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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Someone take Neil to a party again I’m bored.
     
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    If we did that, I would feel like we were right there with the Clippers. Gallinari would be HUGE for this team.

    Unquestioned legit contenders.
     
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    if healthy.
     
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    Gallinari you say?
     
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    Is this your hint? Has the PG to LA deal gone through?
     
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  6. Scalma

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    Couldn’t we theoretically trade Bazemore right now if it didn’t include any other players from Portland? Bazemore for Galo straight up works.
     
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    Lebron James will be starting at point guard, and will be playing with Green in the backcourt. That's what Hoopshype is saying Yahoo is saying..

    https://hoopshype.com/rumor/1271171/
     
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    Just checked and the PG--LA deal isn't official. We can still make it a threeway with Gallo ending up in PDX.
     
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    Man Galo would be perfect for us. Who cares if we already introduced Bazemore. There are a lot more SG options on the market than guys like Galo. If we made that trade we could even put Trent in the rotation and sign someone like Sefolosha, Shumpert, or Vince Carter as insurance/depth
     
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    I highly doubt we turn around and trade Baze right after trading for him
     
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    Baze's agent doesn't rep anyone of significance, but Gallo is with CAA. KB would prolly be pissed if he's shipped to a rebuilding OKC tho. I bet Gallo would prefer us to OKC too.

    Maybe we'd need to find a fourth team.
     
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    I think they traded for Bazemore with the assumption that Hood would be leaving. Evidently Kanter was the priority. Now that Hood is back Bazemore becomes more of a luxury, while we still have a sizable hole at the four.
     
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    Man OKC could probably just release Bazemore and then he can go wherever the hell he wants.
     
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    The best thing is for OKC to do that to DG and we pick up Gallo for the minimum. Then we keep both KB and Gallo and OKC gets a slight $ relief. Win/Win/Win.
     
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    Not really. They win by getting a first pick from us.
     
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    Teams would be lining up for Galo if he hit the market. I’m sure OKC can find a trade for him. Shit, maybe they can find a trade for Bazemore as well. There are a lot of expiring contracts on rosters this year.
     
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    Ya I'm just thinking out loud. Prolly really far fetched for Presti to just waive him.

    OKC does have the Melo TPE that expires on 7/25 btw for about 10.8 mil.

    Whatever it is, if all we're giving up is a protected first next year, I can't think of a better 4 next to Whiteside/Nurk than Gallo. Adding him to Dame/CJ would be absolutely perfect.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    OKC is 3M away from avoiding the repeater tax. The Gallo for Baze trade makes almost too much sense not to do.
     
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    Idk how Bazemore would take it, but he’s a vet, he’d most likely understand. Besides, he could eventually hit the market. I’m sure he’d have suitors, and maybe he ends up closer to home.
     
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    @Mediocre Man is prolly messing with us, but damn him for sparking this fire.

    So we'd have:

    Dame/CJ/Hood/Gallo/Whiteside

    with Simons/Hezonja/Collins off the bench. Then when Nurk returns, we can push Gallo to play at a position below at SF more.

    We'd have to put DG on the load management routine, but Goddamn, that's a sick lineup with perfect complementary skills.
     
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