Its a win win for both teams... OKC doesnt lose PG for nothing and they rid themselves of Melo We get rid of Anderson and land PG13 Melo can come off the bench and be useful in the playoffs unlike Anderson Capela Tucker/MELO PG13/Ariza Harden/PG13 CP3
Melo was more useful than Anderson, that is ridiculous highway robbery and you know it. That is like trading two banged up Ferraris for a VW and an old pickup truck.
No way this happens. OKC will not gift us this ridiculously lopsided deal. Thats not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
DIsregarding whether or not either team would do it, you still have to make salaries match and in this scenario they aren't close.
Actually closer then you would think but totally unrealistic We could make it happen but we would have to include smaller contracts abd picks I think Anderson + gordon + nene makes the salaeries sort of match
Thank you! And before posting yet another random trade thread (to ALL future OPs) ask yourself this...
It depends what salary you are paying PG13 in this hypothetical scenario. If he's going to opt into the final year of his current deal then he's at $20M. If he opts out and you have to sign and trade him then he's at $30M.
Let's pretend the Harden deal never happened, and Harden plays out the final year of his rookie deal with OKC and then exits in FA for no compensation when OKC refuses to match his max deal. Are we really going to act like that's a better scenario for them than the trade that netted them Steven Adams, a guy who's become a key part of their core since? You don't get to Sam Presti's level by being overly emotional and reactionary. It's about logic. He's worried about his own team, not Houston. Just as getting Steven Adams was better for OKC's future than not doing the Harden trade and letting him walk, getting Eric Gordon makes more sense for OKC's future (with a capped out roster and a 29-year-old Westbrook signed to the supermax) than letting PG walk to LA for no compensation, and gaining no financial flexibility to replace him. I don't know about the Anderson/Melo component and whether they'd take on the extra year in salary that Ryno represents. But as far as the main part of the deal, which is Gordon/PG, I really don't think lingering feelings over the Harden trade 6 years ago are going to drive Presti's decision-making process.
Why is taking Anderson’s contract better? If they’re trying to win now, which I assume they are, strengthening your opponent doesn’t help. Giving away Harden years ago to the rockets wasn’t a big a deal because the rockets weren’t a threat.
