Playmaker that is 2 years older or younger than Aldridge

I guess we'll see buddy.

And FYI, What if they get #4 pick and the #14th pick from Portland for Rondo? You think there are others better?

 

So buy a late teens pick and draft Kendall Marshall ... If this team wants a real point guard it's going to be very, very tough (read: expensive in terms of assets) to get one.

 

not sure i get the question but others better? like better offers for rondo? not likely, #4 alone might do it. and PP is prolly worth the #14 at least

 

due an extension, and with contracts already out to Westbrook, Durant and Perkins, I'd offer the pick up to OKC for Harden. It's unlikely, but if they can add a PF prospect or a big, it might be more valuable to them long term.

 

I think the #4 pick is more than enough for rondo

 

I'd love to add Harden to this team ... but it's never going to happen via trade.

 

Supposedly they were ready to trade him last year for Batum if we were willing to take on Jefferson's contract. We weren't. Since then parker seemed to get back some of his old mojo and jefferson has one less year on his contract. But Parker and Duncan Ginobli are all a year older. I think we could get a deal done.

Nobody is talking about Deron Williams: I don't think people should assume that he has made up his mind about Dallas. We just have to show him we have a better, younger core than Dallas, which requires getting somebody good with those draft picks we might have, either by trying to move up in the draft or trading for another piece.

 

I find that really hard to believe, but if we have a shot at Parker, we should have done that all day and anyway

 

maybe not. But Presti has to know they can not afford extensions for Harden AND Ibaka, and theey can run risk of losing him for nothing to a big RFA offer. By the time #4 pick is due extension, Perkins will come off.

 

Right.

I approve! But remember the last time we drafted somebody who had a broken wrist in college...

 

I imagine someone was likely mentioned soon after that fits the criteria he laid out above.

 

It's not so much a matter of how much Rondo is worth, as how much we would have left.

I could get very excited about Rondo, Batum and Aldridge. However, it seems we would have to give up Batum. Adridge and Rondo without any other real help seems risky. Not enough power to get the job done and a big risk that Rondo may not work out personality-wise.

It's probably moot as I don't see us getting him either way.

 

I'm not so sure about that. I don't think the Thunder can afford the kind of money that Harden is going to demand considering what they are paying Durant and Westbrook. The implications of being over the luxury tax threshold are pretty brutal and are going to get worse in future years. A trade that gave them a high draft pick for Harden would let them have four more years of a good player on a rookie scale contract.

 

You maybe right. Looking at Rondo; he's Boston's only bright spot. But if they could, without giving up Batum, then I think we pull the trigger immediately.

 

Here's all I could find on that rumor:
According to Jay Allen of 750 The Game (no link, just radio), the Blazers are close to sending out Andre Miller for another PG. The deal could be announced as early as tomorrow.
Who could it be? Throw out your most logical trade scenarios here and keep it locked for the latest updates!

*UPDATE*
Alex Kennedy of Hoopsworld reports-

The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers nearly completed a blockbuster trade on Wednesday afternoon, but the deal fell apart in the late stages. San Antonio was prepared to ship Tony Parker and the #29 pick to Portland in exchange for Andre Miller, Nicolas Batum and the #21 pick, but the trade died when the Spurs insisted that Richard Jefferson somehow be included in the deal. Other players would have been included in the trade to make salaries work. Talks have quieted for now, but they could pick back up tomorrow if one of the teams has a change of heart.

 

Wow that may have been a big blunder. Although I think Portland had their eye set on being well below the cap this summer. That deal would have knocked them out, IMO.

 

Teams typically are reticent to trade with division rivals ... especially when they are sending the better player (unless you are Portland trading Andre Miller for Raymond Felton)

 

I don't get all of this Rondo talk. Why would the Celtics ever trade him with the rest of their team being so old? Has anyone actually ever said that he is available?

 

Because this draft is sooo good, they could get considerably younger with their pick, two portland picks, a ton of cap room to use to grab a few free-agents. It's pretty obvious that Portland has their eye on Rondo, and we have cap room to take on Pierce and Rondo for a two pick swap.

 

It makes no sense if you are Ainge. They are the Celtics. Why would they trade places with us? Rondo is young. Pierce is a Hall of Famer. KG and Ray Allen are gone, so they have cap space. What they could get with our draft pick would not be as good as Rondo. Not even close.