The Gamble Two trades: Brewer, McDaniels, 1st round pick for Goran Dragic SnT Motiejunas to any contract, any length (must be atleast 18.7m) for Bosh Dragic / Beverley Harden / Gordon Ariza / Dekker Anderson / Bosh / Harrell / Beasely Capella / Nene / Onuaku
the gamble for who, miami? hahaha riley "first we lose wade, deng and jj. then i replace them with luke babbit. now im trading bosh and dragic for piss and sht! oh no my time with the heat is over. i gotta resign""
Some ideas (some of these players may not be available): If we sign DMo then I don't think we need a backup C. Capela, Nene, and DMo (Harrell/Onu as emergency) and we're fine. Trading DMo or Capela and I'd take a shot at Kyle O'Quinn from NYK. Defensive Big. (Sure I'd like Cousins but that's not happening. I'm ready to give Capela big minutes, though if he gets traded I'm not sure who to start.) I'm not very concerned about PG but I have decided that Rubio would be a good get if he is cheap. He's a great defender and is a top 5 PG according to RPM and Win Shares. I know his offense is horrible but he does everything else well (even gets and makes FTs). Sure Bledsoe et al. are better all around players but I'm not sure we have a shot at a PG that's better than Rubio. We may not have a shot at Rubio, either. Picking up a backup PG as a free agent I think Cole and Chalmers might be okay. There are some injury concerns of course. Thinking about SF and willing to let Ariza and Brewer go (obvi on Brewer) if we get back value. Players I think could start at SF I like are Aminu and Stephenson. I like Harkless and Snell as possible backup SFs. All these players are defensive minded and I think that's what we need to focus on from the SF. Some of them can shoot the 3, others not so much.
3 Team Trade: Roxs get: Lou Williams, Tyson Chandler, and filler Suns get: DMo, Brewer, and Beasley LAL get: Bev and Ariza Our lineup: Lou Williams/Dleaguer/KJ Gordon/Harden/KJ Harden/KJ/Dekker Anderson/Harrell/Dekker Chandler/Capela or keep DMo if you can.
I wouldn't mind signing Larry Sanders. He was a defensive force a few years ago and apparently he's looking to return to the NBA.
Yall think we'll be making any blockbuster trades before the season starts? Just read a rumor that Clippers and Celtics talking about a Blake Griffin trade...
"Thunder GM Sam Presti may look to trade Russell Westbrook "sooner rather than later," according to sources of Howard Beck of Bleacher Report." - Rotoworld http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1509/russell-westbrook Why tf haven't we jumped on this yet??
Cuzzzzzzz we would have to include harden. Or a package of Ariza, Beverly, Capela, 2017-2020 first round picks and rights to all players over seas, and also give them 5 million dollars under the table
Tom Haberstroh's ESPN Insider article suggesting that the Heat tank this year. And part of the process would be trading away Dragic. http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/16985873/wade-miami-exit-blessing-disguise
Gallo. Big hit. Why wouldn't they stick with him? http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gallida01.html He has never once had his dtg pass his ortg. He has great stats, great size. Last season he put up 20 a game damn-near. Why wouldn't they? If they didn't I'm super on board with grabbing him. He's familiar with MDA and they have that Italian connection. Make it happen Morley.
Hmm, Dragic would excel with MDA i think, hes the closest thing to Nash we can get. A sign and trade for DMo would be a steal.
Eh, interesting proposal but I think I'll pass on the idea. His comments about not wanting to share the ball are still fresh in my memory, plus he's 30 now and seems to be declining. In the land of PG trade gambles, I'd actually prefer Rubio in this case.
Who westbrook wants to go to has the leverage, nobody will give up much for a 1 year or half a year rental of westbrook, as good as he is. Wherever he wants to go is where presti is going to have to look for decent assets most likely picks and expirings with maybe some young talent. Okc isnt going to get alot for westbrook is my guess, like i said before too much leverage for a team and i think okc wont let me go for nothing, and plus westbrook could always sign their the following year if he likes them that much. Lets hope he comes to play with harden to get at durant
Uh, yeah they are. They both have high basketball IQ, deceptively athletic, and bring a whole lot of hustle and intangibles.
https://houseofhouston.com/2016/07/12/rockets-could-rudy-gay-help-our-scoring-woes/ Good article on Gay helping Rockets playing Marion role. Giving up Ariza and Harrell.
Marion and Gay are nothing alike. I'm against it, but the idea has its own merits. Just not for that reason.
Wouldn't trade Ariza for Gay. Would give up any combo of Brewer, Sam, Trez, Draft rights, KJ 2nd rounders for him though
A combo of Brewer + McDaniels + rights to Llull & Gentile + Denver 2017 2nd + POR 2017 2nd I think if DMo were included in an S&T along with Dekker, Kings may include McLemore and Casspi (bring Casspi home!) Kings get some guys under contract who won't be running at the first hint of FA (because they can't). Houston acquires some talent (most of whom have expiring contracts or player options next year). That would allow Houston to cobble together enough $$$ to make a run at another star (CP3, DRose, Ibaka, Gallinari, Lowry, Griffin, Westbrook, James, Durant.... even Curry ) while potentially having option to bring players back.
