Maybe we shouldn't trade Crabbe yet?

A trade of Crabbe (+ pick) to PHI would be a great help. It get's us a center, and granted Noel will get paid this summer, he'll probably get less than if PHI hadn't jerked him around for the first two months of the season and hurt his trade value. He might even get less, as a starting salary, than Crabbe's outgoing $18.5 million.

BNM

 

A lot on here want to deal Crabbe and a pick for Noel. Asuming that's his general value around the league, it would stand to reason a team would happily gamble on his upside with a deal similar to Crabbe's. Brooklyn threw 18 a year at a guy averaging 10/2/1. I'd think it's very reasonable to assume someone will do the same for Noel.

 

Noel has played well recently, his minutes have greatly increased. He is given a large part of the credit for winning 4 of the last 6 games, a rare event in recent Philly history.

Philly my not want to trade him now, and if they do, his value is going up. And so will his next contract.

My guess is, some GM will step up and offer Noel a max or near max contract.

 

And this is why - based on what folks here have said - I'm at least somewhat interested in Nurkic. He also seems to be more of an Olshey-type acquisition.