The 2022 Trade Idea Thread, now with more urgency!

And now you have the Brooklynn experiment that may lose one of the three? Dont know if its true or not but one sports commentator mentioned he's heard James doesn't like living in Brooklynn?

 

Maybe Chauncey can influence KLeonard or PG to want to couple up with Dame? Between Chauncey and Dame they should be somewhat networked.

 

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@Mediocre Man 's Pizza "Guy" is on the job!

 

I noticed this last summer that chicks are wearing hot pants again. Ive even seen hot yoga shorts on gals & dudes at the gym.

Like these:

 

Are you one of those guys that watches porn, but cums when the pizza shows up?

 

Okay, here's a question then: If we trade Norm and CJ and you don't want a guard back no matter what, then who becomes the 3rd guard?

 

Nurk

 

Example two - Same template

 

I want a better 3rd guard than DSJ. He's not a rotation player on a playoff team.

 

He's a legit back up pg and he creates for others along with getting to the hoop.

 

Have any suggestions as who we could acquire realistically?

 

I mean DSJ is nothing special but good luck finding a better/cheaper third point guard.

 

He's not a two-way PG to me. Because he's not good offensively. He can't shoot at all. Defenders can sag off, help off, and go under pick n rolls on him. There's a reason he was gettable for the minimum and wasn't in the rotation to start the year.

If we can get a better 3rd guard than him while trading CJ and Norm, we should do it.

 

Third point guard is a good role for him. 3rd overall guard is not.

 

The trade that started this whole conversation.

 

I mean, every NBA player does some things well and if you just focus on those things, then they'll sound like a good rotation player. The team didn't seem to think he's rotation worthy. He probably walks this offseason. I'd rather have someone who's better playing off Ant on the bench anyway

 

Then trade Powell and bring CJ off the bench as 6th man. Realize we overpaid him and live him coming off the bench. I’m sitting here (in Mexico) watching tonight’s game against the Rockets; Ant is THE MAN and CJ is a dribbling dribble - it’s just what it is. Ant is a future AllStar…CJ is not!

Trade CJ and his contract to a team with a similar issue (Knicks) and at least get a Power Forward back

 

I'm still saying just overpay for Simmons, let Morey win. Send RoCo to the Bulls, send CJ, DJJ our 2023, 2025 and 2027 picks (top 4 protected) to the Sixers and receive Ben Simmons, our 2022 first, Shake Milton and a min contract player from the Bulls.

I also think given Boston's struggles you could get Jaylen Brown and a min contract player or two from them for Ant, Norm and Larry.

Some people would want to see the rest of the season with Shake, BennyMac, Brown, Simmons and Nurk with DSJ, Watford and Snell off the bench until Dame would come back at the end because that team would make the play-ins and playoffs. I would make the decision immediately to trade Nurk for Christian Wood. I would also convert Watford to a three year rookie min contract. We would come in under the tax.

We would go into the off season with Dame, Nas, Brown, Simmons, Wood, Shake, Watford, GB3 and possibly a Bulls min player under contract with a first and a second round draft pick, the MLE and min contracts to build out our bench.

I really think the Bulls, Sixers, Celtics and Rockets all take those deals. I really think that we would either scare someone really badly in the first round or go on a contending run this year and definitely be a contender for a while.

 

Where did I say trade CJ and Norm? CJ, sure. Not real keen on moving Norm, but ok. Now that the goal posts have been moved let’s go with the assumption we trade both.

Next answer: Dennis Smith Jr. + Ben + CJ Elleby (and yeah, probably not a great rotation but I don’t care. No trades are going to make us contenders this year unless Morey loses his mind and trades us Embiid for CJ and Norm + Nurk for Durant) or some looney tunes bullshit. I’m being over the top, but you get the point.

Final answer: You said NEXT year they’d play 48 minutes per game, which is what I responded to. I’m sure we could A) Draft a guard b) Sign a guard.