Merged: Who would you give up for Paul George?

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  1. UKRAINEFAN

    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    Are you trying to crush all our dreams??!! :)
     
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    Olshey probably hates to admit that one!
     
  3. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Neil really whiffed on that draft. Took Aminu 1 pick before Gordon Hayward (9th) and PG (10th).

    ET was drafted 2nd in that draft and Ed Davis went 13th. Man what a crapshoot. We might be okay where we are at 15.
     
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    Oh, jeeeeeez! That's it - in order to set the world right, Aminu will be traded for George.
     
  5. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    "Look Paul--when I drafted Aminu, I was planning all along on using him as a trade chip. If I'd drafted you, you'd have been in New Orleans that next year, dealing with a flailing franchise owned by the league; not a pretty situation for anyone. Can you imagine how crushing that would have been for you to be drafted to your hometown and then traded away a year later? I wasn't going to do that to you. I passed on you because I knew it'd be best in the long run for your development as a player and as a man. And now look where you are!

    You're welcome."
     
  6. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    What would he change his number to? 13 is retired for Dave Twardzik.

    Would he go back to 24?
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Chief? C'mon man!
     
  8. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Yeah that lineup is an offensive monster with Dame/CJ/PG/Nurk, and a defensive monster with PG/Chief/Nurk

    Substitute Noah for chief assuming he isn't part of the trade and I'm not complaining.
     
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    Aminu sucks and his defense is average.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Your opinion.
     
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    How would you rank our assets for value in a trade?

    I'd say: broken down into tiers

    1. Dame
    2. CJ
    3. Nurk

    4. 15
    5. 20

    6. Noah
    7. Aminu
    8. 26
    9. Harkless
    10. Davis

    11. Turner
    12. Crabbe

    13. Layman
    14. Napes
    15. Patty C

    16. Leonard

    Is that about right? 2018 first goes into tier 2-3.Outside of top tier, I'd throw every single other asset at Indy for an un-extended PG. Let's hope he doesn't make an all NBA team so that they can't throw 200 mil at him.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    That's good for us. Maybe we can give them the highest lowball ;)

    :cheers:
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    If we got PG, I'd start a petition to unretire Twardzik's number.
     
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    Who? yeah ill sign :smack::biglaugh:
     
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    I'd rank Noah, Harkless and Aminu above the draft picks.
     
  16. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I would root so fucking hard against that team...
     
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    No.
     
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    Can't see them getting the 2017 Brooklyn pick, unless it somehow falls out of top 3 and even then it's a stretch. I can see them getting the 2018 pick plus scrubs.
     
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    1. Lillard
    2. McCollum
    3. Nurkic

    4. 15
    5. 20
    6. 26
    7. Harkless
    8. Davis

    9. Vonleh
    10. Aminu
    11. Napier

    12. Layman
    13. Connaughton

    14. Turner
    15. Crabbe

    16. Leonard

    I'd rank them and tier them like that. Napier is someone you could give away for free, as you could Vonleh and Aminu. Layman and Connaughton you could give away free, too, as throw-ins to a larger deal. Turner, Crabbe and Leonard, IMO, you'll need to attach positive value to (or take back significant negative value) to deal. They're the "underwater assets," at least as I see them right now. Olshey could prove me wrong and trade them for actual value, but I'd need to see it to believe it.

    Higher up, I think the draft picks are the most valuable (though not highly valuable) trade assets beyond Lillard/McCollum/Nurkic and Harkless and Davis you could trade for minor value considerations (like a second-round pick in Davis' case and maybe a late first round pick in Harkless' case.

    Let's remember, this is not a stacked ranking of how good each player on the roster is--it also accounts for salary realities as I see them. I think Turner and Crabbe should be much higher on the list if it was just a player quality question, but I'm very doubtful that other teams want Turner or Crabbe at their current salaries, especially with the NBA revising down the cap estimates and the jump in the cap being lower than expected and much lower than last year's jump was.
     
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    "I feel bad that Leonard is at #16......

    ..........................................................but it was the lowest number available.
     
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