The 2022 Trade Idea Thread, now with more urgency!

Kyrie is a champion and All Star. If you can get CJ for him, you do it. I hate Kyrie but cmon. You do that deal every day.

 

I hate to be overly negative, but I'm afraid I've started actively rooting against Philly. I'm so tired of Morey's outrageous bs "rumors" that he feeds to the media. I'm hoping they have to play in the playin, and lose and not make the regular playoffs, wasting a year of JE's prime.

 

same. and their fans are super annoying. this guy made a nearly 40 min vid on now why Ant is going to Philly's savior. Get your own talent damnit

 

Let's break this down.

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. Sounds like Olshey is still the GM, but since Joe worked under Neil for so long, that could still be the case. Also, it has merit because of CJ's contract...it will be difficult to get great value. #Believable

They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Again, makes sense and isn't outside the realm of possibility. If you could do that and get Randle anywhere close to where he was last year, it's a win-win. #Believable

Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority. #CompleteDogDoo They were doing well until that drug infested delusion.

 

I doubt very highly that we've "pulled McCollum off the market" because we haven't got the offer we want for him yet (two and a half weeks before the deadline). I doubt very highly that RoCo and Larry interest the Knicks because they still have Toppin. Obviously the Kyrie thing makes no sense if we still have Dame, not to mention Ant. None of this holds any water with me.

 

absolutely.
btw, why would any team "pull" anyone off the trade market right before the trade deadline?

 

HAHA, "if Idog can't get an Instagram Model with 10 million followers he might settle for one with 8 million followers."

 

Lol you beat me to it.

 

I think we should keep him since most trades have us moving potentially even CJ + Powell + Ant to get stars. Depends on how many Guards we are sending out.

 

It's implied (to me) that we are trading Simons for Simmons which I would begrudgingly do. Simons would be the CENTERPIECE though and we would have to fill out the salary somehow. I'm not trading Simons and CJ for Simmons unless we get Thybulle or perhaps Maxey back.

 

Fishcer continued to reiterate our supposed interest in Grant, among like a third of the league. Windhorst said on his pod that Grant's reps actually gave the Pistons a list of teams he'd like to play for.

Just baffling to me how much he's getting overrated. He's a high usage, mediocre efficiency player who hasn't impacted winning ever in his career and we're getting reports of him wanting to be a first option on offense. I'd rather keep Nas and his rookie scale contract at this point than look down the prospects of extending Grant to a 100+ mil deal in a couple months.

 

Marc Stein reportedly also mentioned Utah is interested in RoCo. I've been saying this for about a month now.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/265549/Jazz-Interested-In-Trading-For-Robert-Covington

Unfortunately, they don't have any first rounders this season.

 

He looked extremely mediocre in the Olympics. So did Dame, but Dame was clearly hurt. It was pretty eye opening to see how propped up some players are by the NBA. Bradley Beal, Jerami Grant, and even Dame to an extent.

 

He wants a max deal, but doesn't deserve it. Tough situation for whatever team JC lands with.