Official Trade Thread: How to Trade Your Dragon

[rsavaj]

I'm surprised Gerald and Plum have not been dealt yet. I will be so disappointed if we don't air out that locker room a bit.

Those are two of the good soldiers on the team so I don't see them being moved for no reason

[gaspar]

The Heat don't even have expirings to match salaries. Bird is useless and makes $5M next year. Would hurt our cap space A LOT this summer.

[In Len We Trust]

Morris twins won't be traded until the off season because of their pending assault investigation.

[gaspar]

My prediction:

McDonough throws everyone a curve ball and deals the Morris Twins AND I. Thomas.

Clears up space for Green, and we try to reconcile with Goran.

You're in denial, bro.

[rsavaj]

The Heat don't even have expirings to match salaries. Bird is useless and makes $5M next year. Would hurt our cap space A LOT this summer.

That's probably the main holdup.

[gaspar]

Morris twins won't be traded until the off season because of their pending assault investigation.

There's no reason to trade them at all.

[Revived]

IT produces! He scores on offense off the bench! What do you want him to do? Average 25/10?

IT is the perfect definition of empty stats. Everywhere he goes he puts up great stats and yet ain't nobody want him....Hmm....

IT almost as many PPG and APG as dragic and a higher PIE % with 12 compared to his Dragic 10%

Empty? Werent we winning when he was back from injury?

NOT TOO MENTION THAT IT IS A BENCH PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!

All that and yet teams would rather trade for a Goran Dragic that is on an expiring contract than an Isaiah Thomas that's on a locked and loaded contract.

Why is that?

[Saberestar]

Hopefully IT is gone.

[bigfoot]

From Synergy: Goran Dragic ranks 2nd among guards finishing 64% of his shots around the rim in the half court and 4th in total transition points

Bledsoe to Dragic on the fastbreak.

[Heat_Fan_87]

Trade IT to Miami for two first round picks.

Then trade Goran to Houston for Motiejunas & Pelicans pick.

Morey should have the balls to roll the dice on Goran.

You think two will get it done? miami might have to make it 3 first rounders.

[NapoleonII]

Morris twins won't be traded until the off season because of their pending assault investigation.

There's no reason to trade them at all.

We don't know what we don't know.

They both seem pretty vocal, Marcus could be the one bitching and dragging the locker room down.

[Scutt]

yeah seems pretty simple to me. **** if the best deal is some picks a few years from now from from Miami take it. The only trade that would be worse than just keeping him is taking a bad contract back.

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Or ship the other 2 PGs out for better deals and give the keys to Dragic. Bledsoe could bring a stud frontcourt player back and Thomas for his contract could also bring more than a Dragic rental.

You really want the Suns to cater to a 28 year old combo guard, who has never been an all-star, and needs certain players and complete control of the offense for him to average 20 and 6? You also want to see him on a 5 year max contract? Because from the sounds of it, that is what it will take to get him to stay in Phoenix.

I don't know about you, but I don't want the Suns to be known as a franchise that caves to its players when they decide to throw tantrums. If the Suns move Bledsoe and Thomas, what happens if Dragic bails in the offseason? We would be left with Tyler Ennis as the only point guard on the roster. I want Dragic and Thomas both gone.

[Revived]

From Synergy: Goran Dragic ranks 2nd among guards finishing 64% of his shots around the rim in the half court and 4th in total transition points

Damn.

[King4Day]

I wonder if we could ship norris cole to detroit for a lottery protected 1st or more likely 2 2nds which would give us 2 1sts from miami and a 2-2nds from detroit?

Cole is worth a 2nd at best. We'd be laughed at if we asked for a 1st for him.

[DefenseWins]

Detroit could be in a 3 team deal with both of us, they might offer Dinwiddie, or whatever his name is and/or Jerebko who is a 4mil expiring but also a big who shoots 3s

[gaspar]

Morris twins won't be traded until the off season because of their pending assault investigation.

There's no reason to trade them at all.

We don't know what we don't know.

They both seem pretty vocal, Marcus could be the one bitching and dragging the locker room down.

It's pretty evident that it's Dragic.

[Revived]

Trade IT to Miami for two first round picks.

Then trade Goran to Houston for Motiejunas & Pelicans pick.

Morey should have the balls to roll the dice on Goran.

You think two will get it done? miami might have to make it 3 first rounders.

I don't think the Heat even have 3 first rd picks to trade.

[Barkley6]

IT is good for IT. Sometimes that translates to wins when he goes off. He is capable of taking a game over. The issue is, when he doesnt need to take the game over and needs to play team basketball and yet he still TRIES to take the game over, and we end up with 14 seconds of IT dribbling the ball and then a bad shot or turnover. IT is only successful as an ISO player. But everyone has seen that our ball movement sucks, and we don't run any real PnR or PnP sets, which were very effective for us last year, that was where Goran made his money. Shipping out IT and letting Goran run PnR/PnP will make this team easier to watch and will allow them to win basketball games.

[NoKneeBledsoe]

IT is the perfect definition of empty stats. Everywhere he goes he puts up great stats and yet ain't nobody want him....Hmm....

IT almost as many PPG and APG as dragic and a higher PIE % with 12 compared to his Dragic 10%

Empty? Werent we winning when he was back from injury?

NOT TOO MENTION THAT IT IS A BENCH PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!

All that and yet teams would rather trade for a Goran Dragic that is on an expiring contract than an Isaiah Thomas that's on a locked and loaded contract.

Why is that?

Have you talked to the teams? Have they came out and said that?

As mentioned above IT is a 6th man bench player! Teams who are looking are looking for a starting PG

Dragic wanted out so thats why teams are interested and he is a starting PG!

20 mil Dragic as starting Guard or 7 mill (whatever IT is ) for IT as a bench and providing offense!

Keep Bledsoe get a 3 and D SG and Harris or free agent wing, fill the Void PF and develop Len!

[JTrain]

It turns out it is no coincidence that Dragic looks quite similar to Hayden Christensen.