Shams: Raps one of teams to pursue Anthony Davis

[YogurtProducer]

Looking longer, the only deal I would do is

Ingram + CMB + Walter + Agbaji

IQ / Shead
RJ / Dick
Barnes / Battle
Davis /
Poeltl / Mamu

And hope that you can absolutely smother teams with your size. The offence would be horrid though.

Davis can’t play the 4 anymore. He might say he wants to but he can’t. They tried it in Dallas and he’s already back to C since his return from injury.

Poeltl would have to go in any Davis trade. But then we’re back at square one because we’ll still have no C when Davis inevitably misses 20 games during the season.

If you told me Davis could play 72 games I’d probably sign off on a trade. I just have zero faith in his ability to stay healthy.

AD is back at the 5 cause Lively and Gafford are hurt, no?

[DelAbbot]

Dallas turning Luka into RJ Barrett and CMB would be just funny.

I think I would quit being a basketball fan if I went from Luka to RJ.

What if Silver gives you Flagg in return?

[MiamiSPX]

Looking longer, the only deal I would do is

Ingram + CMB + Walter + Agbaji

IQ / Shead
RJ / Dick
Barnes / Battle
Davis /
Poeltl / Mamu

And hope that you can absolutely smother teams with your size. The offence would be horrid though.

Davis can’t play the 4 anymore. He might say he wants to but he can’t. They tried it in Dallas and he’s already back to C since his return from injury.

Poeltl would have to go in any Davis trade. But then we’re back at square one because we’ll still have no C when Davis inevitably misses 20 games during the season.

If you told me Davis could play 72 games I’d probably sign off on a trade. I just have zero faith in his ability to stay healthy.

He's only played 19 out of a possible 55 games for them. He literally got injured in his first game with the Mavericks and then missed 10 games lol. Stay far away.

[Raptorfan2012]

Davis makes since because he is better than Jak at C, and most certainly Jak will be one of the pieces going out (probably along with RJ/Quickley plus a few of our young dudes and picks). I am up for trading AD so long as Scottie is not included (and picks are protected).

[Shakril]

This only makes sense, if we keep Yak. Otherwise we have the same problem - no backup C and AD will miss more games than Yak.

[dTox]

Looking longer, the only deal I would do is

Ingram + CMB + Walter + Agbaji

IQ / Shead
RJ / Dick
Barnes / Battle
Davis /
Poeltl / Mamu

And hope that you can absolutely smother teams with your size. The offence would be horrid though.

Davis can’t play the 4 anymore. He might say he wants to but he can’t. They tried it in Dallas and he’s already back to C since his return from injury.

Poeltl would have to go in any Davis trade. But then we’re back at square one because we’ll still have no C when Davis inevitably misses 20 games during the season.

If you told me Davis could play 72 games I’d probably sign off on a trade. I just have zero faith in his ability to stay healthy.

AD is back at the 5 cause Lively and Gafford are hurt, no?

You are correct, but I would also say there's been a correlation since AD moved to the 5, and Dallas having a much better results lately.

[bboyskinnylegs]

Gotta be honest, trading for Day-to-Davis doesn't sit right with me. I can't see the Raptors actually making this trade, even though it's Shams so this rumour is automatically credible.

If it happens it's probably because the Mavs were willing to do it for a ridiculously low asking price, making it irresistible for Bobby.

Day-to-Davis is definitely a concern, but do we also need to consider that Part-Time-Poeltl might also be a problem moving forward? I get trading for him from a talent standpoint, but I'm most concerned about the extension demands coming from Rich Paul. That, and his aversion to playing C (even though that seems to be where he thrives playing).

[PushDaRock]

Just Dallas throwing the Raps name in there to drive up the price. AD makes no sense on the Raps. Contracts for AD, Barnes and BI would absorb all of the teams money. Unless they are trading one of Barnes or BI, which also makes no sense.

If you can get AD for a future first and fillers he could be a benefical addition. I consider myself a hard critic of AD, but with Tatum out for Boston, and Hali for Indy, I think the Raptors need to do something. A run can be made to represent the East in the finals and I would like to see that happen.

