Neeva wrote:Wolveswin wrote:Back at it with another trade attempt that not only perfectly sets Wolves roster with fitting talent and core age players, but also weakens Western opponents around the same seed as Wolves. Spurs might get better but older, if age and fatigue hit their roster it helps Wolves cause...
Spurs Give: Murray + Mills + #11
Spurs Get: Holiday + Hart
Spurs Reasoning: Pops gets vet Holiday for one more playoff push. Spurs have even more options 2021 offseason.
Pelicans Give: Holiday + Hart + #13 + Future Draft Consideration*
Pelicans Get: #1 + Johnson + Mills
Pelicans Reasoning: consolidate to #1 for Ball or Edwards. Add to their super young core.
Grizzlies Give: Clarke + Winslow
Grizzlies Get: Culver + Spellman + #13
Grizzlies Reasoning: cash in a Clarke value to see what Culver can become next to Morant and if they can hit on 2020 draft pick like they did with Clarke.
Wolves Give: #1 + Culver + Johnson + Spellman
Wolves Get: #11 + Murray + Winslow + Clarke + Pelicans Future Draft Consideration*
*Pelicans have plenty of 1sts to negotiate with. Wolves would prefer a lightly protected Pelicans 2021. Pelicans will push for Lakers owed pick package. Rosas earn your keep with negotiations.
Towns | Reid
Clarke | Hernangomez | Vanderbilt
Winslow | Layman | #11
Russell | Beasley | Okogie
Murray | Russell | McJordan
Question: in this trade, any chance Grizzlies say yes to Okogie + Evans + Spellman + #11 instead of Culver + Spellman + #13??? Maybe if it is #11 + #17???
Rosas wants to shoot for stars not use assets for role players.
I get that. But if all rumors are he doesn’t think his star is there at #1, and other teams don’t value #1 enough to give him their star, he needs to build the best roster he can.
With that said, I think saying in the right situation Murray or Clarke can’t be stars is selling them short. Superstars? No. But third fiddle to Towns and Russell is a real possibility.
Added: Murray seems exactly like the kind of player Rosas would target. Not only is he perfect next to Russell and Beasley, he is locked-in on a value 4 year deal and maybe undervalued due to injury.
It wasn’t an easy year for the San Antonio Spurs on the defensive side of the ball, but that didn’t stop starting point guard Dejounte Murray from giving a wholehearted effort. The 24-year-old returned from an ACL tear during last year’s preseason with a vengeance, flashing the same upside he did before the injury. That charisma and energy earned him two votes for the NBA’s All-Defensive team for the 2019-20 season.
Even though he was faced with an uphill battle, Murray was a defensive menace this season. Being a pest on that side of the ball comes naturally for Dejounte, but returning from such a tragic injury kept him from playing to the best of his ability. However, many of the same traits that made him the youngest
All-Defensive team member at 21-years-old flashed this season.Murray might be on the “low” end in value if he is returning to all defensive team form. I think he could be a star in the making — on defensive side of ball. Everything Simmons is on defense (at guard) but he can shoot much better than Simmons.
