Exclusive 2019 Trade Deadline Thread

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  1. CupWizier

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    I enjoy reading the different rumors and speculation being reported around the NBA, but it does get carried away with 10,000 trade proposals that follow in this forum. What I find hilarious is that some of these posters will still bash Olshey over some hypothetical proposal that hasn't even happened.
     
    CupWizier, Jan 30, 2019
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    Not quite. You appear to be discounting the notion that we'd be trading for Blake Griffin, which would presumably eliminate our weakness at the position, making depth a moderately lesser concern.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jan 30, 2019
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    Its easier for me to expect the unexpected!
    I have faith in Neil....lol
     
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    It's the s2 drinking game, every bad trade idea...
     
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    I have faith as well. That he will be on his phone in his valet'd car messaging Woj about how active he is.....and then nothing of significance gets done.

    Would LOVE to be mistake about that but after so many years of 'meh', I'm jaded.
     
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    I think the most annoying is going to be when the deadline passes with no moves and one of the team employees (casey) puts out a tweet about how we can get back to basketball now.
     
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    I would hope he thinks his job is on the line and he has to gamble on something big.
     
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    Yeah Nurk is a Huge Meh these days. :rolleyes3:
     
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    That was two years ago. And it was financially motivated.

    Seriously when was the last time Olshey made a significant move with purely upgrading the team in mind?
     
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    Answer the same for all of the other GMs in the league. Then, we can compare and have an intelligent conversation. Otherwise, just go ahead and bitch. It's what people here like to do, after all.
     
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    What about Kent Bazemore? He's supposed to be on the block.

    Although with Layman playing well, maybe our need for a scoring SF has diminished...
     
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    Can we just answer for teams in our division?
    OKC--Paul George
    UTA--Ricky Rubio
    MIN--Jimmy Butler (didn't work out, but they tried)
    DEN--Roy Hibbert? (they draft so well they don't have to trade)
     
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    What would that even look like
     
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    Pretty simple actually cuz SAC can absorb the Harkless contract as they're the only team still under the cap. Why SAC and NOP do that is another matter

    EDIT:

    oh it said skal to Portland. @blue9 has it below.
     
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    Screen Shot 2019-01-30 at 8.54.05 AM.png Screen Shot 2019-01-30 at 8.53.01 AM.png
     
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    POR- Nurkic and a first round pick

    You forgot one for some reason. :bgrin:
     
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    How do you know it was just financially motivated? It was an opportunity to get a young center with a big upside as well as a first round (15th) pick. That's exactly how Olshey explained it as Nurk had shown some glimpses in Denver and wasn't happy with a reduced role. Your hate for Olshey has blinded you from seeing reality sometimes. If it was strictly financially motivated he could have let Plumlee walk and have his salary come off the books.
     
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    I’ll narrow it down to all the playoff teams in the western conference.

    1. Warriors- Cousins

    2. Nuggets- Millsap

    3. Thunder- George, Melo (Melo didn’t work out, but that’s not the point here, so I’ll include him)

    4. Rockets- Paul, Gordon

    5. Spurs- Gay

    6. Jazz- Rubio, Crowder, Korver

    7. Clippers- Tobias

    And these are just the moves in the last two years. Now what has Portland done in the same timeframe? You call it bitching. I call it reality.
     
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    PG - GM was desperate, not "smart", PG re-signed at long odds.
    Rubio - BFD
    Butler - had relationship with coach, and as you say, didn't work out.
    Hibbert? lol.

    0/4
     
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    Scalma, Jan 30, 2019
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