If Jimmy and Randall would opt in. This trade works: Hou in: Butler, Randall Hou out: Capella, Gordan, Hartenstein, Frazier, Clark, Chiozza NO in: Capella, Hartenstein, Frazier, Clark NO out: 4th pick Philadelphia in: Gordan, 4th pick, Chiozza Philadelphia out: Butler
The Pelicans aren't giving up the 4th for Clint Capela, if we got involved with their potential trade with Minny they would get Clint and be moving back to 11th. Also Philly aren't getting the 4th pick just to trade a guy who is presumably opting-in just for a trade. I would much prefer Covington to Randal, and we could still do the Gordon and pick for Butler opt in and trade too. Imagine having a small ball lineup with Butler/Covington/Tucker at the 3/4/5, drooling...
Why aren’t we buying picks with our own that want to spend money to get better? The picks do have value —> role players on friendly contracts.
Cause the Rockets have only half million left available in trades, the Warriors just got a 2nd rounder paying three times the ammount we have and they also added a future 2nd rounder.
Teams only get a certain allotment of cash each season that they are allowed to use on deals such as those. We've already used almost all of ours. As Bima pointed out on Twitter though, we could agree to the deal in principle then consumate it in July when our allotment refreshes.
Since Morey refuses to trade Paul... Rockets get max cap room & a PF: Salary out- $34.1 mil Salary in- $3.4 mil Dario Saric Timberwolves 2nd round pick (#43) 76ers get a proven scorer: Eric Gordon's expiring Celtics get a young center: Clint Capela Timberwolves get picks to move up: Nene's expiring Gary Clark Celtics' 1st round pick (#14) 76ers' 1st round pick (#24) All teams get what they want. Starters Chris Paul 15.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 8.2 apg James Harden 36.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 7.5 apg Jimmy Butler (MAX) (6'8") 18.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.0 apg Taj Gibson (MLE) (6'9") 10.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.2 apg Dario Saric (6'10") 10.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.6 apg Bench PJ Tucker 38% from three Danuel House (re-sign) 6'7", 42% from three Anthony Tolliver (vet min) 6'8", 38% from three Isaiah Hartenstein 7'0", 46% from three in GL playoffs Gerald Green (vet min again) 6'7", 35% from three
Just a note to remember GSW are paying to swap 2nd rounders, they are giving ATL their 2024 2nd. We're running a little short on future 2nds, we already traded away 2020 and 2022, just something our FO is probably considering. We need all the future assets we can for trades down the line. I'm not against using one now though to get in to tonight's draft.
Yeah, Rockets are probably just getting a couple of undrafted guys once the draft is over just like Morey usually does, unless we make a big trade with picks potentially involved of course.
Not a position of need at all, but I like Purdue's Carsen Edwards who is going late 1st early 2nd in most mocks. Long history of players drafted late who showed out in NCAA Tournament at the very least being solid role players in the league. VanVleet was one of those players for several NCAA Tournaments. Kemba Walker single-handedly lead 9-seed UConn to the natty once upon a time. Of course the most famous example in recent history is Steph Curry who lit it up in the tournament at Davidson. They may not all be stars, but they all fall into the category of "I'm not surprised" when I see them contributing in the pros several years after their two minutes of fame in the tournament.
The Rockets paid the Jazz $1 mil for Vincent Edwards in the last draft. I doubt Tillman buys another pick if Vincent Edwards is the standard.
Here's one: Rockets in: Julius Randall, Otto Porter Jr. Rockets out: Chris Paul, Clint Capella Chicage in: 4th pick via NO, Chris Paul Chicago out: Otto Porter Jr, 7th pick NO in: 7th pick, Clint Capella Rockets trade Chris Paul's untradeable contract and Capella for two serviceable players with one bad contract for a year less than Paul. NO get Capella Chicago gets the 4th Pick for taking Chris Paul's extra year.
If the Suns are just giving people away for space, I wonder if we could take De'Anthony Melton back into one our trade exceptions for a 2nd rounder Kidding, but not really
Trade Hartenstein, Cash for 2019 2RP *Darius Bazley *Carsen Edwards *Tacko Fall Capela for Smart, Williams, 2019 1RP Gordon, Nene, 2019 1RP for Butler Sign Jordan for T-MLE *Fallback Plan: Dedmon Possible Ring Chasers for Minimum *Markieff Morris *Jeff Green *Wayne Ellington *Thabo Sefolosha *Seth Curry Resign Gerald Green for Minimum Sign Undrafted Rookie Free Agent(s) C: Jordan, Williams PF: Tucker, J.Green SF: Butler, Clark, Sefolosha SG: Harden, G.Green PG: Paul, Smart, Edwards
Capela and NG contracts for Horford would be great as long as we get Horford for under $60m over 3 years. Celtics seem to be going back into a minor rebuild. Maybe upgrading the team like that would push Butler to consider us a bit more. I know it's not a major upgrade, but reputationally Horford is probably considered a much better player than Capela. In which case we would still be able to do Gordon, re-signed Shumpert ($14m over 2 years, second year partial guarantee) + Nene + lotto-protected pick for Butler. Horford/Hartenstein Tucker/Clark Harden/House Butler/Green Paul None of those guys would beat their man in transition, so we'd need some excellent transition players on the bench. But that's a hell of a starting 5. Still have the MLE to add Rivers or who knows maybe even Derrick Rose decides he wants to win one. Elfrid Payton and Jerryd Bayless are options. Get a PF and a C with minimum contracts (won't be great, but obviously we need some depth). Jeff Green, Jared Dudley, Kyle O'Quinn, Khem Birch are some options.
