Free Agent Thread

I feel like I remember reading Paul was a proponent of that shit back then.

 

I'm not a fan of the DDR S&T, but this would have been interesting.

 

Is this sign and trade rule true? Could this be why Portland hasn’t used their MLE yet?

• The receiving team cannot have used the so-called "taxpayer mid-level exception" in that season.

 

That was before all this super team bullshit

 

Interesting. If so who’s the target? K Leonard is the only unsigned player who leaps to mind that would make this at all interesting and he’d of course have to agree. Any other targets people can come up with?

 

markkanen

 

Oubre, Hart, Green, Millsap if all want more then the tax MLE.

 

Hart and Oubre are interesting. Not needle moving, but interesting.

 

They're really not...

 

Markkanen is interesting because we could probably match the money without giving up CJ.

 

This guy would actually fit like a glove on our team

 

i don't really care for the fit because i want an athletic defender, and lauri is really a C.

but he's a better pick and pop threat than anyone dame has had outside of Aldridge. he's who Olshey hoped Zach would be, sans the elite rim protection. And as you say, we might get him for DJ + a pick even with a BYC.

 

and we know how much Neil likes to get guys who played well against him.

 

Man! That's the smartest thing i've read in a long time.

 

I have to believe that Neil is working on a Ben Simmons deal. After last season, he has to know that CJ and Ant absolutely can not play backup PG. With Simmons, he can definitely play the PG minutes when Dame is out.

This is the only reason that can explain why he hasn’t signed some viable backup PG guys like Hart or Jackson.

 

We have Lillard (for now). But then after that it’s not close.

Ball/White (20 yr old promising talent)
Lavine/Caruso
DeRozan/Thaddeus Young/Dosonyu
Markannin/Patrick Williams (19 year old)
Vucevic/Felicio?

Lavine, DeRozan and Vucevic are all better than our Robin (CJ).

We obviously have the advantage in Lillard. Nurk and Vucevic are comparable in terms of what they bring. DeRozan and Lavine are legit scorers. They are way deeper. Even their young guys look promising.

 

I actually think it would be needle moving. Hart has incredible tenacity, and a nice game at both ends. For whatever reason Oubre didn't work out in GS. But he had a real good year with Phoenix the year before. I think he would be super motivated to prove those teams wrong.

 

And both can defend.

 

if we can get him without CJ (are people thinking MLE or sign and trade?) and play him at center we might have something there.

trade **up to** CJ + Little+ Ant+ 1sts for Simmons + Curry. You can send DJJ and a pick to Chicago in S&T or do whatever cap space voodoo to get this done but I like the lineup.

Dame/Curry/Simmons
Powell/McLemore/Elleby/Curry
Simmons/Snell/Brown
RoCo/Zeller/Brown
Nurk/Markkanen

With that lineup you can guarantee 3-4 shooters around Simmons at all times.

 

They didn’t even make the play-in in East. Ball and DeRozen aren’t saviors. They actually got worse when Vucevic signed. Blazers are much better. You’re just tired of watching them.