The 2022 Trade Idea Thread, now with more urgency!

Dame's playing the 2 next year. Blevins will defeat the traps at point.

 

Hollinger is overtly singing our praises for our moves in his trade review. I wholeheartedly disagree with his assessment, but here is the article.

https://theathletic.com/3119370/202...-is-a-win-for-nba/?source=user_shared_article

 

Finish It

This team is toast, we need to just finish this. The smartest move at this point is to find the team most interested in Nurk (I think we could get Boucher's expiring, Achiuwa who is an interesting prospect and their lotto protected 2022 first). Then give Morey what he wants, fuck winning the pissing contest, just give the mother fucker what he wants but don't make it cheap Dame and McLemore for Simmons, Thybulle and there first rounder this year. If Morey wants to win that's what he'll have to give up.

This might ruin the tank. I think Ant, Hart, Thybulle, Simmons and Boucher with all of the young guys on the bench might just win enough to get us into the play in but probably not into the playoffs. At that point you would take our 10th-14th pick, let's say 7th-9th pick from NOLA if Zion doesn't come back too soon or injures himself again when he does and Sac starts winning a lot, the 20th-22nd pick from Toronto and maybe trade up for Chet. Chet will be a great weak side shot blocker who can defend the perimeter, a three point threat and just has a feel for the game... I don't think he's some kind of transcendent player, I actually don't think there are any sure fire superstars in this draft and that's why we should be able to get him for a mid lotto, late lotto and late first or maybe just the mid lotto and late lotto.

We go into next season with Ant, Thybulle, Nas, Simmons, Chet, NAW, Keon, Achiuwa, Ibou Dianko Badji with the Sixers first rounder, Tyus Jones with our cap space and Jarrett Culver with our MLE just take all of the young Grizzlies available, Didi and GB3 and then undrafted guys and GLeaguers filling out the roster for really low minimums... Trendon should be included in that mix.

I think that team is scary next year, it would make the playoffs and get some good experience and might get out of the first round. It's only going to get better from there.

 

He contradicts his take that we made good moves by saying we threw darts at young guys and have a long history of not signing free agents. He also makes no mention of the only worthwhile player we got in the deal, Josh Hart.

It’s almost like he thinks it was a shit trade but wants to buddy up with Cronin so he can get the scoop in the future like he did with Neil.

 

good read on his piece. i've long thought he was a biased hack. this only further confirms it.

but he did have a whole section on Hart with videos of plays that i just didn't copy/paste.

 

Like that view, especially this: "They found the one team that didn’t place negative equity on McCollum’s deal and took them for all they could."
I think we were extremely lucky to get what we did for CJ. I see a lot of talk about how many draft picks NO had and how we should have got some. Why should NO care about how many draft picks they have? Should they just give them away? I'm pretty sure they knew Portland could not get a better offer....

 

Lillard and the team have made it clear they are re-building around him, they have some assets, hopefully it will go well. I think the big decision to be made yet is whether Nurk can be a center on a championship team.

 

I continue to think that Hart may have more value to the team than CJ did. Almost all his stats are certainly better and he brings more energy.

 

Boston is desperately looking to shed salary because they are about 3 mil above the tax line. We need to be on the phone with them trying to get some sort of compensation to take on Schroeder's contract with our 6.5 mil TPE.

This is how you build a war chest of assets to make a bigger move later on. Need to be opportunistic, but Cronin doesn't seem like he cares much about getting every last bit of value he can in this teardown.

Philly is also 6 million above. If they want to dump contracts into our TPE along with some second round picks or the like... do it!

 

Woj pretty much said Windhorst is full of shit and Sixrrs and Nets aren’t talking trades as of now.

 

Except it’s been reported at least two or three teams are legitimately interested in giving up assets for Schroeder.

 

Is there anything we could give up for John Collins? Would you trade the NO pick and Hart?

 

So we can’t sign players and we can’t draft useful players. No wonder you’re having a meltdown. We literally have no way to get useful players. Got it!

 

i'll believe it when i see it.

 

Windhorst is doo doo

 

Cavs are supposedly interested as well… but ok.

 

Woj, 20 minutes later

 

Heres another question

Could we attach a recently acquired guy like NAW to Bledsoe in a trade if Bledsoe matches by himself?