Wolves -- Pelicans

[rugbyrugger23]

I think this may have been posted before, but just in case...

Wolves Trade: Pekovic + Brewer or Bud
Wolves Receive: Evans + Anjinca
Wolves Why: I think this is a strong move to upgrade their lineup and convince Love they are serious.
C: Dieng/Anjinca/Turiaff
F: Love/LRMAM/Turiaff
F: Bud or Brewer/Bazz...plus Evans/KMart get run here too
G: Evans/KMart/Shved...KMart takes on Harden role, off the bench but playing in 4th
G: Rubio/Barea/Shved
*If I were Wolves I would shop #13 + Bazz + expiring contracts for ideal starting SF moving Bud/Brewer to bench.

Pelicans Trade: Evans + Anjinca
Pelicans Receive: Pek + Brewer or Bud
Pelicans Why: Balance roster, and trading Gordon won't fetch Pek. Pek and Davis make great pairing.
C: Pek/Davis/Withey
F: Davis/Anderson
F: Aminu re-sign?/Brewer or Bud
G: Gordon/Rivers/Morrow
G: Holiday/Rivers/?

[rugbyrugger23]

I think this may have been posted before, but just in case...

Wolves Trade: Pekovic + Brewer or Bud
Wolves Receive: Evans + Anjinca
Wolves Why: I think this is a strong move to upgrade their lineup and convince Love they are serious.
C: Dieng/Anjinca/Turiaff
F: Love/LRMAM/Turiaff
F: Bud or Brewer/Bazz...plus Evans/KMart get run here too
G: Evans/KMart/Shved...KMart takes on Harden role, off the bench but playing in 4th
G: Rubio/Barea/Shved
*If I were Wolves I would shop #13 + Bazz + expiring contracts for ideal starting SF moving Bud/Brewer to bench.

Pelicans Trade: Evans + Anjinca
Pelicans Receive: Pek + Brewer or Bud
Pelicans Why: Balance roster, and trading Gordon won't fetch Pek. Pek and Davis make great pairing.
C: Pek/Davis/Withey
F: Davis/Anderson
F: Aminu re-sign?/Brewer or Bud
G: Gordon/Rivers/Morrow
G: Holiday/Rivers/?

Turning it into a 3 team trade, add Portland:

Wolves trade: Bazz + #13 + Blaz choose 1 expiring LRMAM or Barea or Shved
Wolves receive: Batum

Portland receives: Bazz + #13 + Blaz choose 1 expiring LRMAM or Barea or Shved + nice TPE

Wolves lineup to make playoff run and convince Love to stay:
C: Dieng/Anjinca/Turiaff
F: Love/MLE/Turiaff
F: Batum/Bud or Brewer...plus Evans/KMart get run here too
G: Evans/KMart/Shved...KMart takes on Harden role, off the bench but playing in 4th
G: Rubio/Barea/Shved

[Ralnor]

I think this may have been posted before, but just in case...

Wolves Trade: Pekovic + Brewer or Bud
Wolves Receive: Evans + Anjinca
Wolves Why: I think this is a strong move to upgrade their lineup and convince Love they are serious.
C: Dieng/Anjinca/Turiaff
F: Love/LRMAM/Turiaff
F: Bud or Brewer/Bazz...plus Evans/KMart get run here too
G: Evans/KMart/Shved...KMart takes on Harden role, off the bench but playing in 4th
G: Rubio/Barea/Shved
*If I were Wolves I would shop #13 + Bazz + expiring contracts for ideal starting SF moving Bud/Brewer to bench.

Pelicans Trade: Evans + Anjinca
Pelicans Receive: Pek + Brewer or Bud
Pelicans Why: Balance roster, and trading Gordon won't fetch Pek. Pek and Davis make great pairing.
C: Pek/Davis/Withey
F: Davis/Anderson
F: Aminu re-sign?/Brewer or Bud
G: Gordon/Rivers/Morrow
G: Holiday/Rivers/?

Turning it into a 3 team trade, add Portland:

Wolves trade: Bazz + #13 + Blaz choose 1 expiring LRMAM or Barea or Shved
Wolves receive: Batum

Portland receives: Bazz + #13 + Blaz choose 1 expiring LRMAM or Barea or Shved + nice TPE

Wolves lineup to make playoff run and convince Love to stay:
C: Dieng/Anjinca/Turiaff
F: Love/MLE/Turiaff
F: Batum/Bud or Brewer...plus Evans/KMart get run here too
G: Evans/KMart/Shved...KMart takes on Harden role, off the bench but playing in 4th
G: Rubio/Barea/Shved

I like the three team trade there.

[lakerhater]

Wouldn't Evans take the ball out of Rubio's hands too much? Sounds like a really bad back court pairing to me.

[rugbyrugger23]

Wouldn't Evans take the ball out of Rubio's hands too much? Sounds like a really bad back court pairing to me.

Evans-Rubio backcourt is not a match made in heaven. But sometimes trading teams got to take what they can get. Is it a bad pairing...no. Even more so if head coach signed is a athletic focused, more transition style coach that fits Rubio and Evans.

And if Rubio has proved something over his many pro years, he plays well, and has played a lot, in 2 guard sets. Despite the common thinking by many. He has played many minutes with other PG's on the floor in Spain and with Wolves.

And the way I would see it working, is Rubio handles rock in transition mostly, and Evans in half court sets. Kind of a 70/30 swap among guards.

[AQuintus]

Make it a four team trade and send Evans somewhere else. Evans-Rubio is a horrifically bad fit on the perimeter.

[Colbinii]

Make it a four team trade and send Evans somewhere else. Evans-Rubio is a horrifically bad fit on the perimeter.

Make it a 5 team trade and Send Batum somewhere else. At this point, I would prefer Bazz/#13/Expiring over Batum.

[lordjeff05]

First, Pels say no, Reke's improved play as a starter was the sole bright spot of the last few weeks once Davis went down.

Second, this is a HORRIBLE fit. Reke and Rubio both need the ball to be effective and neither can hit the 3. Floor spacing on this squad would be atrocious.

[slicedbread2]

Not a good idea. If I want to move Pek to NOLA, sure but Gordon would be a better fit despite being somewhat injury prone. To me, the Pelicans are more willing to send out Gordon who doesn't fit their team any more. Evans is the ideal fit down there now.

Batum is not leaving Portland. He's their ace on defense and is needed for defending the likes of Durant. #13 plus Shabazz sounds interesting, but I think Portland would look elsewhere to bolster their bench.

[Smitty731]

At this point, the Pelicans are trying to build to get in the playoffs and keep Davis around in a couple of years. Evans is their only alternative at SG to Gordon. I think Gordon gets traded before Evans. Some desperate team for shooting will gamble on him. If Gordon stays, you have to keep Evans as insurance for Gordon's inevitable 20-30 missed games at least. If I was NO, the way the league is trending, I would play Evans, Gordon, Holiday, and Davis together with either a rebounding PF or post up C. That lineup can be a matchup problem for a lot of teams.