How about this? Gets Portland out of the tax. The third year of Thomas' contract is non-guaranteed so it shaves a year off of the salary too. Portland gets to evaluate two young guys in Willy & Dotson. Willy has more talent, but Dotson is a shooter (or was in college). He may be able to fill in that AC role we have been missing. NYK gets two talented players who are wasting away on our bench. I think Harkless would play hard in NY & they would get the best player.
Oooh I like Hernangomez. He's probably just as good as Nurk, just underused. I'd do that trade in a heartbeat.
Part of the challenge of trading for Deandre Jordan is that the Clippers are just slightly under the tax line and will most likely not be willing to take on any more salary than what they send out. Deandre makes $22,642,350. Blazers will probably have to be willing to go further into the tax. Here's a potential trade that works out financially - If the Blazers do something like this, look for them to make a separate trade to dump $4M so they can get under the tax line.
With a 3 for 1 trade, they would have to sign 2 additional players too. As a result, they would have to dump closer to $5M to get under the tax line.
I've never been as vehemently against acquiring a percieved "star" as I am against getting DeAndre Jordan.
Idk why people are discussing CJ as a hypothetical trade candidate since there's 0 chance he gets traded.
“Perceived” star??? He has been on All NBA team for 3 straight seasons, and was All NBA first team 2 years ago... he currently leads league in rebounding at 15 per game, and fg % at almost 70%... u are delusional bro... stop judging with emotion and use fact and logic... unbelievable
Okay? I'm not using any emotion. I'm using fact and logic. He's a perceived star because he used to be one, but no longer plays at the level of one, yet fans haven't caught on. Won't be close this year, as his position has gotten better while he's gotten worse. His defense has taken a HUGE step back this year, and I mean HUGE. I can being stats into this of you're too lazy to do the research. His FG% is good, but thats because he only shoots within 3 feet. A good finisher at the rim doesn't make him a good offensive player. Get past the name. Get past his previous production and see the decline that's already happening. Right now, he's an above average but not great defender and an average offensive C (His FT%... yikes). Athleticism is the first thing to decline, and thats what his entire game is based off of. So he's only going to get worse but will still command at least 3 years at $25M a year. In one or two years, he'll be no better than Tristan Thompson, while having $50-$75M remaining his contract.
I wonder if getting Kevin Love here would give us a shit at landing Klay Thompson through sign-and-trade in 2019? Play and K-love are still tight, and it started all here. I could see Play wanting to move black up here for a fresh challenge. If we could give up anything outside of our core 3 for Love (Aminu, Davis, Napier, Harkless, pick?) Then maybe we could flip some salary to a team with cap space with picks to GSW in a 3-way S&T? GSW likely won't be able to keep all four of their big four due to financial reasons so that solves their woes and gets them a good return for a a FA departure. Lillard McCollum Thompson Love Nurkic That's a championship lineup.
Mavs have put Wes Mathews on the block for a first round pick.....he has a player option next season...they're blowing it up
Yeah it’s not that complicated but some still can’t figure it out. Collins will never be a full time center in the NBA. That’s not a knock, he just has traits that need to be taken advantage of elsewhere. Eventually he can play center against certain teams, but he’ll always be best utilized at power forward. You don’t stick a guy that provides his defensive versatility at center. Look at Anthony Davis. When you have a seven footer with that kind of agility and shot making ability, you create a lot more mismatches at PF. stick him at center, and yeah, he’ll be quicker than most, but he’ll also often be overpowered. Even after he gets bigger, does anyone actually see him banging with a Demarcus Cousins? I don’t, but maybe that’s just me.
My hunch is our inquiry into Jordan is more as a 3rd team/ facilitator, than it is in actually acquiring him. Two hypotheticals... We've had discussions with both Cleveland and Milwaukee. Both want Jordan, but are not quite a 1-1 trade match with the clippers. Enter us to help find a solution.
