Hope it ain't us. I'd do Ant for OG, albeit reluctantly. But that's it. No pick throw ins, no Shaedon, etc.
Good question. In my mind, upgrade is a player who is at or above the level of a Jerami Grant. Those kinda players might not be available til the offseason, so i want us to be careful
I find it hard to believe that Utah would trade us Vanderbilt. But maybe Danny does not despise us as much as their previous front-office executives. I wonder what they want?
Vanderbilt would be an interesting addition that could help the size issue a lot one problem I see is matching his contract. Winslow would match but I don't see any reason why Utah would cooperate with that, and I have a hard time believing Seattle would agree to go into the tax for Vanderbilt. the biggest problem might be Ainge vs Cronin....looks like a mismatch on paper
Depends on what Utah's goal is. If they are trying to cut salary, Winslow is a FA after this season and Vanderbilt isn't. So if they want to clear space, it might work. Just depends on what they are wanting.
I guess it depends on what Utah thinks they need. My guess is an ending contract and a draft pick. They have enough role players. If they didn't, they would keep Vanderbilt. (at least I would) Every time I see Jody at a home game she looks as frustrated as the rest of the fans. And she is the only "Seattle" that matters. If she never went to the games I would be more concerned. But my gut feeling is that they are listening but will want too much (In terms of draft picks)
We cannot give a first for Vanderbilt. I will be livid if we give up protections on the Chicago pick to open up future picks so we can use one of them on a role player.
Maybe Vanderbilt is part of a 3 team deal where Hart goes out for small assets, and we use those or some of those for Vanderbilt?
I think we only get Vanderbilt if there are other moves. Not necessarily even three team trades, just other trades that make getting him feasible. If we sent Keon and GB to the Jazz for him then we'd be 100k under the tax and one player short of the roster minimum and a minimum salary for the rest of the season would put us into the tax. I don't think they're letting Joe go into the tax.
Right, There is something wrong there. Siakam IS a great player and besides OG they have Barnes and Van Vleet and Trent. Why isn't this team doing better? Why would they want draft picks for OG if Siakam is staying? My impression is that if they can get a lot more value back than they give out, they will do a deal. Otherwise not. So I have my doubts as to whether they would be a good trade partner.
Any reasonable trade involving Simons is a risk, so if there is a trade this summer, sending him East is preferable. He does have SIGNIFICANT trade value that hasn't stopped growing on a reasonable 2nd contract. Toronto has had interest in Nurkic. There are teams who need a really big body in the East (Toronto is one). I have hope. Hart is most likely to be traded. Vanderbilt? The prices seems to have come down from earlier perceptions in the season. Utah needs youth at guard with Conley aging -- so Keon makes sense. How much more? Do it. I'd love to see Keon get a shot on a team that needs him. With Toronto, Simons for OG adds in filler on their side and is otherwise straight up. Both teams would benefit with the loss being less on Toronto's side given their forward depth. Portland would miss Ant ... but OG paired with Grant? Best forwards since Sheed was a Blazer.
The Jazz do have TPEs so if they wanted Keon we could send him over with Justise and that trade would put us far enough under the tax to pick up a guy on a min contract for the rest of the season. Vando and a guy off of the buy out market would be a pretty disappointing and realistic trade deadline but maybe there are bigger things cooking.
Zach Lowe & Kevin Pelton talked quite a bit about the Blazers about at the 39 minute mark. Talked about how the Bulls would be a good trade partner.
