mg wrote:dr0welf wrote:What if now we make a trade with NY and LA:
Utah Trades: Bogie, Clarkson, Conley, Gay
Utah receives: Reddish, Quickly, Westbrook, 2027 LA 1st
LA Trades: Westbrook, 2027 LA 1st
LA Receives: Conley, Fournier, Gay
NY Trades: Fournier, Reddish, Quickly
NY Receives: Bogie, Clarkson
Utah gets rid of their older veterans that can help some teams, frees up some cap space by buying out Westbrook, gets more draft capital.
LA gets rid of Westbrook and only sends out 1 of their 2 picks to do it. Gets some veteran help in Conley and Gay and a shooter in Fournier to help Lebron in win now mode.
New York trades Reddish who reports say he wants out, Quickly is redundant with Brunson so he gets moved and Fournier gets upgraded to Bogie. They also receive a scorer in Clarkson.
I don't hate it for Jazz but highly doubt Leon Rose is going to answer any calls from Ainge in the near future with all the egg on his face. Lakers apparently want expiring contracts in return for Westbrook. Don't think they would take on Conley, Fournier, or Gay.
I think Fournier's 3 years might be a snag, but I don't think Conley or Gay's 2 years are a big issue. The Lakers have 2 years of Lebron so it's time now to make something happen. That's supposedly why they traded THT for Bev.
For NY, I think circumstances saved them from doing something stupid. Brunson/Mitchell backcourt was going to be horrific defensively. But a little change without giving up so much might save some face with the fans.