No. It's 130% for early bird free agents. Atlanta has only one first rounder this year. They get to swap with Brooklyn to 15
Oh I thought they still had their late pick plus 15.. It sucks their isn't better options at SF in free agency.. Everyones restricted. They could still pursue Chandler if they renounced Lopez and kept Batum Wes and LA. They would have around $10-15M to play with. If you struck out with Tyson you bring back Rolo and still have $ to add a couple solid bench pieces
Chad Ford: "Expect the Magic, Kings, Pistons and Hornets to seriously consider trading their picks. All 4 want to accelerate rebuild"
Aaron Gordon? He's not a wing... Or a big man.. he's positionless haha. But they got Oladipo and Harris so no need for Batum.
Harris best position is power forward. Batum would fit in orlando. Question is would we trade him and would they want him enough to give up their pick.
Yeah but Batum would be a one year rental for a guy that could improve the team and be a building block.
If Batum was willing to go to minnesota for more money, maybe Orlando could re-sign him. The weather is not bad, no state taxes., good young taent....I could see him resigning with them. However the 5th pick is going to land a good player. If one of the two stud PG's drop to 5th then they keep it. Or they could pick Winslow and us Oladipo for Batum and our pick? I still would like to see a Dame/Oladipo back court with CJ coming off the bench.
Batum needs shooters around him and a big man to run pick n roll with. Orlando has neither. Vucevic is more of a postup do it himself guy
Give me Stanley Johnson or Justice Winslow for Batum and I'd be happy. I'll pass on Oladipo with Wes and CJ.
If we want to trade Batum for a pick we need to find one of those teams on that list trying to make a push now, and also trying to ditch a contract. The Hornets with Stephenson is that exactly... But the red flag of Stephenson is huge. Another option would be Batum to Detroit for their pick Caron Butler and fillers.
Batum for Butler and their pick would be genius. Butler can still play limited minutes at SF, and it gives you cap space to sign a SF. Or you trade 23 and 8 for 4 and draft Winslow. I think Detroit would want more than Batum in that trade
Batum, Meyers, McCollum for Drummond and Butler. ideally include both of our picks but this trade will never happen but one can dream. DET would then have Reggie KCP Batum Meyers Monroe McCollum off the bench + their current top 10 pick Unless we swap picks. We would then have a Lillard, LMA, Drummond core to build around with cap space. Drummond will never be traded tho.
