Denver/LAC/Pelicans three team trade

_NoMas · Post #1 » by **_NoMas** » Thu Aug 20, 2026 2:57 pm

I’m hoping the Peyton Watson news isn’t the last of the activity from Denver. Here’s a three team trade using the pics from Cleveland/ LAC to bag 3 solid pieces to help this year:

Pelicans In: Strawther, Naji, cavs 31 frp
Pelicans Out: Herb Jones

Clippers In: Cam Johnson, 2SRPs (2028/32)
Clippers Out: Kriss Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr

Denver In: Kris Dunn, DJJ, Herb Jones
Denver out: Cam Johnson, Julian Strawther, Zeke Naji, 1FRP and 2SRPs

Why for the pelicans? Admittedly the least likely to accept this. Not sure how high they still value Herb Jones but a frp plus a decent young player in Strawther might offset taking on Naji?

Why for the Clippers? Cam J is a solid all round player/shooter, and an expiring contract. Two seconds also, for giving up a couple of experienced rotation players.

Why for Denver? Three defensive players (badly needed) with varying levels of shooting ability that can slot into a playoff rotation. Added bonus of getting under the second apron (just).

Thoughts? Particularly on what the market is right now For Herb Jones…

Vae Victus · Post #2 » by **Vae Victus** » Thu Aug 20, 2026 4:44 pm

Clips dont need CamJo. The SG/SF slot is already overloaded as is and DJJ can play some PF and Dunn can defend PGs, so they lose a decent chunk of versatility with this move.

DEN is stealing alot of value here getting Jones and DJJ while sending out pretty much nothing they care about. If you want Clips to get involved theyll be asking for FRP too.

SportsInfoBar · Post #3 » by **SportsInfoBar** » Thu Aug 20, 2026 7:44 pm

Vae Victus wrote:Clips dont need CamJo. The SG/SF slot is already overloaded as is and DJJ can play some PF and Dunn can defend PGs, so they lose a decent chunk of versatility with this move.

DEN is stealing alot of value here getting Jones and DJJ while sending out pretty much nothing they care about. If you want Clips to get involved theyll be asking for FRP too.

Shooting is more important than ever, djj and dunn suck at it and cam is elite...the clips wish they could get this offer.....and herb can't even hit the rim the last 2 seasons, would rather have Strawther.

There will be so many better options for the Nuggets than doing something like this.

lordjeff05 · Post #4 » by **lordjeff05** » Thu Aug 20, 2026 7:52 pm

I could see the Pels doing this if they blow it up, but it would happen after a Trey trade. Team is significantly worse without Herb which woudl tank the value of the other guys we’d want to trade.