http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y85dp54b Jusuf Nurkic, Evan Turner and Shabazz Napier for DeAndre Jordan.
Davis and two 2nds to BOS for their 1st CLE Gets: Aminu LAC Gets: 2018 BOS, 2018 CLE, 2018 POR, 2020 POR, 2022 POR, Turner, Harkless, Leonard, Shunpert UTA Gets: Napier, Vonleh POR Gets: Griffin, Jordan, Hood (TPE), Burks (TPE)
I wouldn't mind Jordan as a stopgap to further develop Nurk while giving Nurk something like 20min a game and DJ 28. Wed be better and if DeAndre left, we'd be fine with Nurk starting back into his C role. But that's only if DJ comes dirt cheap.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndic...-to-move-kemba-walker-deandre-jordan.amp.html Los Angeles Clippers Receive: C Ed Davis, SF/PF Maurice Harkless, C Jusuf Nurkic, 2018 first-round pick (lottery protected) Portland Trail Blazers Receive: C DeAndre Jordan, SG/SF Sindarius Thornwell Count the Portland Trail Blazers among the ever-growing list of teams eyeing DeAndre Jordan, according to the New York Times' Marc Stein. And they, unlike certain other suitors, have the dispensable assets to break the monotony of what the Los Angeles Clippers deem, per Stein, unworthy offers. Jusuf Nurkic is a necessary starting point in every package. He isn't a better player than Jordan, but he boasts a more expansive offensive game and can survive on the perimeter long enough, from a distance, to help coax ball-handlers into long twos. Plus, Nurkic doesn't turn 23 until August. He has plenty of time to improve his crummy shot selection, and the Clippers can (probably) re-sign him in restricted free agency for noticeably less than what it'll take to keep Jordan. Maurice Harkless has seen his playing time plummet, but he, too, is under 25. Bankrolling the $22.4 million he's owed over the next two seasons is a worthwhile venture for a Los Angeles team thin on switchable wings. Stir in Ed Davis' expiring deal, along with a first-round pick, and the Clippers can talk themselves into extracting enough across-the-board value from Portland to green-light this proposal. Pulling the trigger even saves $4 million, bringing them far enough beneath the luxury-tax line to hit the peace-out button on Brice Johnson and open the roster spot it'll take to accommodate a two-for-three transaction. Taking on more money poses a risk for the Blazers. They already have one of the league's highest payrolls and would need to lop off salary in a separate trade to avoid the tax this year. They also have to worry about footing the bill for Jordan's next contract, unless they strictly view him as a rental. All of that's fine. It has to be. Treading water in the middle of the Western Conference isn't good enough—not when Damian Lillard recently met with owner Paul Allen to gain clarity on the team's direction, per ESPN.com's Chris Haynes. The Blazers need to do something big, and this not only qualifies, but it also boosts their ceiling without knifing into the backcourt partnership of Lillard and CJ McCollum.
No fucking way I'd trade Nurk for Jordan, all things considered, and certainly not with all the other players proposed. And I like how the article says the Blazers should trade Nurk for DJ because Nurk isn't a three point shooter. LOFL Completely ignoring salaries: I'd take DJ for Turner and Meyers; or Turner and Swanigan; or Turner and Harkless; and throw in Layman to any one of those if needed. But that's it.
How about if we just get a coach who persuades Nurkic to be aware of his limitations and to play to his strengths?
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ybttq2sq This would be one of the few trades I'd want DJ for.
It depends on what the point of trading for DJ is. If he's the piece that puts us over the top, or is part of a couple of deals that does, then I can see it. But I don't see it. Even though we're treading water in the middle of the pack, we'd only get worse, or go backwards, by trading a quality 23 year old C like Nurk for an aged vet who might bolt. If DJ bolts and we recoup the cap space, we ended up trading Nurk for cap space. I'd rather use cap space to get a Nurk.
Nurk for Jordan. No fucking way. He couldn't win with CP3 and Blake Griffin and he's going to stand there while Dame and CJ take turns shooting and we'll be better? Yeah, no thanks.
