My hopeful return for Harden was on the table. Simmons, Thybulle and picks. Tilman decided to save money instead. Russ I was way off on. I never wanted Russ and I never wanted Oladipo.
Need to give up more players than taking back. And Magic need Birch if giving us Bamba, no backup 5. ORL: Knox, Ntilikina, BMac NYK: Dipo, House, Kurucs HOU: AG, Bamba
The Harden situation .... they sent him to his desired destination and that team didn't have much in the way of young players for compensation , nor did they have anything left of value that would have pried a promising young player from a 3rd team. They were stripped bare .... They weren't getting much of anything for Westbrook with that monster contract .... getting a first round pick was a win. Its not inconceivable that Wall could turn out to be a positive asset at some point..
I hope this has merit, maybe we are waiting on Noel to be eligible to be traded. Plus picks need to added to this.
This cleans us up going forward and gives us ROOM to grow. 3 FRP in one year is a waste because we can’t play that much youth at one time plus the youth from this year. 1st Trade Denver In: Tucker Out: their FRP Play off push Atlanta In: E. Gordon & Denver FRP Out: Snell The scoring they need & pick for his age vs his contract. 2nd trade Orlando In: Wall, House, McLamore, Our 2021 FRP if it happens,& 2022 Milwaukee FRP Out: Gordon, Ross, Bamba They get leadership, direction and FRP pick(s) 3rd trade NYK In: Oladipo Out: Burks & Noel Everyone is a rental—> nothing for nothing can’t happen till February, 23 Us In: A. Gordon, Ross, Bamba, Noel, Burks, and Snell Out: Wall, Oladipo, Gordon, Tucker, House, McLamore & FRP We give a lot up but are clean going forward. Most is addition by subtraction. Our current players have value but our situation has changed. Wall & Gordon’s salaries off the books. We can play the youth and let it be what it is. Saves $32.3M. 4th trade Detroit In: Exum Out: Griffin, their FRP w/o protection and we still keep the other pick like it is. next year Griffin, Wood, Tate, A. Gordon, Ross, Bamba, Porter, Martin, Jones Plus one very high FRP
I have no problem with this trade. Thanks D-Rock. I think everyone involved would love this especially us.
https://tradenba.com/trades/zvKNGhMQ2 Oladipo, House, Kurucs for Oubre, Looney, Chriss, Minny pick. Why Houston does it? A flier on Oubre who has been up and down on an expiring and that Minnesota pick. Some depth at the 4/5 as well. Why GSW does it? House provides a lot of the same punch that Oubre does at a lesser level. Oladipo fits a big defensive need and would fit long term next to Klay and Steph. Likely? Maybe not, that Minnesota pick is very very valuable and could be enough to package with Wiggins for a difference maker like Beal. Wall / KPG Eric/ Nwaba Oubre/ Brown Tate/ Chriss Wood/ Cousins/ Looney Trade PJ, McLemore for the best picks possible or fliers on young players out of the rotation like KZ Okpala.
Never happen, but this would give each team what they need. Doubt Orlando is that desperate though. Could get better picks from somebody else without eating Wall's contract. https://tradenba.com/trades/ggOKrIM1t
Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: +1.8 ppg, -0.1 rpg, and +1.6 apg. Incoming Players Spencer Dinwiddie 27 year old, 6-5, 215 lb PG from Colorado 6.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.0 apg in 21.4 minutes in 2020-2021 Outgoing Players P.J. Tucker 35 year old, 6-6, 245 lb SF from Texas 4.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.4 apg in 30.0 minutes in 2020-2021
Not sure what the expectation is on an Eric Gordon return, but I’d be happy with an expiring and not having to attach a FRP with him: Rockets: Kelly Oubre Warriors: Eric Gordon, 2021 SRP
Based on a lot of the talk here https://tradenba.com/trades/_3Z9nafe9 Wall/Nunn?/Jones Gordon/Nwaba Tate/Brown Aaron Gordon/Precious Wood/Bamba/Boogie Signed for 2021/2022 season: Wall, Wood, Gordon, Aaron Gordon, Tate, Precious, Bamba, KPJ, KMJ Heat get their "guy" and a much needed 3rd option next to Butler and Bam (mainly based on rumours already out there). Don't give up picks, Dipo sucks up Iggy and Precious' minutes. Magic get a 1st, a guy the wanted (House, again based on rumours at one point) and some much needed guard help. I may be one of the few who is still a Gary Harris believer, but that's just me. Magic may want another 1st? Nuggets get 2 x PJs! I kid.. kinda. But doubling down on defense could put them over the top. Iggy also "goes home" which is a cool story I guess. Nuggets have a few guards to take Harris place, and they give up what should be a late 1st. BMac is a very nice throw in. We get bigger. Younger. Long term. This does fit the mould of "our scrubs for their stars" but I don't think this is super unreasonable. I'm not sure Miami give up Nunn and may instead throw in someone else to make the money work. If that's the case, I would then want to grab Hill off the Thunder. Maybe for the Bucks pick. Wall and Gordon (and Boogie?/Hill?) Are our vet leaders to set the culture. Aaron Gordon, Wood and Tate (and Nunn?) are our young "now" players that we build around. KPj, Precious and Bamba are our future building blocks. Personally, I would love this team.
