Trade Ideas Thread

Buy out Anthony, and save over 100 million dollars, Anthony gets to go play with lebron or paul

 

I just don't see Detroit willing to quit that easily on Griffin. They only have less than a 1/2 year with him and a new coach that will be coming in.

 

Griffin will get traded when he has a year left on his deal....there's just not that kind of cap space out there for teams to add him ...I'm not a fan of him in Portland at all.

 

True, good point. It's possible they could work out a buyout. That way Melo gets most of his money AND gets to play where he wants. Pistons still get a huge salary off their books of over $100 million after Melo comes off the books in a year.

 

Let's take a Wiz!
I'm thinking they are going to be selling.
How about:
Leonard & AFA for K. Oubre Jr. & Mahinmi

I realize that Mahinmi is 31 but KO is very young still. Plus they would like to move one of their high priced centers I bet.
Leonard gives them a 4/5 that can stretch, which they need and AFA can play both 3/4 plus defend.

Im real high on Kelly Oubre Jr. and think he could be the type of 3 we need. The guy can even play some 2 as he is quick much that Pelican that defended our back court very well. Whats his name?

 

If that was the case, then I don't see that happening till around the trade deadline so Detroit gets a better idea how the fit with Griffin is. Detroit has no incentive to do it in the off season. OKC would likely have to give up more to take on Anthony's contract as well as Griffin is worth more than just a salary dump.

 

I have always been intrigued with Oubre and could be a poor mans Giannis Antetokounmpo as he is long and very athletic and keeps improving. He's been a bit inconsistent but if the cost was reasonable he would be a worthwhile risk.

 

I doubt the Wizards would do that but that would be a really nice trade if it happened.

 

they may not want to give up on KOJr.
But to get rid of Mahinmi's contract, they might? AFA would be a nice player for them too.

 

The rare trade where BOTH sides lose!

 

I don't think you are factoring in what a big risk that is. If/when Griffin gets hurt again this year they might have trouble getting rid of him even if multiple draft picks were included to the team taking him on. Teams are going to be weary of paying him $38 million dollars in a season where he turns 33.

I think it all comes down to the new GM. It's not like they had a run after the trade like we did with Nurk or NoLa did this year with Mirotic to get them excited about next year. They drafted Luke Kennard at #12 in the past draft. Good shooter but isn't going to be much more than a spot up three point shooter in the NBA. It's a nice piece for a good team to have but not a non-playoff team. On top of that they traded their draft pick away this year for Griffin so they don't have what would have been the 12th pick in the draft. Their salary situation is pretty bad too as they are well over the cap already with only 10 guys under contract.

That doesn't scream to me like a situation that a new GM will want to come in and just see how things go next year. It seems like more of a clean house situation to me. A new GM will need to do what's right for the team moving forward and not worry about what they gave up to get Griffin or anything that happened previously. What Van Gundy was doing there obviously wasn't working otherwise he'd still be employed.

 

Re: Griffin. What intrigues me most is his passing ability. When Chris Paul was out and he was on the Clips he was basically a point forward, and that seemed to work really well.



However, he's already on the downslope and paid a shit-ton. But if Evan Turner is part of the trade, you basically HAVE to do it.

 

The analysis part is always broken in the off season. I saw a trade last summer where we got LeBron for Turner and Leonard and it said negative wins for us.

 

Lol no...

It always cracks me up when people think PFs can pay SF. That's the last place I'd put him.

 

Someone like Griffin is basically the only way to add a big name talent without breaking up the back court. There are pros and cons. The cons are pretty bad but you have to live with those if you're in a situation like Portland finds themselves in.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't do the trade if Evan weren't included.

 

Completely agree, this goes back to when people thought Sheed should play the 3. We shouldn't try to develop one of our young hopes at the wrong position.

 

Griffin only played about 25 or so games for Detroit. So far Bowers is still GM and he's the one that brought Griffin in and to turn around and then do a salary dump seems a bit premature in my opinion. Time will tell I guess.

 

What's your reasoning behind that? Too much money? Injury concerns?

 

Van Gundy had full control over all personnel decisions.