To Blazers: Deng & Noah To Bulls: (re-signed)Pryz, Webster, Bayless, and Pendergraph I'm pretty terrible at assessing value. Just curious if it's anywhere in the ball park...or if both teams would even be interested in anything close to this idea?
I hear ya. That's why I was gonna throw in Rudy instead of Bayless. Would that make it more palatable for them?
That would give us a Lineup of PG- Blake, Miller SG-Roy, Rudy SF- Deng, Travis PF- LMA, (Noah and Outlaw would split minutes here) C- Oden and Noah getting the rest of his minutes here. pretty killer 9 man rotation.. although I doubt Chicago does it.
Yeah, I know. However, the term "starter" and "backup" could be relative - depending on the teams involved.
I wouldn't bother with this trade even though I like both Deng and Noah. The two players I look at right now are Caron Butler and Mike Conley. Both have been criticized as of late by their respective teams. I think both would be readily available if they continue to put up lackluster performances. I'd love to get Conley. Butler would be a huge upgrade but I would have to think he'd be taking away shots from Oden, and that's the last thing I want right now.
Kinda a lateral move for Chicago. They need another star to compliment Rose. As much as some of their fanatics think Rose is a wasted pick, he will be something special. He needs a big that can score down low. I don't think any of those players you mentioned will do that for him.
Interesting thoughts. I'd be willing to bet, though, this wasn't even a consideration even as close as a week ago.
Unfortunately, I think you're right... at least for Nate McMillan. I don't think the same can be applied to Pritchard, who will be the guy making roster moves anyways. I think I'd rather find a guy who doesn't need the shots to be effective. We should be getting our big guys the most shots, followed by Roy.
Blake/Outlaw for Conley and a bought out Jaric? It'd be kinda like paying 10 million for Conley though, probably not worth it. I'd love to figure out some sort of Conley/Gasol package, probably no chance though. Oden/Gasol/Aldridge could all go 35 minutes a night and we'd be straight killin.
with luxury tax deng could potentially end up costing us 100 million over the next 5 years. not likely to happen even if it could.
I just don't see Chicago blowing it up like that. They have a solid core. The only player I could see them moving is Hinrich. He's an expensive backup.
the only thing Blake does better than Conley is play safely and shoot a little better. Conley (in a somewhat reduced role next to Roy) could still push the tempo, defend, and feed the post much better than Blake ever could.
conley is NOT a great passer or defender (bayless has a lot higher upside as a perimeter defender), and as you say he's a downgrade in shooting. he may be able to push the tempo much better than blake, but if we trade blake obviously miller would be starting and getting most of the minutes with roy (which should be the case anyway). conley would add almost nothing to what we already have.
