Fantasy Trade Thread

[Negrodamus]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

Same as he ever was.

[MoeGreene]

Sure, but the Nets were wanting Jordan level return. Now, maybe its less.

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

Same as he ever was.

[zaz102]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

Same as he ever was.

I think it's the writer opinion as opposed to the Nets opinion. Or did I miss something?

I'm sure they don't see him as a superstar regardless, but not convinced their ready to move off him yet even though I wish they were.

[the_process]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

So Bridges and Ben for Morris, Harris, and three firsts is back on the table then.

Ben is on a leave of absence for the rest of the year. Use his expiring in the offseason as part of a trade.

[the_process]

ORL gets Morris, Korkmaz, and two 2nds
PHI gets Osman and McDermott
SA gets Fultz and House

[ProcessDoctor]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

So Bridges and Ben for Morris, Harris, and three firsts is back on the table then.

Ben is on a leave of absence for the rest of the year. Use his expiring in the offseason as part of a trade.

The best possible outcome, but not sure how realistic it is. That article makes it seem like the author's opinion, but maybe Brooklyn would be enticed by us taking Ben's contract back.


Maxey/Beverley/Springer
Bridges/Melton/Korkmaz
Batum/Oubre/House
Cov/Simmons/Martin
Embiid/Reed/Bamba

[Ben]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

Same as he ever was.

I think it's the writer opinion as opposed to the Nets opinion. Or did I miss something?

I'm sure they don't see him as a superstar regardless, but not convinced their ready to move off him yet even though I wish they were.

Right, there's no indication that the Nets feel the way that the author does. But of course all of us would love to get Bridges.

So Bridges and Ben for Morris, Harris, and three firsts is back on the table then.

Ben is on a leave of absence for the rest of the year. Use his expiring in the offseason as part of a trade.

As I wrote above, I really want Bridges. (Was sick when we traded him right after the draft.) My question about this is:
Swapping out Bridges for Harris among the starters, with no added bench depth and our draft capital gone, would we be a much greater playoff threat than we are now? Someone has to play the 4; is that going to be Reed, Roco, Batum? If so, we're going to lose a lot of production that Harris regularly provides. Obviously Bridges would be a lot better at the wing than anyone we have, but with some downgrade at the 4 I'd say we would still be playoff prey for Boston.

How would you address the 4 after that? Another trade, or something else?

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

^ We'd be relying on Covington and Batum to guard the likes of Tatum, Gianni's, and Butler which would be ok if you add Bridges, but we'd be missing the offense that Tobias gives us. I personally think Bridges would easily replace any offense that Tobias provides. The real issue would be our rebounding which has already been an issue every postseason so far. You'd almost have to start Paul Reed next to Joel.

[the_process]

With the exception of the first round of the playoffs, when Embiid plays Tobias tends to get lost in the offense because he needs to dribble to get a feel and a rhythm and he's just not good enough to take the ball away from Jo or Maxey.

This is why he's a tank commander.

So yeah, Batum and RoCo slide up to the 4 (which is for the better honestly) and the net result ends up as Bridges upgrading Tobias.

[the_process]

^ We'd be relying on Covington and Batum to guard the likes of Tatum, Gianni's, and Butler which would be ok if you add Bridges, but we'd be missing the offense that Tobias gives us. I personally think Bridges would easily replace any offense that Tobias provides. The real issue would be our rebounding which has already been an issue every postseason so far. You'd almost have to start Paul Reed next to Joel.

Joel needs to f****** rebound. Period.

[PhillyFan11]

The most logical deal is still with the Hawks

Tobi, Springer, 2 1st’s and 2 2nd’s for Murray and Hunter.
Murray gives us the 2nd guard and 3rd scoring option that we really need and Hunter can fill the exact Tobi role at a very similar level.

Hawks recoup the 2 1st’s they traded for Murray and shed Hunter’s contract while getting Springer and 2 2nd’s.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

^ We'd be relying on Covington and Batum to guard the likes of Tatum, Gianni's, and Butler which would be ok if you add Bridges, but we'd be missing the offense that Tobias gives us. I personally think Bridges would easily replace any offense that Tobias provides. The real issue would be our rebounding which has already been an issue every postseason so far. You'd almost have to start Paul Reed next to Joel.

Joel needs to f****** rebound. Period.

I understand your anger.

