CP3 NOH. But even in those cases the team didn't jerk around their own player and refuse to play him. This is the opposite of showcasing a player to maximuize his trade value. BNM
The messed up thing is I think an Embiid- Noel duo would work better than Embiid-okafor. Maybe thats what they're considering as they showcase Okafor.
BroLo seems like he'd be an ideal fit with Terry's system. I just don't see us prying him from Brooklyn.
He's big and rebounds. If you don't give up 2nd chances, you give up less points. His on the ball defense is plenty good enough. He's 6'10", 220 lbs.
I'm willing to go with 2016-17 being an outlier. He's playing at SF much of the time, and he's really not happy with that. The team is unhappy with him. He is something of a head case. He's signed to a $7.5M-ish contract - not great in today's CBA. If he performs like his first two seasons, he'd be a score. Especially since we could give him all the minutes he could handle.
Hes shooting 38% from the field this year and has never shot better than 40 in his 3 yrs. Not so sure about that
He shot nearly 40 from deep last season, and he takes a lot more shots and has/had a bigger role than Leonard. Most of Leonards shots are wide open catch and shoot looks
Ok how about this To Portland: Nerlens Noel To Philadelphia: 2017 protected first rounder 2018 second rounder Ezeli Connaughton Philly gets a first for Noel and a second for absorbing Ezeli. We throw in connaughton for shits, maybe he gets a chance to play in philly, they need perimeter shooting anyway. Then let Neil scout the Dleague for some talent to fill out the roster. Maybe he finds another Frazier, and we actually keep them around this time.
I think Noel for Crabbe makes more sense for both teams. PHI needs outside shooting and they need it now. They are far enough under the cap to absorb the difference in salaries, even if Crabbe doesn't waive his trade kicker. Ezeli's contract is a team option for next year. He's essentially an expiriing contract. No need to pay PHI to take him off our hands. Shedding Crabbe's salary combined with declining Ezeli's option gives us a lot more flexibility to resign Noel and/or Plumlee next summer without going into serious luxury tax territory. BNM
Who says no? PHI Gets: Allen Crabbe Tyler Johnson Noah Vonleh MIA Gets: Nerlens Noel Meyers Leonard Festus Ezeli (Expiring) Sergio Rodriguez (Expiring) 2017 LAL 1st (PHI) 2017 POR 1st (POR) 2018 CLE 1st (POR) 2020 OKC 1st (PHI) POR Gets: Hassan Whiteside Goran Dragic PHI: Simmons / Bayless Johnson / Henderson Crabbe / Covington Saric / Holmes Embiid / Okafor POR: Lillard / Dragic McCollum / Dragic Harkless / Turner Aminu / Davis Whiteside / Plumlee
I am not sure if NO wants to put all his muscle into one swing of the bat, but if he did, I'm on board. Problem is how are you paying all those guys? Plumlee is gonna get paid, Whiteside, CJ and Dame are all maxed out. Dragic will make more than Crabbe and.or Turner. Sorry. Even with the new CBA predictions, I don't think there is enough money to go around. Harkless is gonna get paid in a few as well.
\ Right, but then how do you pay Plumlee and eventually Harkless? In two years, if Harkless even keeps up his recent play, he will get double what he is making now. Easily. Napier will wants some more, etc.
