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Similar concept to a previous idea, but trying to make it smaller and better value aligned.


Atlanta in: Dennis Schroder and Goga Bitadze
Atlanta out: Clint Capela

Brooklyn in: Clint Capela, Cory Joseph, and DEN 2025 1st
Brooklyn out: Dennis Schroder, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Cam Thomas

Orlando in: Cam Thomas and Dorian Finney-Smith
Orlando out: Goga Bitadze, Cory Joseph, and DEN 2025 1st


Hawks:
Need a guard that can run the offense when Trae sits - they get that in Schroder. Center rotation becomes Okongwu, Nance, and Goga. Goga is nice depth on a decent deal for a few years.


Nets:
Get off the final year of DFS and add a 2025 1st. Indications are they'll pivot to tanking, this does that.

Magic:
In Cam Thomas they get the scoring guard they're looking for and DFS provides forward depth while they deal with the unfortunate injuries to Banchero and Wagner.

I have Goga as the best player being traded here. Magic trading the best player and the 1st rounder is a reach.

I dont hate Cam Thomas, but small volume scoring guards who dont defend and cant carry an offense dont have strong value. especially one that, historically, hasnt been very efficient (I realize he has been for 17 games this season, but teams are gonna want a bigger sample size)

would be big overpay for magic and pass easily not even guys i think magic would even look at
and i am one that thinks magic stand pat till summer so real hard sell for me

mademan wrote:I have Goga as the best player being traded here. Magic trading the best player and the 1st rounder is a reach.

I dont hate Cam Thomas, but small volume scoring guards who dont defend and cant carry an offense dont have strong value. especially one that, historically, hasnt been very efficient (I realize he has been for 17 games this season, but teams are gonna want a bigger sample size)

I am in a similar head space on this. I have Goga as the best player in the trade, but I don't think it is overwhelmingly so. I can't imagine the Magic trading Goga while WCJ is still hurt.

Pretty wild to throw Cam Thomas in there like he’s worthless. He’s having a great year, averaging an efficient 25ppg at 23 years old.

This is a couple picks short for Brooklyn.

TheBrooklynKidd wrote:Pretty wild to throw Cam Thomas in there like he’s worthless. He’s having a great year, averaging an efficient 25ppg at 23 years old.

This is a couple picks short for Brooklyn.

Pretty sure ORL’s second unit workers would beat up Cam after his first 20pt, zero assist, zero even consider an assist, zero defense outing

Skybox wrote:

TheBrooklynKidd wrote:Pretty wild to throw Cam Thomas in there like he’s worthless. He’s having a great year, averaging an efficient 25ppg at 23 years old.

This is a couple picks short for Brooklyn.

Pretty sure ORL’s second unit workers would beat up Cam after his first 20pt, zero assist, zero even consider an assist, zero defense outing

To not seem too much of a homer - BRK getting robbed in the OP. 3 pretty good players for, essentially, one late frp