Trade Ideas Thread

You'd hope so, but it's the same GM who GAVE him that deal, and it would take a lot for him to admit how crappy the deal is. And given how they've kept the same core together for so long, I bet he really overvalues Porter.

 

What do you mean? They get it from simply shedding $13M by trading 1 player.

 

Just putting this here....

 

Oh, okay. Does Sac have that much cap space?

 

Dude, Batum sucks. Have you watched him play recently?

And why on Earth would Washington trade their best player for that?

 

Yeah, right now Porter is the player who would seem to be the best fit and is available. Olshey must be looking into this. He has the right skill set and attitude to do very well here.

 

Is he better than Jake Layman? Does he have two functioning knees?

Basically it's Miles Bridges and a pick or two from Charlotte.[/quote]

 

WTF!? I was one of Nic's bigger supporters here, but I wouldn't even trade Meyers straight up for him (if it was possible).

 

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I would choose Layman over Batum right now 1 million percent of the time considering contracts. It's not even close.

The Wiz can do much better than Miles Bridges, a pick, and two bad contracts.

 

Yeah, batums deal is still way too awful to do that. Charlotte should have to pay bridges just to move him. They basically get Beal for nothing there.

 

I would choose Layman over Batum right now 1 million percent of the time considering contracts. It's not even close.

The Wiz can do much better than Miles Bridges, a pick, and two bad contracts.[/QUOTE]
Maybe, they really, really like Bridges?

 

Here's a Porter trade that I'd do.

Washington:
Porter -> ET

Save about $8M this year and shave off a year of his contract. This move makes it possible for them to duck the tax with 1 more move. The cap savings justify the downgrade in talent.

Sacramento:
Skal -> Harkless

Kings get their SF, and Portland gets a reclaimation project at PF. Salary savings gets flipped to Washington.

Portland:
ET + Harkless -> Porter + Skal

Portland upgrades ET's roll on the team, without any additional salary.

 

They have $11M.

 

Not enough for Washington.

 

Maybe, they really, really like Bridges?[/QUOTE]
Miles Bridges is a good prospect.

 

I have watched Porter highlights from last season and if we could get him back to that level he would be a perfect fit here. Great three point shooting (44% on 4 attempts a game), great mid-range shot, basically an offensive force and not terrible on defense (not good either). That contract is so hard to accept though, having $90million locked into Dame, CJ and Porter for the next two years would really be tough. Then again if he gets back 2017-18 form and CJ has a good season and the roster does not succeed as it is you can flip either of those for a different talent. We are not going to be signing max free agents anyway.

 

Washington would likely want Zach Collins in a Porter trade and Neil wouldn't do it. So fat chance!

 

I doubt it, they need to be realistic. Porter has neutral value at best but probably negative at this point. Getting rid of that contract would be good for them by itself.

Collins has high value. No chance they get anyone remotely close to this level.

Harkless, Leonard and a first is plenty good. Saves them $6million and probably saved them from the tax, their deals are also a year shorter than Porter’s and probably tradeable in the Summer if they want to shed salary. I wouldn’t even protect the pick, we will not be in the lottery.

 

No they wouldn't, and Neil shouldn't. Smh.

 

What? He's very good defensively.