MGB8 wrote:No talks on Westbrook or Griffin... but maybe Cousins?
If I'm Sacramento, I'd have to think about moving on from Boogie. And if the team doesn't perform that well this season, that increases the chances of keeping my pick. Boston has 2 valuable first round picks to send - one with the Brooklyn swap attached, and one that is Brooklyn's own. They also have salary filler that would easily make a trade doable.
Marcus Smart, Amir Johnson, James Young (salary) and those 2 picks for Boogie & McLemore? It works on trade-machine. Boston would have to think about it. They keep all of their starters (assuming Olynyk penciled in ahead of Johnson). Yes, they sacrifice the two picks - with lots of hope attached but no sure things - along with a rotation guard who is likely to soon be supplanted by Rozier, and a solid but unspectacular power forward who is not part of the future and on his last year. But that's for the best center in the NBA, on a value contract.
Look at the post-trade depth chart for Boston:
pg: I.Thomas, Rozier, D.Jackson
sg: A.Bradley, McLemore, RJ Hunter
sf: Crowder, Brown
pf: Horford, Jerebko, Mickey
cc: Cousins, Olynyk, Zizic...
All of the sudden, Cleveland has to really worry. And so would Golden State. Because they aren't built to defend against big teams.
I don't know what Sacramento would do, because they do make some questionable decisions, but I would think a team that has missed the playoffs for a decade would have no use for young non-stars and picks.