Gomes3PC wrote:BRUNiNHO91 wrote:If by some miracle and ridiculous amount of luck we did get the 1st pick who do you guys think we could trade it for? Paul George maybe? Would Anthony Davis be a possibility? James Harden? Would love to see trader Danny with a #1 pick to play with. Can't imagine the idea here is keeping and developing all these Bkn picks..by the time they are ready AB, Jae and IT would probably be on the way down and Horford long gone..
Unfortunately, I just don't see any of Indy's, New Orleans' or Sacto's ownerships acquiescing to blowing it up.
The Pacers are diametrically opposed to tanking - they view their market as too small to risk tanking, lest the fans disappear. Plus it's just not in Bird's DNA. Maybe he goes in a star-for-star deal but otherwise, no.
The Pellies aren't trading Davis, period. He's locked up forever and they are already tanking by accident.
Sacto is closest to something here - Cousins will be a FA in 2018 and they have young guys to play behind him. Unfortunately Ranadive doesn't want to trade him right after opening a new arena. They're gonna make another futile playoff run and shoot themselves in the foot in the draft (again).
Harden definitely is not going anywhere. Morey isn't dumb enough to do that. They'll do whatver possible to run at Blake this offseason - no taxes, closer to home, national TV exposure, and he'd thrive in D'Antoni's offense as the Stoudemire role. Their cap situation makes that tricky but never put it past Morey to at least try, just like his mentor Ainge.
I agree with you unfortunately. A lot can change by the summer but right now I can't see any of those guys moving teams. I think if we can do a Cousins for top 3 pick swap straight up I'd go for it..more than that I'm not so sure. Our best bet is probably the 2018 pick if that's a top 3 we could probably be in play for a couple of big time guys. Speaking of Blake I'm pretty sure Boston is going tto try and get in with him also. We have a PF position with his name written all over it.
