If CJ were to be traded, who are we most likely to get?

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  1. wizenheimer

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    hard to keep track of everything, but tomorrow, they might have 15-20M in cap-space
     
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    So?
     
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    Unbalanced trade - they could take on CJ's salary and just give up Smart's.

    Shit - I can just see Olshey spinning it as "that allowed us to re-sign Norman, so don't think of it as CJ for Smart, think of it as CJ for Smart AND Powell!"

    Ugh.
     
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    I have to think smart would come off the bench….there would have to be another deal to get a SF in the works
     
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    Smart is good on D - no question - he's a slightly smaller Draymond (same personality, too). But he's very poor on O (albeit not terrible 3%) and he can't really play PG. Except he thinks he can.
    If there's anything to this, I wonder if Chauncey thinks highly of Smart?
     
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    Agree to disagree on the never guarded bigger players for Boston. He is considered by Celtic fans as an excellent defender at multiple positions. But that is a different debate and not relevant in my mind. We have Little for the SF position. If we lose NP then having a bigger defensive-minded guard who can play some point would not be the worst thing to go along with Dame and ANT. Hoping Mudiay has improved enough to do that.....at a cheaper price. (But he is not as good) Regardless we would need more in return for CJ than Smart
     
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    I think the focus needs to be the PF spot more than the SF spot. Roco and Little can man the 3.
     
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    He can legitimately hold his own defensively at the 1/2 and 3. Plays much bigger - like Draymond as you mentioned.

    However, he’d surely be plan C if Simmons/Siakam fails. Anticlimactic but is totally an Olshey type of move.
     
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    If Norm walks and we can't put a package together with CJ that lands us Simmons... I couldn't give a fuck about what we do. If Norm walks I think the Vulcans should fire Neil and the new GM should start a total tear down and rebuild on day one. There is no way Dame is staying for long if we don't get better... so there is no fucking way that Dame is staying around if we get worse.
     
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    I could kind of talk myself into it just because Smart would become a total fan favorite if we got him.
    Remember this?

    But... as you said, if we end up with Smart after all this Simmons/Siakam talk... well it's a good thing Olshey doesn't care what people say about him. I'll just have to cling to the hope that this is a tactic to get Morey to get off the pot.
     
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    Could we just get Smart with Simons, DJJ, and a pick or something like that?
     
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    he also wrote this
     
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    Dude doesn’t seem to know anything
     
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    Who said we’re resigning Powell? Who says Smart would start?
     
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    Oh, I'm sorry, I was hoping that we were trying to hold onto or get equal value for our limited assets.
     
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    I like Brown a lot. But, CJ won’t net you a guy like him.
     
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    Curry isn't going anywhere
     
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    Yes I know lol. Was saying this guy is a clown
     
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