Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

I think they wanted to build a long, athletic defensive team and to have more balance. Every move they've made suggests this. I look at the way they're playing, and have come together as a unit, and I see a long, athletic defensive team with incredible balance.

 

Would Jimmy Butler and let's just say Josh Richardson for KD make sense as far as value for both teams? It works for the CBA but are these two players Butler and Durant right around the same value?

 

He’s not Top 5. SGA, Luka, Giannis, Jokic, Tatum all better. When healthy, Embiid and AD are better. Towns is better. So maybe top 10 for KD.

 

Earl Monroe, Gus Johnson, Wes Unseld, Rod Strickland, and Elvin Hayes.

 

Absolutely. Sharpe's the guy I think we all want to break through next.
But the Blazers need that guy. Him or someone else.

 

Trading Bud and Jrue for Doc and Dame destroyed a perennial contender.

 

And now they need that long athletic guy in the backcourt with Scoot.

 

Norm is earning $19 million and he's 31. Grant will be 34 when his deal ends earning $36.5 million.

Norm is the size of a guard but plays tough like a forward. Grant is the size of a big forward but plays like a tiny guard.

We're clearly trying to rebuild for the future today so Grant makes no sense here. There were a lot more possibilities with the roster we had in 2022, so we needed starting level Norm talent to play with Dame or to get a starter back in a trade.

 

Grant's defense has been pretty good lately.

 

Thats why they will need to trade with the Rockets that have their picks - just as the Nets had to get the Rockets involved in the Bridges trade.

It's getting more difficult with their 2031 pick going elsewhere though.

 

We're kind of the mirror image of the Orlando Magic - both franchises have the same "type" - lanky defense-first players, only they were looking amazing at the start of the season and shit now, and we're the reverse.

 

They gave up Ayton too.

 

Seems like we've heard about Huerter to Portland a number of times.

I think it would have to be part of a Grant trade - otherwise playing time could be an issue.

Also will be more difficult with Huerter trade restriction not allowing his salary to be aggregated on Chicago end.

 

If not Sharpe then we don't have that guy on our roster.

And we don't have much to offer in trade to get a guy like that.

 

Huerter salary works in a trade for Timelord straight up. Now obviously Timelord would go to a 3rd team but those two players salaries do work.

Still think we'd need to have a Grant deal or maybe a Simons deal to have the PT for Huerter.

 

They had substantial injuries to their three best players though.

 

Maybe the Pistons want more of a push in the standings? They are .500 but somehow thats the 6th seed in the east.

 

Hear me out. In a couple years, I think Toumani could be that guy. Following the Jimmy Butler trajectory from early in his career.

 

Huerter makes over 4 million more than RW3, which would put us in the tax.
Also, I think the only reason we heard Huerter here was on the potential of Grant to Sac, and he was needed for salary matching. don't think there's any actual interest in Huerter the player