Cavaliers dreaming of a LaMarcus Aldridge trade...

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    Wiggins is not the only player with potential in the 2014 draft.
     
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    Ya I know, Jabari Parker is good too. Still too much risk I think
     
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    No--they only have to wait for 1 year after their offer was matched. Waiting period expires 7/19/13.
     
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    I don't.
     
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    Oh I got it confused with Amnesty
     
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    Yep. Why is it in pretty much all of the Imaginary GM posts/threads here, it's seemingly always getting back bench players from bad team for LMA, with a few mid-first picks maybe thrown in for good measure.

    How are bench players from bad teams going to become starters for another bad team, and Portland would be horrendous w/out LMA, and make Portland a good team? How does that happen?
     
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    Utah went from a playoff team to a lottery team, and is about to lose one of their best players again. How exactly did that trade work out for Utah?
     
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    I think along these lines too. Aldridge could be arguably at the peak of his career, agree with RR7 that Lillard is ahead of most rookies, Batum is a great support player . . . it time to be thinking in the "now" moment and see what this team can do.

    If they disappoint, then maybe you make a big move . . . or if Blazers get something amazing, I have no doubt Olshey would pull the trigger. But not time to trade Aldridge for smaller parts.
     
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    Without that trade, they put a huge cap on how far that team could go along with watching Williams go to another team for little in return.

    Alot of other variables involved with team wins, but Denver did pretty well when they traded Carmelo.
     
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    Yeah, looking back, that trade was not very good. They pretty much replicated talent at positions they were already strong (Jefferson/Milsap vs Favors/Kanter) and they got Devin Harris who only last one year.
     
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    Sure, but Utah is worse now after that trade over a year and a half later. Why take steps backward? Why the rush to trade LMA for less-proven players?
     
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    Should we have tried to trade Aldridge for Harden, like some of us suggested a long time ago?

    I'm not sure it would've benefited Lillard, though. Lin looks pretty damn great when Harden's out, but very average when he's playing next to him.
     
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    The argument isn't whether the trade of Williams made Utah better. The argument is whether or not the Jazz got good value for Deron, which I believe they did. They had over 2 seasons to try to work out trades for Millsap and Jefferson but failed to do so. That's has nothing to do with what they got in exchange for DW. They made a good call with the No. 3 pick they got out of the deal in Kanter. But building a winner isn't based off one trade. Utah failed nearly everywhere else. They made the playoffs last year, which in essence lost them their 1st RD pick (would have been 14). They took Alec Burks over the likes of Kawhi Leonard and as I mentioned earlier, didn't move Paul or Big Al.
     
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    But what the Jazz got for Williams is a lot more then we would get for LA. Waiters/Thompson aren't on the level of either Kanter or Favors. I'm not against the idea of trading LA but it has to be a really good deal and some okay prospects that were picked way before they should have been and an okay pick in a very bad draft are not worth LA.
     
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    I'd do it in a second.

    Aldridge for Varejao, Thompson and the lottery pick.

    Next year:

    Lillard/Maynor
    Matthews/Oladipo
    Batum/Claver
    Hickson/Thompson
    Varejao/Leonard

    Could even move Thompson and Matthews for a PF like Al Jeff. But, Thompson's future looks bright.
     
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    Varejao hasn't played more than 31 games in a season the last three years and just hit 30. He also has a terrible contract at $9m/per over the next two years.

    Thompson is an undersized PF who can't defend or shoot FTs, and was the starting PF for one of the worst teams in the NBA ... and that's with a supposedly "elite" PG in Irving.

    The lottery pick might be nice ... I suppose. Nice trade there.

    Welcome to a 15-win season...
     
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    With a draft class deep in talent.

    I am not for taking AV's contract, but think it would be easily moved.

    Also of note, Al Jefferson is only months older and is very comparable to LA. He would also a FA likely to go to another team.
     
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