If Porzingis is going to Boston then I bet we can snatch Horford who would be an elite backup C for us. They have Rob Williams too so I doubt they need Horford anymore - could probably get away with a cheap 3rd string C and KJ Martin to backup the PF spot. Would still rather get Lopez at C, but this wouldn’t be a bad fallback plan.
[/QUOTE] This needs a few more moving parts Probably Gallo to Wiz (so Boston can accept the salary back) And someone else from Clips to Wiz (so LAX can accept the salary back). I guess Bones Hyland or Preston or Boston jr from LAX to Wiz too
It might be worth checking again. Non-G/T 2023/24 Full guarantee kicks in if he is on the roster 29th June (so about a week left of Nix!!)
My guess is that Rockets are planning on taking a bad contract to move up from No. 20 pick (or just in general). Rockets want a future 1st or 2 for when they make a trade for a star.
Yeah - but it pretty much indicates he is gone by then. If trying to free salary, it is as simple as pressing "delete" on him before then. No need to try and find a way to move him. That's the point!! haha
Here's my best idea so far .... Clearly teams have been trying to buy in to this draft. Den has made a move or two . How good is 20 ? can we cash in for a future asset ? Just like the pacers , who traded to denver ... OKC has a bunch of future picks. However , they dont have a bunch this year. Im sure they can be a power player in moving into this draft if they truly wanted.. but i bet theyd rather save their premium assets for later/ other things. We can give them 20 this year to add a high ceiling player ... like whats the floor in this draft ? I bet okc doesnt mind giving away a mildy protected pick , or a pick from a team that should be good for pick # 20 this year. We need more future assets. BKN picks not enough ... then as a "throw in" I want to ask them to lower the protection of our pick next year . And let us keep the pick if its 10 . Not top 10 protected ... if and only if its pick number 10 . Or 9 .. maybe you can say " lets do an 8 ball after this and make it 8" .. but i dont think they'd give that up.
How available does this Porzingis move make Grant Williams? $182M is the magic number, right? (2nd apron - basically after that you can only sign vet min guys, and trades are very hard to make). After the Porzingis trade, they would be on $167,357,038 (assuming Gallo is in the trade, and they waive both Muscala and Champagnie). That makes $15M the number they would find it hard to match for Grant Williams? Would it mean they couldn't use the exceptions? Pencil him in for $18M per (or something) - I think he would be a wonderful veteran add who would bring some toughness to our roster.
these are the type of guys stone and udoka value black coulibaly hendricks lmiller small pgs with questionable defense/shooting and rim protecting bigs that cannot switch are not draft targets big pgs that are not either great shooters or defenders are not draft targets guys with quicks and length like boston with great defensive potential that can switch all over and can defend on the perimeter are the focus a guy like podziemski is a possibility because although he lacks great length he isn't small and he's all around skilled and can handle pass shoot defend both smalls and bigs and rebound preferred guys i fully expect 1 to 3 of these guys to become rockets tomorrow bmiller has length brains shooting playmaking and defensive switchability although he's not a great defender right now and not likely that we can acquire him without a kings ransom black good switchable defender with length can pass and finish and his shooting will improve with spacing coulibaly a bundle of athletic length smarts and work ethic with good shot mechanics and already a good defender hendricks length athleticism defensive acumen with 3 point shooting lmiller length athleticism already a defensive disruptor great finisher ugly shooter that gets it to go in ausar has the length and defensive switchability and possibly could become a shooter but the guys above are preferred podz has everything in his game but extreme length is a very very good disruptive defender sasser also has everything but length and can be had late in the first dick fits the profile as a second guy to take cason possibly with a lower pick outside the top 10 possibly undervalued guys we would be interested in late i could see one of these guys becoming a rocket jacquez yes with a lower pick shepperd yes with a lower pick jackson yes with a lower pick norris definite yes with a lower pick jarace possibly a target but only with a trade down lively same rupert possibly later hodge in the second bufkin is a possibility but he's not valued like the others above guys that are a no cam not a quality defender will get bigger and become a small pf we are not interested in jett he doesn't defend and hasn't shown any defensive grit sensabaugh is a poor defender scoot doesn't fit the profile unless he drops to us we're not going to expend assets trading up for him sasser much better value late in first round george no smith no whitehead no iffy feet injuries possibly with a very late second only clowney schiff sidy there's one guy i didn't put on any of the lists amen is an enigma to me i think we should pass and try to get 2 guys on the top list instead i do not think he'll ever be a great shooter he doesn't have the bend for the shot dip even though he could improve that some it won't be natural to his game and i don't see the fit working optimally with alp and fit is important i think amen is another westbrick player hyper athletic with ball skills but will dominate the ball and it will be so so difficult to build a championship team around him just like it has been to build a champion around westbrick
This needs a few more moving parts Probably Gallo to Wiz (so Boston can accept the salary back) And someone else from Clips to Wiz (so LAX can accept the salary back). I guess Bones Hyland or Preston or Boston jr from LAX to Wiz too[/QUOTE] still waiting for our consolidation trade
I don't buy that ...It doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense when they are already $62m from the cap FLOOR of $122m with no real good potions to spend that $62m on .... why push yourself to $85m from the FLOOR by moving KPJ & Tate (their only two salaries above $2.6m who aren't Green, Jabari or Sengun). $85m could go a long way to rebuilding this team .... BUT the FA crop is mediocre who are you spending it on? Seems to me if they are spending that much, there has to be a trade for a big contract ..... unless they are overpaying in FA which isn't a good idea.
We’ll find out soon enough but Windhorst has been on a heater as of late. Personally I hope they do shed some of the excessive fat
Stone needs to make a deal! Free agency is SLIM and he cannot just say……we like our guys! He needs to trade the 20th pick, Tate and Martin for someone. Harden is not reality, Toronto could resign VanVleet so we can just put our hands in our pocket and wait. Stone is always a dollar short and a day late…...at trade deadlines we never do anything…..tanking is over
(22:59) Fischer: There will be a lot of teams, like Houston at 20, will be looking to get future draft capital back.
