I dont know that he'll ever be a "star" but I think he will be a very productive player and would not add him to any deal unless the return was a true star at the 1 or 4 , not willing to add him to some minor upgrade. Ideally I keep Dwert , DMo & Capela. Honestly I'd like to keep Jones too .... especially if I cant resign Smith. The only exceptions to that would be A) signing Scola (or another vet) for dirt cheap or B) trading Jones for an upgrade at the 4. You can never have enough good big men. If you can land Llull with the MLE & Scola with the vet min you are in good shape. Dwert / Capela / Dorsey (Yuk) DMo / Jones / Scola (Smith?) Ariza / KPap (For now) Harden / Brewer / Terry Llull / PatBev (Im matching MLE money) / Johnson / Prigioni Two draft picks to work with. Looking at this roster , I'm looking to improve the 2/3 spots behind Harden & Ariza. You could do that with one player.
With talk of the Knicks looking to trade if Okafor, Russell and Towns are gone, would Mudiay be worth trading up for? And do we have the pieces needed to do it?
Can someone here please explain to me why we aren't heavily pursuing Millsap?? Exceptional player, can shoot the three ball too. Excellent defender. Has a solid post game too. He would be an exceptional fit in our offense and would strengthen the defense. I'm not saying he is a better player than LMA but I think in some ways he would be a better fit in our system. I also think he is a better defender. What's to stop us from offering him a one year deal and then re signing him to the max when the cap rises? Perhaps he doesn't want to leave and fully intends on staying in Atlanta, but it's just a thought I had before.
Millsap had an all-star season. He took a short 2 year deal with Atlanta hoping to cash in. It worked. He isn't going to take another short deal. He is going to look for something in the 14/15M per season range and max years. The Rockets don't have that much cap room even if they renounce a bunch of players.
Reportedly, back to Utah to join his brother Elijah? Morning links: Jazz to reportedly pursue Paul Millsap
Just an idea so here me out 3 way trade with Denver and Boston Houston gets Ty Lawson Boston gets Wilson Chandler Denver gets #18 From Houston #16 From Boston Brooklyn 2017 First Rounder (Right to Switch) Capella Nick Johnson Who says no and why?
Houston offers Dwight Howard and #32 for #4+Tim Hardaway JR from NY. Houston trades Tim Hardaway Jr., #18, Terrence Jones to Detroit for # 8. Houston drafts Russell and 4 and Hezonja at 8.
KPap + Prigioni + TJones + #32 for Thad Young + #29 We need Thad to decline his ETO for this to work Brooklyn gets cap relief for next year and a pick that doesn't require guaranteed salary. TJones also isn't a bad replacement for Thad. Houston gets a more proven and consistent player in Thad, and we can use his contract throughout the season in trade negotiations. I also prefer the #29 over the #32, not because its the higher pick, but because a we won't have to use the MLE to sign a 1st round pick to a long term contract like we would a 2nd round pick.
So the Nuggets want the Kings pick for Lawson. Do you think we can get in on this at all? I know George Karl loves Lawson but.. maybe we could swoop in with what the Kings need (the still have Collison) which may involve us giving up D-Mo as apposed to Jones as he'll be a better fit next to Boogie i think. So we could give up D-Mo, Kpap and the #18 for the #6 to give the Nuggets for Lawson??
I like it a lot. Use the MLE to bring over Llull, I'm assuming. Bring Young off the bench- which works well because he can play both the 3 and 4 spots. The only issue would be - IMO - that you lose Papa, so you better be confident you can either draft a new PG or bring one in using the MLE, but with two late first rounders you could probably do pretty good.
Yeah…..they would need to know Llull is in the bag before they did this. A couple of other ways to do something similar to what I proposed earlier: Papa + Prig + Dorsey + #32 for Jordan Hill and #27 (Our own pick) Papa + Prig + TJones + Dorsey for Gallinari Papa + Prig + TJones + #32 for Ryan Anderson
Trade Idea with Denver Would you do this trade + Houston throws in thier 1st rounder this year.? Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: -11.6 ppg, -11.7 rpg, and +3.9 apg. Incoming Players Ty Lawson 27 year old, 5-11, 195 lb PG from North Carolina 15.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 9.6 apg in 35.5 minutes in 2014-2015 Wilson Chandler 28 year old, 6-8, 225 lb SF from DePaul 13.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.7 apg in 31.7 minutes in 2014-2015 Outgoing Players Trevor Ariza 29 year old, 6-8, 220 lb SF from UCLA 12.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.5 apg in 35.7 minutes in 2014-2015 Kostas Papanikolaou 24 year old, 6-8, 225 lb PF from Olympiacos (Greece) 4.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.0 apg in 18.5 minutes in 2014-2015 Terrence Jones 23 year old, 6-9, 252 lb PF from Kentucky 11.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.1 apg in 27.0 minutes in 2014-2015 Donatas Motiejunas 24 year old, 7-0, 222 lb C from De'Longhi Treviso (Italy) 12.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.8 apg in 28.7 minutes in 2014-2015
The rigid structure is needed....this should be in the random trades thread because this is a random trade idea. Second there's no way I do that trade. You don't give up both DMo and ariza unless it's for a star player in return. Those two are too valuable to this team.
The Short answer: No. The Long Answer: No Way in a Million Years, Dmorey should be fired if he did not even laugh audibly at the Nuggets GM if that trade was proposed.
