Let's Make a Deal: Thunder Trade Targets

[Andre Roberstan]

So I figured it was probably about time to make a central repository of names that fit certain criteria—if nothing else, for my own use.

Will be split into several parts as I put them up through the day. Might sticky it just so we have something to work with for the offseason thread.

[Dadouv47]

only trades or FA as well?

[Andre Roberstan]

Expiring (or cuttable) non-rookie/minimum players:

Atlanta
Mike Dunleavy (if not cut by ATL)

Boston
Tyler Zeller (if not cut by BOS)
Avery Bradley
Isaiah Thomas

Brooklyn
Trevor Booker
Justin Hamilton

Charlotte
Marco Belinelli
Ramon Sessions (if his team option is picked up by CHA)

Chicago
Dwyane Wade (presuming he opts in with CHI)
Rajon Rondo (if not cut by CHI)

Cleveland
Channing Frye
Richard Jefferson

Dallas
Dirk Nowitzki (presuming he opts in with DAL)
Devin Harris (if not cut by DAL)
Seth Curry

Denver
Wilson Chandler (likely opt-out)
Jameer Nelson
Will Barton
Mike Miller (if not cut by DEN)

Detroit
NONE

Golden State
Kevin Durant (if he opts in this offseason)

Houston
Trevor Ariza
Lou Williams

Indiana
Monta Ellis (weird early cut date thing...Indy has done it a few times)
Al Jefferson (same)
Lavoy Allen (if his team option is picked up by IND)

Los Angeles (Clippers)
Jamal Crawford (nonguaranteed in 2018–19)
Austin Rivers (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)
Wesley Johnson (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (if he opts in)
Mo Speights (if he opts in)

Los Angeles (Lakers)
Corey Brewer
Tarik Black (if not cut by LAL)
Nick Young (if he opts in)

Memphis
Brandan Wright
James Ennis

Miami
Wayne Ellington (if not cut by MIA)
Josh McRoberts

Milwaukee
Greg Monroe (if he opts in)
Spencer Hawes (if he opts in)

Minnesota
Cole Aldrich (nonguaranteed in 2018–19)
Jordan Hill (if not cut by MIN)

New Orleans
DeMarcus Cousins
Quincy Pondexter
Dante Cunningham (if he opts in)
Tim Frazier

New York
Kyle O'Quinn (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)

Oklahoma City
Russell Westbrook (almost guaranteed he opts out in 2018–19 if not extended)

Orlando
CJ Watson (if not cut by ORL)

Philadelphia
Gerald Henderson (if not cut by PHI)

Phoenix
Leandro Barbosa (if not cut by PHX)

Portland
Festus Ezeli (if not cut by POR...very, very unlikely this doesn't happen though)
Ed Davis

Sacramento
Arron Afflalo (if not cut by SAC)
Langston Galloway (if he opts in)
Garrett Temple (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)

San Antonio
Pau Gasol (if he opts in)
Tony Parker
Danny Green (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)
David Lee (if he opts in)

Toronto
Cory Joseph (decent possibility he opts out in 2018–19)

Utah
Derrick Favors
Joe Johnson
Boris Diaw (if not cut by UTA)

Washington
NONE

[Andre Roberstan]

only trades or FA as well?

Trades for now. I might add FA later, maybe players likely to make MLE or vet min.

[Dadouv47]

Difficult to tell without FA. Don't see the point to give up ''assets'' (not that we have a lot) unless we can sign some great free agents and be relevant (won't say contender because there's no way to beat golden state).

I just know I don't want cupcake even for the minimum (he's happy with his new friends and his girlfriend draymond Green)

If we didn't have Westbrook, it would be easier to blow up and rebuild. Since we have westbrook, we have to be somehow relevant. Not the best path but can't see another option

This league will be so boring for the next few years OMG. I will probably pay the league pass only for thunder games.

[bondom34]

I just want a couple semi entertaining seasons from the team. I have nothing else of interest in the league so I won't be watching a ton else most likely.

[Osirus89]

Tobias Harris perhaps...
I don't know. Sell SVG that Kanter is a much better player than Aron Baynes (Not that hard)
They are trying to move Jackson and Drummond I think. The team might look different next season.
Kanter might fit on a new look Detroit pretty well.

