I would have a real tough time being the team that traded CJ, a 2019 1st rounder (no matter how bad you think that draft will be), AND we still have to take on Noah. I do like trades that get us high draft picks so I'd be a little conflicted about it. I'd probably consider it more if we took our 2019 pick out of the equation which could still help us in future trades.
I mean, I was just trying to make sure the other teams had enough haha. Without giving up our 2019 1st, I'd do that in a heartbeat.
Short answer is no. Long answer is complicated like a sign-and-trade they'd be hard capped so unless they somehow dump Turner for nothing or let all of their free agents go including Nurk it is extremely unlikely.
Without some sort of major change this is what is available to the Blazers this summer: Pick # 24 Tax-MLE $5.2 million TPE $13 million (Must be a trade) until July 27th TPE $3.6 million (Must be a trade) Minimum Contracts Normal Trades That's everything. They can still have all of those plus re-sign any/all of their free agents.
hj, thanks for the breakdown. I'd be interested in, if you were GM what would you do mold a team for next season? Players you would attempt ti keep. Trade types you might try and execute. Draft? I always enjoy your insights and strategies on the team. Thanks
Bones, what would you think about a deal with just NY like this: CJ and Leonard for Noah, Lee, #9, #37, and 2020 1st. We take on a really bad contract (one of the 3 worst in the league) but get to dump one of our bad ones back. Lee would be a temporary CJ replacement and we'd get some good draft capital. Then offer the TPE and any combination of #24, the Knicks 2020 1st, or one of our future 1sts for Khris Middleton (might be impossible if they win Game 7). Draft Mikal Bridges. All of a sudden our wing rotation becomes Middleton, Lee, Bridges, and Harkless. Turner could be the backup PG depending on Baldwin's development and we could always re-sign Napier if needed. Dame/Turner/Baldwin Middleton/Lee Harkless/Bridges/Layman (or #37 pick) Collins/Aminu/Swanigan Nurk/Davis/PapaG/Noah
I'd take that for sure, just think that Milwaukee wouldn't trade Middleton at all. Even for two 1sts.
Probably not. Jimmy Butler got a #7 overall pick, a 5th overall pick from the year before, and a young 20ppg scorer. I'd want at least 1, if not 2 of those.
I wonder if Otto Porter Jr will be available if Oubre shows he can handle the load left by Porter missing the rest of the first rd on beyond. Porter Jr brings essentially what good Harkless does but on a consistent basis and with the chance of a 30 pt game every month. His contract is insane and would be hard to match in a logical trade scenario. And then you would essentially have three max contract guys on the pay roll with Porter Jr, McCollum, and Lillard for the next three years. Still, he’s a versatile defender who can play the 3 or 4 and shoots 40% from three on twice as many attempt as Harkless.
The Bulls did have to give the 16th pick to the Wolves in that trade though. So it was more like moving up 9 spots not just getting the 7th pick outright. Butler is also a better player on a cheaper contract. The 2020 pick is the wild card. How about pick swap rights in 2019 too? Also, LaVine was coming off an ACL injury and is in a contract year and Dunn had a really bad rookie year.
