Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! So now the debate in here could be... Would you or NO rather deal LMA or GO for him.. LMA obviously is the superior talent, but GO will be costing less for at least another year, which would have to be taken into consideration as well.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! Oden + Bayless + Rudy + Outlaw + Webster + whatever picks they want for Paul + Chandler. Saves them about $10-11 million immediately.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! if NO is trading paul for financial reasons they obviously aren't gonna want roy.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! I think this would have to be the structure. Oden or LMA as the principle, Chanlder as the big savings. In a way this would make a lot of sense for both teams. If you put in Outlaw and LMA (instead of Oden), they are both somewhat local and probably would like being there. And LMA, Bayles, Outlaw and Rudy would be quite a young core to build around.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! Holy shit that would be awesome! I'd assume KP would want to pair him up with Oden. Paul is one of the only players I'd trade Roy for. Or maybe we could get away with trading LMA/Rudy/Bayless/Picks/Batum package. Maybe a 4-for-2 type of deal.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! Not true. They can dump the salary with Chandler. To trade Paul, they will hang Chandler in the deal too in order to get talent and savings. Roy + young talent + cost savings would be a pretty good deal for them.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! But trading Roy for Paul wouldn't nearly be as good for our team. The idea is to put both Roy and Paul, two top 10 players, together.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! they would also save more money though, by getting LaMarcus, or even Oden because he would be on the rookie salary for a year longer.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! They would probably want to dump Chandler's contract along with Paul.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! this is assuming that Chandler is included in the deal, to save them more money. a package of GO, Rudy, Bayless, Outlaw. or something? not sure it would even work under the CBA.. or in real life lol. This is just NBA 2K9 talk.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! I think KP would want Paul and Greg together. Anyone else is fair game.
Re: CP3 on his way to Portland! Not sure I agree with the everyone else is fair game part. But regardless, if they get rid of CP3 for cost cutting purposes, Roy or even Aldridge would make a lot less sense than Oden.
