[Scotto] We made a trade

HornetJail · Post #1 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 4:26 am

TRADE: The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired the Denver Nuggets’ 2030 second-round draft pick from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the Phoenix Suns’ 2029 second-round draft pick.

KingCat · Post #2 » by **KingCat** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 4:28 am

Whoa huge

Bassman · Post #3 » by **Bassman** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 4:36 am

WTF?

Does Peterson sit around drinking wine, and just gets drunk enough to burp a deal like this?

Throw a damn dart at your back yard….would be just as impactful as this deal.

Post #4 » by **Diop** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 4:48 am

what a bizarre pointless trade

JustBuzzin · Post #5 » by **JustBuzzin** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:20 am

Poverty franchise making poverty trades.

This is what we do.

Post #6 » by **JDR720** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:26 am

Basically trading the 50th pick for the 37th pick.

Liver_Pooty · Post #7 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:31 am

We get a better pick? You people bitch about anything lol

Post #8 » by **Diop** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 5:36 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:We get a better pick? You people bitch about anything lol

its 4-5 years away, anything could happen with the picks. there has to be something else in the works to follow surely

Post #9 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 7:29 am

OKC just kicking the can down the road a year

KembaWalker · Post #10 » by **KembaWalker** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 1:34 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:We get a better pick? You people bitch about anything lol

if sleepy Mitch made a trade like this with the team in its current state he'd have gotten ragged on too so fair game

Post #11 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 1:46 pm

We were extremely active at the last trade deadline. I think it makes sense to wait until we actually get past the deadline this year before we complain about how active we are (which kind of ignores the fact that we made a different trade like 2 weeks ago), especially given the fact that it seems pretty clear that this trade is motivated at least in part to fit in to other deals.

SWedd523 · Post #12 » by **SWedd523** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 1:50 pm

yosemiteben wrote:especially given the fact that it seems pretty clear that this trade is motivated at least in part to fit in to other deals.

Maybe I missed something so forgive me but where exactly does this statement come from?

Post #13 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 1:58 pm

SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:especially given the fact that it seems pretty clear that this trade is motivated at least in part to fit in to other deals.

Maybe I missed something so forgive me but where exactly does this statement come from?

Nothing specifically reported in terms of expected follow up, but over on the T&T thread HornetJail speculated that this has something to do with the fact that apparently the 2030 Nuggets pick we got was actually conditional and that DEN traded a conditional 2029 1st in a separate deal that converts to a 2030 2nd. This trade gets us a guaranteed 2nd instead of a conditional one.

It doesn't really make sense for OKC to trade a guaranteed pick for a conditional one, so seems like there has to be some other deal being contemplated in order for this trade to make sense for them.

Bassman · Post #14 » by **Bassman** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 2:50 pm

yosemiteben wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:especially given the fact that it seems pretty clear that this trade is motivated at least in part to fit in to other deals.

Maybe I missed something so forgive me but where exactly does this statement come from?

Nothing specifically reported in terms of expected follow up, but over on the T&T thread HornetJail speculated that this has something to do with the fact that apparently the 2030 Nuggets pick we got was actually conditional and that DEN traded a conditional 2029 1st in a separate deal that converts to a 2030 2nd. This trade gets us a guaranteed 2nd instead of a conditional one.

It doesn't really make sense for OKC to trade a guaranteed pick for a conditional one, so seems like there has to be some other deal being contemplated in order for this trade to make sense for them.

Thanks for that info, gives me some hope. I guess the Bulls want a sure thing as part of our upcoming Lonzo gamble. Don’t get me wrong…I can see the potential in getting Bro here…but it would be a modest deal all things considered.

Post #15 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 3:37 pm

Bobby Marks suggests that maybe OKC did this just to benefit from locking up the pick. Not totally tracking the logic, but seems maybe both sides removed conditions by this move.

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HornetJail · Post #16 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Feb 4, 2025 6:47 pm

yosemiteben wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:especially given the fact that it seems pretty clear that this trade is motivated at least in part to fit in to other deals.

Maybe I missed something so forgive me but where exactly does this statement come from?

Nothing specifically reported in terms of expected follow up, but over on the T&T thread HornetJail speculated that this has something to do with the fact that apparently the 2030 Nuggets pick we got was actually conditional and that DEN traded a conditional 2029 1st in a separate deal that converts to a 2030 2nd. This trade gets us a guaranteed 2nd instead of a conditional one.

It doesn't really make sense for OKC to trade a guaranteed pick for a conditional one, so seems like there has to be some other deal being contemplated in order for this trade to make sense for them.

yup, and OKC owns the Denver pick that would trigger the protection on the 2nd we held. so clearly there's something going down with DEN and they want to adjust the protection on their 2029 1st

We benefit both with getting a guaranteed pick and the very high likelihood that the Suns are complete trash in 2029