Trade Grant to Portland for Mil first done deal

4th or 5th option.
There is zero reason to re-sign Nurk if he isn't getting the ball on offense.

 

The options on the table for Grant right now:

1) 2-year/$45 million extension as part of the trade (the most we could offer right now).

2) 4-year/likely $100+ million extension in 6 months.

I'm guessing he chooses the 2nd one but there is some risk considering his knee flaring up last season or a worse injury occurring (please no).

 

There is if Dame wants him

 

No point in paying Nurk in that case. Get a center who will play hard if he doesn't touch the ball much on offense.

 

No concerns about Chauncey getting the most out of Nurk. I think his best is yet ahead.

 

Nurk actually is a low mileage center for his age and experience...couple years off rehabbing will do that....it's not the years...its the mileage. I think the Beast is yet to show what he can do healthy for a season. We'll get a better version with Grant next to him and a healty Dame. We're on our way to a pick your poison starting core.

 

If you hit that little arrow in the quote it'll show you what I'm replying to.

 

So have we figured out why this isn’t official yet?

Is he just not available for the physical?

Are we waiting for a certain date?

 

Yeah, and I wasn't talking about Aldridge...

 

I read something the other day about the deal possibly expanding, but it also mentioned that Grant’s travels had slowed his physical. So who knows…?

 

too bad we don't have any reporters in the local market who bothers following up.

the crazy thing is the Pistons already did a formal press conference with Duren and gave him his jersey.

 

I’ve posted it before but physicals don’t necessarily hold up deals from being announced, especially in the summer. They can be done after the deal is announced or remotely wherever the player is on vacation at the time. Source: a friend that may or may not be in the agent business.

 

Yeah. And teams sometimes don't even require the physicals. My overall point is, not worried about the deal falling through, at all. Deal could be expanded, deal could be waiting on Grant's physical, but the deal is clearly going to happen.

 

there is zero fear of it falling through. I'm just intrigued at potential expansion opportunities.

Could it be Noel? Cam?

 

I keep coming back to if it was Reddish, the trade could happen now. If it's Noel or Burks or someone like that, it would have to include Bledsoe or another big contract, which also could happen now.

 

Makes sense. We might even see Bledsoe sent out in the trade instead of the trade exception (likely to third team) or a John Collins trade wrapped into this.

Seems like there is more of this happening every draft/offseason. Where a trade is agreed in principle then finalized with a bunch more activity after free agency.

Could this turn into one massive trade combining the Knicks/Pistons/Blazers/Atlanta/San Antonio trades all together?

Years from now maybe it will get to the point where we just have one giant trade with all 30 teams done July 6th.

 

Bobby Marks talked about it on the pod with Lowe about Noel/Cam potentially going out as part of the deal too. Would be hilarious if NY somehow gives us that 2025 MIL first back to us for taking Noel. That would be a ridiculous win if we somehow ended up landing both Grant and Noel for just Bledose.