LA gone before or on draft day

So let's say with #'s 10 and #15 you select Steven Adams and Sergei or Alexi or Vlad or whatever his first name Karasev. You have A LOT of cap space (somewhere around 20 million)

Lillard / Maynor
Matthews / Barton
Batum / Butler / Karasev
Milsap? / Robinson / Mirotic
Jefferson? / Adams / Leonard

A high draft pick in next years talent laden draft as well as Charlotte's pick at some point.

 

haha, right? Insert whoever you want there.

 

Contingent on Dwight going to HOU, we can possibly pull a three way with the Rockets and Bulls.

Aldridge, Asik to CHI
Noah, Butler, TRob, CHA pick to POR
Kostas, #20 to HOU

 

Contingent on Dwight going to HOU, we can possibly pull a three way with the Rockets and Bulls.

Aldridge, Asik to CHI
Noah, Butler, TRob, CHA pick to POR
Kostas, #20 to HOU

 

Since the #3 and #1 have the same value to me (someone will draft Noel and just want either Olapido or Len), how about a deal with Washington

LA and Freeland

for

#3, Okafor, Seraphin, and Vesely

 

Yuck, rather have the initial Cle offer of #1 and #19 and then we have a lot more capspace, vesely/seraphin have shown nothing and Okafor why bother. Rather have the cap and flexibility for more trades and FA

 

#3, beal, seraphin, filler

 

prob with that is Wash does not have the capspace

I'd do Beal/#3 Okafor (big expir) for LMA

 

If a S&T is open, I'd look at ATL for Josh Smith + future assets. Then Big Al in free agency. Those two would complement each other well.

 

that was the filler part (nene/okafor/ariza/whatever)

 

I have not included Beal in my deals as I think they would not move him. I also think cap space this offseason will be less valuable since many teams have it. Seraphin is not a bad player and Vesely would be a gamble. Do not think Washington would agree to the trade without shedding Okafor. He is only under contract for one year and would be the perfect driver of the 2013-14 tank.

 

it would take beal imo, so #3+++ (-beal) is a non starter

 

Chris Haynes ‏@ChrisBHaynes 2m
.@CSNNW Source: #Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge prefers to be moved to contender but not oppose to return to Portland http://www.csnnw.com/blog/blazers-t...moved-contender-not-oppose-returning-portland …

 

Doesn't make much sense to me. He resents Chicago, but wants to go there?

 

The only way I have any interest in Smith is if we were to trade LMA for Noah (which I agree, wouldn't make sense from CHI's perspective). But with Noah/Smith/Batum in the front court, along with Wes and hopefully a defensively improved Lillard in the back court we'd have great defensive personnel. Then the next step is to go out and obtain a defensive assistant coach to be the architect of our defense.

 

I think a Smith/Noah PF/C combo is good but their skills are awfully similar. Good D, rim protection, and rebounding. Whereas add Big Al to either of those guys, and you've added terrific low post scoring too. It just sucks that LA is being an ass about this, because he can be the perfect mix of all of these skills if he wanted to.

 

Casey Holdahl ‏@CHold 2m
That story by @ChrisBHaynes sums up what I believe is Aldridge's stance: improve the team or trade me. Seems like a reasonable request.

 

Candace Buckner ‏@blazerbanter 56s
. @TylerLuna11 Zeller on the chance IF Aldridge is gone by the end of the night and as I told @MikeintheCouv my gut says LA remains 2nite

 

That's what LMA said after the season. Hell, he even basically said that next year could be bumpy, too, but that he thinks they have a chance to contend in 2014-15. Yet people want to trade him for role players to "get young".