zimpy27 wrote:I do think Lakers will look to move Knecht for value. He'd be most suited to a team like Blazers or Magic that could do with a scoring option like him.
Blazers could always add pick value
The problem is Knecht is arguably their best trade chip outside of maybe their '31 FRP, so they're not going to just hand him over willingly. The problem is the Blazers don't really have any picks of note that they're willing to trade, and Lakers haven't soured on Knecht enough to just add him in for a future highly protected FRP which Blazers would almost certainly require. Unless Blazers are willing to lower their protection on a future pick, Knecht won't be involved in a Kleber/RW3 swap. There's simply no reason to include him. There's a bigger gap between Knehct and RW3 than there is between RW3 and Kleber.
DaVoiceMaster wrote:That's simply making a trade for the sake of making a trade. That alone is not worth doing it. There's gotta be incentive for both teams, which can look very different for each team. RW3 isnt going to help anyone cuz he's always injured. He is going to be filler or he will return a longer contract with a better player the team wants to unload.
Am I missing the fact that the Blazers are horribly imbalanced the opposite of the Lakers? You're swapping a true 5 for a 3/4 from a roster that currently has 5 centers under contract that are rosterable. If you want to argue that RW3 would be better off being used as salary fodder in a trade, I wouldn't disagree at all and actually agree completely with that. But the Blazers get a roster balance and they save $2.2M. I'm not saying they need to be penny pinching by any means, but it's part of the equation.
