Exclusive Official 2018 Trade Deadline Thread

I know. I like taking jokes seriously.

 

I bet you’re awesome at parties

 

Are you saying my Wednesday 2am posts aren’t realistic? Fine throw in Ed Davis, now can we get 2 top 5 picks?

 

The best.

 

Brooklyn pick will not be higher than no. 7 IMO. There are several teams below them who have the incentive to lose games, Brooklyn don't - they just want to get better. I think Sacramento, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Orlando will surely end up with a worse record than them and I also think Memphis and Phoenix will be worse too. With Porzingis out I also see the Knicks ending up with worse record, which pushes them to no. 9. I think they will be between 7 and 9, with very low chance of getting higher than no. 6.

That's why I find it crazy how much value people put to this pick. I've even seen people suggest that it could get you a superstar - how exactly would a no. 7 or no. 8 pick in the draft get you an established star?

 

This draft is has 8 players with legit star potential.

 

NYK Gets: Maurice Harkless, Jon Lueur, Shabazz Napier (TPE), 2019 MIN/LAL 2nd
DET Gets: Courtney Lee, Michael Beasley, 2020 POR 2nd, 2021 POR 2nd
POR Gets: Jarrett Jack, Willy Hernangomez, ~$10M Trade Exception, 2020 DET 1st

Then:
WAS Gets: Ed Davis, DeMarre Carroll, Spencer Dinwiddie, Jeremy Lin
BKN Gets: Evan Turner, Ian Mahinmi, Sheldon Mac, 2018 WAS 1st, Best of 2020 DET/POR 1sts
POR Gets: Kelly Oubre, Jason Smith, Jodie Meeks, ~$13M Trade Exception


Then:
CLE Gets: Al-Farouq Aminu
LAL Gets: Channing Frye, Worst of 2020 POR/DET 1sts, 2018 CLE 2nd, 2021 CLE 2nd
POR Gets: Julius Randle

Lillard / McCollum
McCollum / Meeks
Oubre / Connaughton
Randle / Collins
Nurkic / Hernangomez

We only lose our 2020 1st, shed $25M in salary, have lots of trade exceptions.

 

You didn’t read my post where we throw in Ed Davis and then us and BKN both jump into the top 3 by winning the lottery thus giving us the number 1 and 2 picks. You gotta read the whole thread, the reasoning was right there the entire time.

I don’t do geeen font.

 

I hate Jarrett Jack.

 

I’m starting to want Julius Randle

 

And we might not even get any of them if we end up with no. 9, or the least promising if we end up 7 or 8. Not worth the hassle. Brooklyn's pick is not that great an asset.

 

Easily gettable, very solid defender, 20ppg potential.. Yeah, I want him too.

 

Do you then move our rookie WABPF, that the team appears to love, to WABC and trade Nurk.....Wait, can we trade Nurk?

 

Something I was wondering about - in free agency, can you sign back a player that you let go half a year before?

Talking about Clippers potentially letting Williams go now and signing him back in the Summer, for example.

 

What do you expect from the guy who captained Microsoft into the ground?

 

Maybe. But in the process you lose the bird rights.

 

Getting antsy.

Where are the rumors!

 

Same here.

 

HCP isn't sharing?

 

I dreamed we offered Nurk and three 1st round picks for DeAndre Jordan

I cant tell you the outcome of the trade, I woke up...