We don't have "fillers" to go out and match an AD contract. Any trade would involve 2 key pieces or more.

[Brinbe]

I doubt Scottie or BI would be involved so whatever. Not really married to any of the other assets on the team. And while I do love me some CMB, I wouldn't say he's untouchable.

AD and Scottie would be a real good frontcourt tandem but they'd still need a great guard to that mix for it to make any sense.

Can see him ending up on a team like the Celtics, Bulls or Hawks.

[Brinbe]

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[Bankai]

I had high hopes for AD as a rookie, but the dude is damaged goods, Dallas got fleeced and they know it. Albatross Contract. Dont do it.

[kalel123]

Has he even played half his games since the trade? This would be a colossal disaster waiting to happen. Especially when you could be looking at paying him north of $70M when he's 37. And we know this team's a sucker for overpaying so that's going to happen.

[ConSarnit]

Looking longer, the only deal I would do is

Ingram + CMB + Walter + Agbaji

IQ / Shead
RJ / Dick
Barnes / Battle
Davis /
Poeltl / Mamu

And hope that you can absolutely smother teams with your size. The offence would be horrid though.

Davis can’t play the 4 anymore. He might say he wants to but he can’t. They tried it in Dallas and he’s already back to C since his return from injury.

Poeltl would have to go in any Davis trade. But then we’re back at square one because we’ll still have no C when Davis inevitably misses 20 games during the season.

If you told me Davis could play 72 games I’d probably sign off on a trade. I just have zero faith in his ability to stay healthy.

AD is back at the 5 cause Lively and Gafford are hurt, no?

I think that plays a part in it but it wasn’t working when he was playing the 4. Any reasonably intelligent coach should be playing AD at the 5 for the majority of his minutes. I’ll be interested to see what DAL does when their other C’s are healthy. It’s very suboptimal to play AD at the 4 imo. He can’t space the floor and he shouldn’t be chasing guys around on the perimeter. His skillset is optimized at the 5. Which I guess is also another sort of issue with possibly acquiring AD: he wants to play the 4 but he shouldn’t.

[brownbobcat]

Just Dallas throwing the Raps name in there to drive up the price. AD makes no sense on the Raps. Contracts for AD, Barnes and BI would absorb all of the teams money. Unless they are trading one of Barnes or BI, which also makes no sense.

If you can get AD for a future first and fillers he could be a benefical addition. I consider myself a hard critic of AD, but with Tatum out for Boston, and Hali for Indy, I think the Raptors need to do something. A run can be made to represent the East in the finals and I would like to see that happen.

AD is broken. Sure, he'd be fine on a team like LA where he can be the supporting role, but he would be shouldering such a load here in Toronto and the team isn't deep enough to get around that. I get that the East is wide open, but this move would be incredibly short-sighted.

[anotherhomer]

this seems like driving the price up situation.

It doesn't make sense for Raptors to trade their one-functioning center, for someone who doesn't want to play center

[Jadoogar]

he has repeatedly said he doesnt want to play center.
as a PF, he just doesn't fit for our team. If he's ok to play center, i would pursue.

[Jadoogar]

Just Dallas throwing the Raps name in there to drive up the price. AD makes no sense on the Raps. Contracts for AD, Barnes and BI would absorb all of the teams money. Unless they are trading one of Barnes or BI, which also makes no sense.

If you can get AD for a future first and fillers he could be a benefical addition. I consider myself a hard critic of AD, but with Tatum out for Boston, and Hali for Indy, I think the Raptors need to do something. A run can be made to represent the East in the finals and I would like to see that happen.

We don't have "fillers" to go out and match an AD contract. Any trade would involve 2 key pieces or more.

yea 2 of Poeltl, IQ and RJ are required for salary matching. We're already so top heavy, losing 2 of these guys and only replacing with AD will leave us very vulnerable to an (inevitable) injury.

[gpoon]

its smoke and mirrors the real target is Gaf

[Rainman66]

Man we dont need to spend 60m's on 40 games a year AD, just trade for a Jalen Smith/D Sharpe and call it a day
I'd rather unload Jak for Zach Collins and go into the 2nd apron for Jalen Duren if theyre serious about a win now/contending type of move.