Zaschrona wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:Golabki wrote:The problem with this deal is that most of the teams that would want to trade for Nurkic would be looking for a consolidation trade, and Denver is so deep that that would be a hard sell for them.
I disagree. Nurkic is a nice young center, but he's hardly a guy at this point that you pool your assets for thinking he's a final piece. You could trade a young player at a different position for him or potentially a nice pick.
Now I still believe strongly that Denver should package him with Gallo to Boston for a package including either Brown or a Brooklyn pick as that addresses 2 major Celtic needs while leaving them with plenty of assets should a star become available and the Nuggets get another potential cornerstone piece.
Strongly disagree. We have no need for a guy like Gallinari and I prefer Brown/Crowder duo over him. Gallinari is not helping us to ever beat Cleveland. Brown may be that guy and has much higher ceilling than Gallo. Losing a BKN pick, that could be pure gold for Denver too, as there is quite high chance that pick could be another top talent like Brown. Not a chance Ainge considers this. Nurkic is a nice piece, but we are not giving a BKN pick for him. Would be a young player like Rozier + 1/2 non-BKN picks.
I don't want to take a chance that this is the year that he plays 70 games. Making this trade with Brown is like "forcing it" Gallo is similar to Monroe all the down side and no upside. He plays 30 games again and he opts in, he plays 70 he opts out and your giving an oft injured player close to 20 mill long term. You don't give up Brown or the '18 bkn pick which would really be a kick in the rear, if he leaves and your giving the '18 pick for a guy who is not on your team.