Love is an All-Star stretch 4, and in his prime, with championship experience ... CJ is an undersized ISO ball SG, that doesn’t pass, and is not a good fit next to Dame. And your assumption DeAndre wouldn’t resign has no basis. Would make us arguably best rebounding team in league and Dame can shine.
Yeah buddy... this trade will take us to the promised land. Glad you are thinking big! You would make a great GM
Lmao. Who the fuck said it would take us to the promise land? We're discussing trades that could slightly improve our cap situation, not shit that would ruin the franchise for years to come. You got that covered.
So you are more concerned with Paul Allen’s tax savings than deals to make this team a contender... Or wait, do you think this team is a contender as is because of a few recent wins? Kevin Love and DeAndre Jordan would ruin the franchise?! Haha... ok dude. The only thing that will ruin the franchise is waiting til it’s too late to trade CJ... he is a square peg in a round hole with this team
Prime age is 28. Love is past his prime. Love has championship experience with LeBron. Winning a championship with LeBron doesn't apply to him playing here. Championship experience also doesn't apply unless we could get deep in the playoffs. This team already has playoff experience. Love getting carried to a ring by LeBron doesn't help us. CJ McCollum gets twice as many assists per game than Love does. Love is an even worse defender than McCollum, and interior defense is more important than perimeter defense. You realize we're not going to win a ring in the next two years, right? And getting Kevin Love doesn't make us much better, if at all. It doesn't take us to the next level. Resigning DeAndre is just as bad. The dude's already overrated and hasn't been any better than Nurk on defense this season and is regressing while Nurk is still 23. You want to resign DeAndre for 4 years, $100M? No thanks. He's going to have a Dwight Howard type of regression and he's going to be average in 1-2 years. He's already overrated as it is. Both options are bad.
Lmao. Did I come up with the trade? No. But getting under the tax does increase flexibility in the future, so it affects are team. Who said I think this is a contending team? I just know that team you came up with isn't either. And has a shit future with two declining one-dimensional big men making a combined $50M+ a year. CJ looked pretty good tonight. You always need a 2nd scorer. I think people would realize how helpful he is once he was gone. Takes a lot of the scoring load off of Dame. I'm not saying don't explore trade options with him, just that is misfit is overstated and to trade him for the right package. Not Kevin fucking Love. That's just transferring all our "problems" from the SG position to the PF position.
I'm at a loss of how having 2 proven shooters, 1 Aminu and 2 complete non shooters who the defense won't even guard is going to 'let Lillard to shine'.
Kevin Love stretches floor, opens lane, and doesn’t need the ball in ISO to go 1 on 3 like CJ... DeAndre leads league in FG % and won’t miss shots on pick and role like Nurk... Dames gets ball in his hands more not sharing with CJ... it’s not rocket science
DJ can do one thing offensively, catch lobs. He doesn't put the ball on the floor, because when he does it's a turnover. Turner can't throw a rock in the ocean from outside of 15ft. Aminu is as likely to go 10-10 from deep as he is to go 0-10. Love is the only other proven true shooter outside of Lillard in your lineup. You're right it's not rocket science. Teams would completely leave Turner & DJ to double Lillard. And while Lillard is good, it's a proven thing in the NBA as 1 person creating for everyone does not equal a championship. Look at LBJ. Best player in the world and still can't do it by himself. Look at Westbrick. Puts up huge numbers and couldn't get out of the first round last year. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that having 2 shooters on the floor, 2 non shooters and an inconsistent player is a team that is first round exit bound. As you've stated to others in this thread. Thank god you're not the gm.
Neither are 99.9-100% of the trades “predicted” in this thread but thanks for letting me know mines for sure not happening
If we really think Pat is a legit starter in this league, we have to consider trading CJ. Of course he had ups and downs during that year but Pat-C, could bring half the production of CJ at 30% of the cost. Let's say Connaughton is paid 7,5M a year in his new deal. That make our cap management way easier. And Pat-C is a SG in a SG body with his 6'5'' height. Nothing against CJ. I absolutely love the guy. But if we are able to trade him for a massive upgrade somewhere else (SF or C?) the downgrade CJ -> Pat may be worth it.
CJ stretches the floor more than Kevin Love. You replace CJ with Love. So how the hell does that help spread the floor more? DeAndre will make more shots on the pick n roll than Nurk, but will also get fouled more because he's such a god awful FT shooter, and that's not a good thing.
Pat-C is effectively 6'4 due to his short wingspan, and is just as bad of a defender as CJ. I don't understand what the obsession is over height at the SG position, all that matters in regards to defense is defense, not size. Would people not like Avery Bradley on this team? I agree that we'd have to look at trading CJ for a massive upgrade. That definitely isn't Kevin Love.
Maybe, but we'd already be getting the difference in their salary, which is actually a pretty big get.
We can get under the tax easily. If so tether have Moe than Thomas. As a last ditch resort to get under, yes. But I don't think it'll come to that.
