Kizz Fastfists wrote:getrichordie wrote:I wouldn’t be shocked if this is the kind of move the Clippers would be interested in as they want to clear more space for FAs with them being tied to Durant and Leonard.
First, you realize the Clippers have max space without making any trades, right? Secondly, why would they trade Gallinari, who is a very good player, before they have a 2nd max FA lined up to sign and need to move him for one of the handful of better players out there? They are not tanking this season in the hopes that they can be saved by long shot FA signings. They want to make the WCF, which isn't realistic, to try to show the potential FAs that they are close and that replacing Tobias Harris with kd, Butler, Kawahi, etc could put them over the top.
If they somehow get Kyrie and Butler interested in teaming up they could easily move Gallinari to free the needed space for a 2nd max FA while keeping Beverly's cap hold. They would likely also move SGA, who is having a solid rookie year, for a young player at a different position. If they only get a wing then they, theoretically, keep SGA and Beverly as their PGs. There is absolutely no reason for the Clippers to blow up their potential 2nd round team this year for a long shot FA.
That would be like saying OKC should move PG, Adams and Schroder because maybe they could sign Kawahi. Does that sound like a good idea? If not then why are you suggesting that a team in a similar position do something like that?
If you were going to theorize that NOLA would trade off Julius Randle, Solomon Hill and E'Twan Moore to chase one of the wing FAs this off-season to put next to AD and Jrue then I would be willing to accept that theory since they are struggling and really only have one more year to convince AD they can contend. If they were to do something like that then miss on FAs they could trade AD for a huge rebuilding package and then trade Jrue to help speed the rebuild along. It also would help their lottery odds if they traded off their assets, outside of AD and Jrue, now instead of later. They would have a slim chance to get lucky in the lottery and get an huge impact talent plus they could land the FA for a "big 3". If you put Kawhi next to AD and Jrue that team would probably be a top 4 seed in the West next year.
This is a good and well thought out point. Basically what I’m gathering is that this kind of trade would be too risky and I should work on my assessment of a team’s “risk portfolio.”
Clippers would want to hold on to Gallinari and see what shakes out in free agency. If they can’t land someone, they keep Gallinari or possibly trade him off for young guy(s) and pick(s).
If they land a major free agent, then Gallinari can be flipped in a S&T to get another star or flipped in to cap space to sign a star out right.
Am I understanding this correctly?
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