The Duke wrote:OakleyDokely wrote:Fairview4Life wrote:
Nurkic is the big filler, and Portland can't trade their 2024 first. But beyond that, in your trade the Raps are giving up the two best players by a significant margin and taking on Nurkic's trash contract for the next 3 seasons. For Branden Miller? A Thompson twin? And you're trying to insult other people by saying their offers are terrible? Lol, come on now. At any rate, the price is only relative to what other teams can offer, not to what a Portland fan wants us to give up.
If Miller becomes a top 20-25 player like Siakam, that would be a successful outcome for him and then you're giving up a 25 year old OG who just made an all-defensive team, plus taking on Nurk's bad contract on top of that.
Very unlikely the Raps trade both Siakam/OG in the same deal. You will get more by trading them separately.
Which is why I don’t see POR as a real viable trading partner. Look elsewhere
It becomes increasing difficult to make a trade with more teams...but they happen. I could see something working with Portland, Toronto, Golden State, and Orlando.
Toronto: Poole, Sharpe, #3
Portland: Siakam, WCJr, Cole Anthony
Golden State: Nurkic, OPJr, Flynn
Magic: Simons
Why Toronto: PG to replace Fred, Sharpe and Miller add shooting and scoring.
Why Portland: They add an all-star talent, a solid C who can stretch the floor, and a 6th man scorer. They resign Grant and they have a 30, 25, 20, and 15 ppg scorers in starting lineup. Resign Thybulle to start at SG, won't need to worry about his offense other than catch and shoot 3s. Then have Little & Reddish for wing reserves and Eubanks & Watford off the bench. They can use 23 to add more depth or further trades plus they will have their MLE to add another rotational player.
Why Golden State: Get off Poole contract and start to fix the locker room. Add needed depth and a large body in the mold of Zaza and Bogut which they have been lacking. With Draymond and Looney, Nurkic won't be relied on for big minutes and maybe he can actually get through a season. I read that OPJr acted as a connector between youth and vets on GSW. They can get him back plus he knows the team. Flynn is to add a 3rd string PG. They can use 19th to get a guy like Sasser.
Why Magic: They need a PG and Simons is an elite catch and shoot threat. Big advantage of Paolo is his size and ability to handle the ball. Don't want a PG that is going to diminish that. They can use cap space to go after Naz Reid and draft Lively to solidify their bigs.
**This works in Fanspo trade checker.