package for Simmons, but I'd do it in a heartbeat...
Dame Powell Simmons RoCo Nurk Simons Little Collins (he HAS to be healthy at this point, right?) ???? We need another big and maybe another wing. The nice thing about Collins is that he can play both frontcourt positions. Realistically the dude should be getting 30 minutes per game (if he's healthy.) If RoCo plays 35 and Nurk plays 30, that leaves about 31 minutes total between the two positions for Collins. That's a really solid 8 man rotation though. I wouldn't mind a creative scorer of the bench. Someone in the same vein as CJ, but not CJ obviously. I think Ant is proving to be a really good spot up shooter and that's about it.
Agreed! I think the trade that makes more sense if it's expanded for us to get Thybulle (perhaps by trading Jones). For Philly, with CJ they can basically move Simmons to 4, let him play in the dunkers spot in the 4th quarter while CJ handles the ball. For us, it balances things out, allows Roco and Harris to play 3/4 in switching scheme, and we'd get Thybulle 2 years on the cheap. I assume we'd need to add a pick but I think it'd be worth it. Damn near everyone on the team would be a decent shooter, save for Thybulle and Nurk, and neither are a Simmons level disaster. I think you'd just minimize the time they spend on the court together (Nurk plays more with Powell, Thybulle with Collins). Importantly, if we dropped Melo and Kanter, we may not have any defensive sieves left (assuming growth from Simons and Lillard playing hard). Lillard/Powell/Roco/Harris/Nurk Simons/Thybulle/Little/(vet - target PJ Tucker)/Collins To try to satisfy Dame, you bring in Frazier and Ed Davis as injury insurance.
If you think Collins is on the same level as any of those 5, let alone superior, you need to toss the crack pipe.