[M2J]

Per CBS sports, the Nets no longer view Bridges as a #1 option and now he is more of a complementary player.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-trade-deadline-10-stars-who-could-unexpectedly-be-moved-including-trae-young-and-draymond-green/

So Bridges and Ben for Morris, Harris, and three firsts is back on the table then.

Ben is on a leave of absence for the rest of the year. Use his expiring in the offseason as part of a trade.

The best possible outcome, but not sure how realistic it is. That article makes it seem like the author's opinion, but maybe Brooklyn would be enticed by us taking Ben's contract back.


Maxey/Beverley/Springer
Bridges/Melton/Korkmaz
Batum/Oubre/House
Cov/Simmons/Martin
Embiid/Reed/Bamba

I'm sure Brooklyn knows he's not a franchise guy, but they do have assets that could allow them to trade for a guy like Mitchell and he'd be a good fit there for them to be a treadmill fake contender.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

We don't have the ammo to get Bridges. As badly as I want him to be a Sixer, it's not gonna happen. Cleveland could get him and more right now for DMitchell if they wanted to.

I think if we make any deals around the deadline, they're going to be smaller ones. Luke Kennard...I got a pretty good look at him today in the Memphis/GS game. The guy actually can handle the basketball and is an above-average passer. He rarely makes a mistake on the floor and he's not a complete sieve on defense. If we miss out on the likes of Murray, Brogdan, Caruso, or Dinwiddie as a second primary ball handler from the guard position, then I think we should look his way. He's obviously not in the same class as those guys, but he's probably the best shooter out of them and he can surprisingly play on the ball just as much as he can off it. I didn't know that about him.

[76ciology]

Something to monitor. I think Lavine is showing better all around game since his return.

I’ve been considering all other options this whole season, but I feel the longer the price goes down, the more likely we’ll go for LaVine unfortunately.

They’re a good trade partner with our expirings and being in a win-now situation. I just dont know if that Maxey-Lavine backcourt would work. I think we have to upgrade the 3&4 positions, if ever.

[Negrodamus]

Something to monitor. I think Lavine is showing better all around game since his return.

I’ve been considering all other options this whole season, but I feel the longer the price goes down, the more likely we’ll go for LaVine unfortunately.

They’re a good trade partner with our expirings and being in a win-now situation. I just dont know if that Maxey-Lavine backcourt would work. I think we have to upgrade the 3&4 positions, if ever.

I think it works since LaVine seems to get a lot of points off DHO and PnR action. Maxey was pretty damn good as the kick out option last year with Harden, so he can exist in that offense. Defensively, it’ll be a struggle, but accommodations can be made; particularly with Embiid anchoring the paint.

It’s not a great trade, but I don’t see a great fit crystallizing in the next month. Additionally, FA will be trash and we’re going to have to bet on a star who fits with Maxey and Embiid forcing their way out. It’s not looking good.

[LeonJordanJr24]

Murray is a great fit.

[76ciology]

I’ve been considering all other options this whole season, but I feel the longer the price goes down, the more likely we’ll go for LaVine unfortunately.

They’re a good trade partner with our expirings and being in a win-now situation. I just dont know if that Maxey-Lavine backcourt would work. I think we have to upgrade the 3&4 positions, if ever.

I think it works since LaVine seems to get a lot of points off DHO and PnR action. Maxey was pretty damn good as the kick out option last year with Harden, so he can exist in that offense. Defensively, it’ll be a struggle, but accommodations can be made; particularly with Embiid anchoring the paint.

It’s not a great trade, but I don’t see a great fit crystallizing in the next month. Additionally, FA will be trash and we’re going to have to bet on a star who fits with Maxey and Embiid forcing their way out. It’s not looking good.

Offensively, I think it will work. Lavine also plays a lot of 2 man game with Vuc who usually just pops just like Jojo.

The problem is on the defensive end. Embiid can anchor the defense but Bucks and Celts both got stretch 5 who can pull him out the paint.

[76ciology]

Murray is a great fit.

Outside top 100 player on almost all advanced metrics im looking at. Hawks wont be trading him unless we’re handing them atleast 2 first round picks. Im almost 100% sure he wont be a Sixer as long as Morey is in charge.

[76ciology]

Dejounte Murray trade im OK with.

Marcus Morris 17M expiring + 2 2nd round picks. We then can ship Murray + cap space and picks for a bigger trade in the offseason.