Has Morey found a taker(s) for Jeremy Lin? (Speculation on possible deals)

Yeah, you know Morey. He sits around playing mind games and doesn't get anything done.................................................


Please

 

What the Spurs have built cannot be replicated in one or two summers. They did acquire those 3 superstars and they did pay them big time money for many years. It's only now in the sunset of their careers that they have all 3 former All-Stars and future hall-of-famers on bargain contracts that allows them to have more ancillary pieces around them. Miami isn't even built that way and can't build that way unless they retain Lebron, Bosh, Wade for another 3-5 years and then get all 3 guys to take the Duncan-Ginobilli-Parker style contract discounts. Duncan could have left SA several times for bigger money. He didn't do it. Same thing with Manu and Parker.

So forget about trying to be the Spurs tomorrow. Ain't happening. That's many years of paying those guys big money and many seasons of those guys working together creating elite chemistry, followed by the last 3-4 years of all those guys making significant sacrifices and taking significant discounts to stay together and continue to compete for rings.

 

There's never been a question that the trade market for Asik is already there. We could give Asik away today if we wanted to. The question has been where can we send Lin off to that won't send us back big long-term salary or will send us back at worst an expiring salary on a player with reasonable on-court value?

My point is that by Morey leaking that he is going to restrict Parsons he is sending the signal that there is a market for Lin.

 

Backup point guards in the NBA.....are the most liquid commodity ever. We could sign Hinrich for $2 million per and have one of the better backup point guards. And Canaan could very easily become one of the better backup point guards.

 

Yes....Melo could opt out and walk. So....here's what to look for. If he indeed opts out at the last minute and Morey indeed goes into the off season without deals done and Morey doesn't exercise Parsons' option for 14-15, then Morey is most definitely letting us know that we are going to sign Melo (or somebody else) long-term and since we are going to sign them long-term we might as well get Parson's new contract done.

That is the only way Morey goes into the off season without exercising Parsons' option.

"Ideally" Morey wants Melo on a one-year deal if he can't get Love because Morey would like to see if he can exchange Melo for Love or Aldridge next year. But that's the "ideal"............only if he cannot acquire James long-term or acquire Love now.

However, I'm sure Morey would settle for signing Melo long-term by clearing cap. And I'm also sure Morey WILL NOT go into the off season with Parsons restricted and having to pay Parsons a big money deal WITHOUT knowing he's got deals to clear cap and sign somebody long-term.

The leak that Morey is planning on making Parsons restricted is all about getting teams and agents to the table to get a trade done prior to July 1.

 

Lin is a better playmaker by far than Knight. Lin is a better playmaker and player and teammate by far than Brandon Jennings. And Sacramento does not want to tie up long-term salary in Isaiah Thomas. In fact, they want to pay Thomas very little. He'll most likely walk if he gets any substantial offer or they are going to try to sign-and-trade him. Sacramento would rather have Lin on a one-year deal that coincides with Gay's expiration and Love's expiration (if they acquire him) so that they can reset their cap if Gay/Love (no pun intended) walk away from them next year.

 

It was reported by Woj. If Fegans was making it up, Woj wouldn't report it. Woj only reports things that are verified. That's why he's got that rep. The leak originated with Morey himself.

You can spend time on the Kennedy assassination if you want to. I prefer to figure out what is happening with my team. And it didn't take days and weeks to figure out what is happening. It's simple logic. If you think it through in simple realistic terms and you are realistic about what Parsons' trade value and you understand Sacramento is willing to trade #8, McLemore, and anybody not named Cousins for Love...then you can put together what is happening here.

I'm going to put up another piece in this thread later today about how this could turn into Love to Houston.

 

Allow me to synergize the Lin to Sacramento possibility here for a second.

We know:

Sacramento wants Love.

Sacramento is willing to let Minnesota pick the trade as long as it doesn't involve Cousins.

Sacramento needs a point guard solution.

Sacramento doesn't want to pay Thomas long-term.


So here's a possibility involving Lin.


We trade Lin for Derrick Williams straight up. Sacramento would have to throw in Acy if it is before July 1. He's non-guaranteed.

Here's the beauty of that trade. IF Minny does trade Love to Sacramento they are going to want Sacramento's expiring contracts, not long term deals, and they have 2 ways of going about it. Sacramento has enough expiring salaries (Jason Terry, Outlaw) to go along with McLemore to get the deal done. Better yet for Minnesota's sake, they let Sacramento draft their guy at #8, sign him, and then trade him 30 days later using his salary, McLemore's salary and the salary of Acy, and Terry to get it done.

Fine. How do we make that better for Sacramento?

Well, Sacramento will have Lin, Gay, Cousins, Love. Would they rather have Lin at $15 million for one season or would they rather have Derrick Williams at $6.3 million plus Isaiah Thomas signed long-term for ?????? That's the trade off for Sacramento. Paying Lin a net $12 million (after we throw in $3 million) is better for them than paying Derrick Williams money to do the same thing he did in Minnesota (nothing) backing up Love again and being tied to Thomas long-term.

They can still retain the rights to Thomas in this scenario and if the money is right match the offer or negotiate a contract with Thomas that turns him into a trade asset or they can let him walk if the money is too much.


So, let's say Minnesota wants Derrick Williams back in a Love trade. Possible. Maybe? Don't know if they want him back or not. But if they did...and we've got a deal pending with Sacramento of Lin for Derrick Williams then if Minnesota is willing to trade Love before July 1 we'll gladly throw in Lin to Sacramento and Minny can have back Williams too. Sacramento has enough expiring salary to trade for Love and Lin as long as they do it simultaneously.

This means for us Lin is cleared out for nothing but cash. Perhaps we have to throw #25 to Minnesota as well to get the deal done. Doesn't really matter. Being able to move out Lin and #25 for nothing is a win-win for us if we are opening up max cap space for Lebron or Melo or Bosh.

 

We're not interested in the #8 pick except as a trade asset. Sacramento is dangling #8 for Love.

Perhaps......just perhaps..........but I think unlikely......Sacramento would trade #8 for Asik if the Love trade fails. That would allow them to move Cousins to the 4. And would give us probably enough assets between #8 and #25 to get Lin out of here for nothing.

So essentially you've got Asik, Lin, #25 going out for cap space, trade away DMo and Jones for future picks and we're on our way to max cap space.

But we're not interested in acquiring #8 for ourselves.

 

If Lin goes to Philly it's most likely attached to Asik and #25 and Jones/DMo. Hinkie just might do that deal with Asik, the pick and the asset values of Jones/DMo.

We know Hinkie wants Asik. And he wants to sign Asik to a long-term deal. And #25 plus DMo/Jones plus MCW plus #10 may be enough to get Orlando to give up #4 so Hinkie can draft both Exum and Wiggins.


Philly: Exum, Wiggins, Thad Young, Asik, Noels

That is some big time length and athleticism around Asik in the middle.

Even if they can't get Exum: MCW, Wiggins, Thad Young, Asik, Noels still big time length, athelticism, and stifling defensive potential.