Would you do it?

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Embiid for CJ and Nurk?

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    I know this has been discussed before, but I'm bored:
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    I LOVE Nurk. But, yes I would. Embiid is legit and would be fantastic with Dame.
     
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    That's my thinking, too. It's a big risk, though, because I have a feeling Embiid is going to be a serious injury risk, and he just had a pretty down year. CJ is a great pairing with Simmons, though, so if they really wanted to break up the Embiid/Simmons pairing, this might be tempting.
    Of course they could say that THEY'RE taking a risk, given that Nurk is coming back from serious surgery.
     
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    Yes, absolutely. I like both Nurk and CJ but I see very little way of trading CJ straight up for a player that would be an upgrade for Portland (and still be acceptable for the other team). Using CJ as a chip to upgrade Nurkic into Embiid would be great. It would be adding risk (both Nurkic and Embiid are injury-prone but now we're tossing CJ into that bucket), but I think it would be adding quite a bit of reward if Embiid can play at least most of the season and playoffs.

    Nurkic is good, Embiid is great.
     
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    Plus the Mike Scott meme game would be strong.
     
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    Easily
     
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    No way I'd see Philly take that deal?
     
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    I'd rather go after Simmons than Embiid.
     
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    I'm sure they'd be happy to swap him for Dame.
     
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    Nope. If they're both healthy, Nurk is better.
     
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    A Dame/Embiid pick and roll would be just about the best thing on the planet this side of a fellatio. And even then....
     
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    That's sweet.
     
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    This is a no-brainer. Portland is getting the best player in that trade.
     
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    This popped up on my IG feed today.

     
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    I saw an advertisement for a sale on Blazer gear. Dame and Nurk jerseys were reduced by about 20%, CJ’s was 50%.
     
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    I don't get it - what's the "report"?
     
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    The caption on the pic. Said we'd trade CJ to the sixers if we land Edwards in the draft.
     
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    If we miraculously landed the first pick in the draft then I can see us very possibly drafting Edwards and trade CJ away. We can trade CJ, Simons, and 2021 pick for Simmons. A Dame/Trent or Edwards/Simmons/Collins/Nurk would be a championship contending 2 way team
     
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    This is NOT the draft to win the lottery in. I'm not interested in anyone projected top 5.
     
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    Counterpoint: no we can't.
     
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