LAC/BOS/MIL

[nolaPELSfan]

LAC out: Harden, Bogi, Norm, DJonesJr, Jordan Miller, Cam Christie, Kobe Brown
LAC in: Dame, Jrue, Connaughton, Portis, Walsh,
#28 BOS, #32 BOS, '31 1st BOS, 3 2nds[ ('26 BOS, '26 MEM, '31 BOS) from BOS]
& ['27 MIL/NOP worse, '26 UTA 2nd, '31 2nd] from MIL


BOS out: Jrue, Porzingis, Hauser, Walsh, #28 BOS, #32 BOS, '31 1st BOS, 3 2nds
BOS in: Harden, Jones Jr, Jordan Miller, Cam Christie, & #47 (MIL)


MIL out: Dame, Portis, Pat, '27 MIL/NOP worse, '26 UTA 2nd, '31 2nd, #47
MIL in: Kristaps, Bogi, Hauser, Powell, K.Brown



Dame/Jrue/Kawhi/Portis/Zubac
Dunn/Connaughton/Walsh/Batum/Eubanks



Norm/Bogi/Hauser/Giannis/Porzingis
Porter/Green/Livingston/Kuzma/FA



Harden/White/Brown/Tatum/FA when Tatum is back

Pritchard/Harden/White/Brown/FA until then


LAC does it because they think this is a good roster for another 2 year run with Kawhi, but the get assets for now and the future. They look to have a foot in each door.

BOS does it becuase they save some future $, and they like Harden over Jrue, talent wise and bc he's expiring. They get a better PG to help run things with JB until Tatum is back

MIL does it for a fast as possible re-tool, because Giannis likes it and and said he'll stay if they do something, and dependant on how it goes next year

[ReggiesKnicks]

There is a lot to unpack here. I don't think teams would ever trade 3-4 starters and 7-8 players overall.

1) Milwaukee doesn't get the worst of MIL/NOP 1st, Atlanta does.

2) Bogdanovic, Powell and Hauser are all similar archetype players, while one would be fine for Milwaukee, I can't see them trading for 3 off-ball shooting guards with little on-ball juice and limited defensive flexibility.

3) Boston isn't trading picks for this return.

[nolaPELSfan]

Yeah the money is tight for all these teams to work together. If its going to be these 3, it will have to be an unusual amount of players, which i know makes this hypothetical un-likelier than it was to begin. That or a 4th team accepting like Norm for free or for 2nds, that could make for less bloat. Bogi & Powell are more polished and better fit this Giannis window than Hauser or Pat. They make more money, but theyre swapping Dame for other overpaid players essentially. Boston is trying to Dump big salary into Harden's expiring, but im sure i have them giving up too much. Thanks though, yeah i know my picks and stuff are probably way off. Is there anything there potentially (rearranging draft comp, rerouting 1 guy) though, or just too crazy to make fit?

[Texas Chuck]

Yeah the If its going to be these 3, it will have to be an unusual amount of players, which i know makes this hypothetical un-likelier than it was to begin.

What was your primary idea here? If you tell us that, we might can help you make it a lot smaller.

[nolaPELSfan]

My primary idea was focused on LAC taking on bad contracts they could use (Dame, Jrue) for a Kawhi timeline for assets. To be able to they would have send Harden out (for assets), So this is a 2for1 using BOS for both those ideas. My thinking was also that MIL needs to bring in a lot of talent, and that they might trade a big bad contract (Dame) for many smaller ones, and be willing to take Porzingis & role players and another contract from LAC as enough of a return.