correct! Just Sign Powell and then trade Nurk, CJ and DJJ and a nice pick to Indy for Turner and Sabonis Key rotation players: Dame / Ant Powell / find a solid vet RoCo / Little Turner / Collins / Melo Sabonis / Kanter
nurk would be one of the bigger bodies in the East. CJ would thrive and DJJ is a dump on our part. Throw in a decent pick and you’d be able to make this deal. Benefits Portland and Indy. And with the Orlando coaching spot open, Stotts will take his talents to Florida...making this trade more realistic than if Stotts were to be hired by Indy - I don’t think Nurk likes Stotts
First of all there is no decent pick as we are always outside lottery. They have Brogdon, LeVert and Warren that need ball in their hands so no place for CJ. And why would they trade Sabonis? Who cares if Nurk has bigger body, Domantas is better at everything.
Dame Norm RoCo Siakam Nurk Knicks get their shot creator to go next to Randle. The Raptors get a bunch of young talent and picks for Siakam. Why would NY want CJ over Siakam? Honestly, I think they're both kind of a wash but they fill different needs. I don't think Siakam makes sense next to Randle. They need a guy who can create his own shot. I think CJ would flourish in NY. Plus it doesn't make sense for us to trade CJ to the Raptors because he's not young and we just sent them GTJ.
Yeah i m pretty sure if they get CJ and Nurk they ll be great as they are such difference makers. Maybe we can get LaVine for CJ as well since Bulls didn't qualify or we give up Nurk for Towns. CJ for Zion who says no?
CJ is better than both Brogdon and Caris Levert. Check the stats. I know it’s popular to hate CJ, but he’s better than both of those two.
Even if he is it's not by much and he doesn't fit with those guys. Sabonis is better than Nurk+CJ combined so they would never trade him+Turner for something that won't make them better.
well, I’m just glad we have an expert analyst here to guide us through - at least we agree that CJ and Nurk are worthless
maybe, but: doesn't look like any distinct advantage for CJ, especially if you give a notable edge to Brogdon on defense. Brogdon is also a better passer and a better rebounder. And, he's 6'5
I think you'd have to trade CJ for Tobias Harris straight up at this point. If you can get a pick back (#28?), you lump it into a package with some combination of our Future 1sts, RoCo, DJJ, Ant, Nas, and Elleby and see if you can get a star forward back (Siakam?) PHI Gets: C.J. McCollum POR Gets: Tobias Harris, Pick #28 TOR Gets: Aaron Nesmith, Nassir Little, Pick #28, 2022 BOS 1st, 2022 POR 1st, 2025 POR 1st, ~$27M TPE BOS Gets: Robert Covington, Derrick Jones Jr, C.J. Elleby POR Gets: Pascal Siakam Trade two Future 2nds for Pick #35 Draft Joel Ayayi Resign Norman Powell and Zach Collins Sign Nic Batum to Tax-Payer MLE Sign Boban Marjanovic, Ish Smith, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to minimum contracts. Lillard (36) / Simons (12) / Smith Powell (33) / Simons (15) / Ayayi Harris (22) / Batum (26) / F.A. Siakam (35) / Harris (13) / RHJ Nurkic (28) / Collins (20) / Boban
Yeah, he had a great year. Before this season, I think we get more pieces or a pick to sweeten the deal but now we'd be lucky if we weren't the ones sweetening the trade with a pick. I would do it though. I'd trade CJ for Tobias Harris. Harris can get his own but takes open looks and driving lanes when they are given to him and is a decent defender especially since we'd likely give him the easier of the two forwards when he was playing next to RoCo. The problem might be that both him and the Sixers did too well this season and now that Embiid is out and if that's what costs them their current series, they really might want to run it back.
