UKClipperfan wrote:Neddy wrote:BallinBen wrote:Yo if you guys get Durant, you're going to need cap space, so what would the Clips expect to get for JJ Reddick is a salary dump to the 76ers? We have plenty of cheap contracts.
JJ and Paul Pierce for Covington, Grant, and your 1st rounder.
Would love Covington's cheap contract and their 1st rounder, but to trade him to the Sixers? These Sixers? That just feels dirty. He'd just leave a year later so they wouldn't do that trade anyway. In theory every team would want an elite calibre shooter like JJ, so we shouldn't have to do him dirty like that by trading him to the Sixers. There has to be a good team in the east that makes sense for all parties involved. We could give Pierce his homecoming in Boston and get a good pick out of it. JJ is close with Lowry apparently, so we could send him to Toronto and get our 1st rounder back.
JJ is a pro. he is making nearly 8 million next season with a hefty pay raise the year after. he may average 20 points with the 6ers and with the cost of living and state tax code difference, he is doing himself a favor financially. or he can keep his famiy in LA and resign with us when his contract expires. I can't really see a downside of playing for the sixers, as we the clippers had the same sense of dread related to getting traded here 2 decades ago, even Ron Harper comparing playing for the clippers a jail sentence. but just because a player is playing for a losing franchise, his pay does not get cut. his playing time probably increases which would help his free agency value with better stat numbers. it is one thing to be a rookie thrown in a bad situation, but for vets, it should not matter. they are afterall, supposed to be professionals.
now having said that, trading Paul Pierce to them will do everyone a favor. he won't play for them so he would retire. that will save the 6ers salary to put towards to a free agent PG. that also opens up a roster spot for the 6ers, which the way their roster looks, they can use. for Paul, it gives him a chance to sign a one day contract with a permission from the league, to retire as a celtic as he should. the pick was a first offer. too many kids on these forums who have no concept of negotiations. if they don't like the first offer, they could come back with a counter. someday they will learn. I would have settled with their 2017 second rounder and 2018 Brooklyn Nets second rounder they own.
ehhhhh f it.