I don't see how you think you are making a move that brings back Kevin Love and Mario Chalmers during the season without giving up Brewer or Papanikolau. You also assume you could even get a guy like Chalmers. Salary cap issues (hard cap above the apron) could make it nearly impossible. The players you are trading for Love (Terry, Bev, Shved and DMO) wouldn't work (have to be within 125%). If you did put together a package that worked you run into the problem of needing Cleveland to clear roster space. You would then have the hard cap issue and would be damn near up against it despite dumping off four players. You'd need to fill your roster out to 13 (can't even exceed it to sign a minimum player) AND get a legit starting PG of even Chalmer's quality? I say no way. I can't see how you can actually make it happen logistically, and if you did find a way I'm not convinced at all that you'd have a better change to win THIS year.
Holiday is 24 and an All Star. Morey can ring up for Holiday but the Pels will offer Eric Gordon instead.
You're right that there are logistical issues. Some could be worked through. For example, Papanikolaou likely won't get much time with Love on the team. If you could work out a trade to keep Bev and send out Dorsey, the numbers would work. Terry Papanikolaou DMo Dorsey NOP 1st for Love The "roster spot" issue really isn't that big of a deal. For one, we have a trade exception from the Daniels trade that would allow us to take back one of their several minimum contracts. 2nd, most of their minimum contract players do not log significant minutes, which means they can easily be cut. Bev / Canaan Harden / Shved Ariza / Brewer Love / Smith Howard / ?
If Eric Gordon can ever get healthy, he's a nice piece but he's never healthy. I saw tonight he will be starting with Evans going to the bench. I might be wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if NO takes an aggressive approach to the trading deadline. I can seem them trying to flip Evans or Gordon during the deadline.
Makes sense. I think we're locked in until about a week before the deadline. Then the rumors are going to start flying again.
REAL group? Morey's a gamer who upgrades his gaming rig every 6 months. Does he have a REAL computer?
That trade works mathematically, but why is Cleveland doing that trade? Kevin Love for Montiejunas and Papa is all that is basically. Are they really going to dump Love midseason into the first year of their experiment for that?
He is not allowed to upgrade between February 20th and the end of the season. So for the purpose of playoffs, yes, he does.
Don't forget the NOP 1st. Also, Love is a free agent in July, so IF Cleveland decides to move him, he's going to have a say in where he goes. The 2nd part of my proposed trade is "helping" Cleveland move Varejao. Probably means a 2nd or two. I do not think Cleveland would move Love for just DMo, Papa, and the NOP 1st. I do think they would consider it if we could help them move Varejao to clear sufficient space for a run at Gasol.
Reunion with The Bear? Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Knicks, I'm told, actively trying to trade C Samuel Dalembert by Wednesday to avoid facing decision to keep him or waive him on that day</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/552213645816381440">January 5, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>As others have reported, Knicks can save $2M from Dalembert's $3.8M salary if they release him WEDS in time to clear waivers before Jan. 10</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/552213908165902337">January 5, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Would not surprise me to see the Mavericks get Dalembert. I don't see Houston as a fit at all. Can't trade for him and I doubt they'd cut Dorsey outright to sign him with that guaranteed year still out there. Only deal the Rockets could make that would even have a sniff of sense is something like Shved for Dalembert and then Dorsey into a trade exception for the Knicks, but not sure why the Knicks would do that at all.
Good, another retread whose last name starts with D and I really don't want to watch in a Rockets uniform again. Still that expiring contract though get er done Morruy.
Shved for Dalembert would save them a mil or so vs locking in his salary, I guess, plus whatever amount of luxury tax they are paying (I haven't checked, but I assume they are paying the luxury tax because of how stupid their ownership is).
Oh wow, I hadn't looked at Dalembert's numbers this year. I assumed he was doing his usual "I'm somewhere between backup and third-stringer but I end up starting" routine, but he is just having a terrible year.
