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  1. finsraider

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    As I’ve spent waaay too much time running trade scenarios, this is pretty much the conclusion I’ve come to. I actually think this will end up being a 4 team deal. The 3 team scenarios leave Houston with insufficient assets or eating salary that they shouldn’t when Harden is going out.
     
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    If we trade Harden for Jaylen Brown and picks, I think we'd have the ability to get Porter Jr with picks. If Denver was willing. Depends on how much you want to keep the picks.
     
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    He has the most upside of any possibly obtainable player. The gulf between Porter’s upside and Jaylen Brown’s is large.

    Porter is an athletic 7 footer than moves well enough to play the 3 and strong enough to operate inside with 5’s. He is possibly the best young shooter in the NBA and he has quick feet so he can score inside and even off the dribble.

    He has a lot of the same characteristics that Kevin Durant has, with the possible upside to be a genuine franchise player. He is easier to build around than Harden or even LeBron James because he doesn’t require the ball in his hands as he thrives off ball and in the flow of the offense.
     
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    The Rockets are not getting Porter for draft picks.
     
    #45 Nook, Dec 25, 2020
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    This is how I hope this all works out.

    The Rockets end up with both MPJ/Brown.
     
    #46 raining threes, Dec 25, 2020
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    Porter is a back injury waiting to happen
     
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    Imagine you're the 3rd or 4th team not getting Harden. What's their motivation, make Celtics better, make Nets unstoppable?
     
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    Then I’d imagine there won’t be a deal.
     
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    I'd love it, but I don't think it's going to happen. I think it's more likely we get MPJ, a solid starter, and picks OR Brown and picks.
     
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    Technically, they could sum 40M without giving Brown (Smart+Tristan+young guys+mins). Hard part would be finding that "Porter Jr" and dealing for him with only those assets + picks. Is a pessimistic scenario, but could be real.
     
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    Maybe, he had a micro discectomy at 19. He has about a 1/10 chance of the surgery failing. Everything comes with risk, but Porter has the upside of being a top 10 player in the league and that is what is needed to win.
     
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    plz let that Boston deal come through.
    so 76ers is a no deal now?
     
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    ? what’s new? Lol
     
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    Jaylen and Jayson are so good culture wise and their names go hand in hand with each other.

    What a shame to break that up.
     
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    Nets poo pop platter of Dimwitty, Gerald Levert’s little brother and Afro Thunder aka “The Ladies Man” aren’t doing so well at the half. They need to pick it up in the 2nd so we can trade them for a “young star” in a hot steamy 3 way, the likes of which that only James Harden and the late great Wilt Chamberlain would appreciate.
     
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    Feeling like were going to get screwed, with whatever deal we make.. might as well wait until the trade deadline
     
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    Was just telling someone how much Allen looks like Afro Thunder!
     
    #58 Two Sandwiches, Dec 25, 2020
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    Watching the Nets/Celtics game. Levert seems awful. Rather have Jaylen brown
     
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    https://tradenba.com/trades/xB7KkWT1b

    maybe the rockets are looking to push smart to a 3rd team for multiple firsts. So then they’ll get 5 picks back. Jaylen and 5 FRPs for Harden
     
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