I think Michigan has a fairly large muslim population as well. Certainly larger than anything in Oklahoma.
Heck give them McDermott back if they want some scoring. We know SVG loves 3pt shooting.

Ah just checked. The community I was thinking of is Dearborn. Just outside metro Detroit.

[Envelopes]

Trade Kanter for cap space 55 protected 2nd or something. sign a back up PG, draft Ojele or whatever his name is. Hope the players we have get better and Rus is happy with what we have.

[Andre Roberstan]

Players under contract who shot over 35% from 3 last year on two 3PA per game and over 15 minutes per game:

Atlanta
NONE

Boston
Al Horford
Isaiah Thomas
Avery Bradley
Jae Crowder

Brooklyn
Jeremy Lin

Charlotte
Marvin Williams
Marco Bellinelli
Kemba Walker

Chicago
Jerian Grant
Jimmy Butler

Cleveland
Channing Frye
Iman Shumpert
LeBron James
Kevin Love
Kyrie Irving

Dallas
Seth Curry
Harrison Barnes
Wesley Matthews
Dirk Nowitzki

Denver
Gary Harris
Will Barton
Darrell Arthur
Danilo Gallinari

Detroit
NONE

Golden State
Klay Thompson

Houston
Ryan Anderson
Eric Gordon
Patrick Beverley
Lou Williams

Indiana
Paul George

Los Angeles (Clippers)
Jamal Crawford
Austin Rivers

Los Angeles (Lakers)
Nick Young (player option)

Memphis
Mike Conley
James Ennis
Vince Carter
Marc Gasol

Miami
Goran Dragic
Tyler Johnson
Wayne Ellington (nonguaranteed)

Milwaukee
Malcolm Brogdon
Jabari Parker
Khris Middleton

Minnesota
Andrew Wiggins
Karl-Anthony Towns
Zach Lavine

New Orleans
E'Twaun Moore
Dante Cunningham

New York
Courtney Lee

Oklahoma City
Victor Oladipo
Alex Abrines
Doug McDermott

Orlando
Evan Fournier
Terrence Ross

Philadelphia
Gerald Henderson (nonguaranteed)
Joel Embiid

Phoenix
Devin Booker

Portland
Allen Crabbe
CJ McCollum
Maurice Harkless
Damian Lillard

Sacramento
Garrett Temple
DeMarcus Cousins

San Antonio
Danny Green
Kawhi Leonard

Toronto
NONE

Utah
Joe Johnson
Rodney Hood

Washington
Bradley Beal
Markieff Morris

[bondom34]

A few random names I'd toss out:
Dream - Love, Danny Green, Millsap, Griffin

Probably not happening - Harris, Dudley,

Somewhat realistic - Carroll/CoJo, Clarkson, Jameer Nelson

[Andre Roberstan]

Same list but over 40%

Players under contract who shot over 40% from 3 last year on two 3PA per game and over 15 minutes per game:

Atlanta
NONE

Boston
NONE

Brooklyn
NONE

Charlotte
NONE

Chicago
NONE

Cleveland
Channing Frye
Kyrie Irving

Dallas
Seth Curry

Denver
Darrell Arthur
Gary Harris

Detroit
NONE

Golden State
Klay Thompson

Houston
Ryan Anderson

Indiana
NONE

Los Angeles (Clippers)
NONE

Los Angeles (Lakers)
Nick Young (player option)

Memphis
Mike Conley

Miami
Goran Dragic

Milwaukee
Khris Middleton
Malcolm Brogdon

Minnesota
NONE

New Orleans
NONE

New York
Courtney Lee

Oklahoma City
JOSH HUESTIS BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEE

Orlando
NONE

Philadelphia
NONE

Phoenix
NONE

Portland
Allen Crabbe
CJ McCollum

Sacramento
NONE

San Antonio
NONE

Toronto
NONE

Utah
Joe Johnson

Washington
Bradley Beal

[Andre Roberstan]

Anybody got ideas for other criteria I should look for? I'm going to do some with rebounds & rebound %, assists and AST%, maybe some big man only stuff, a bit with defense if I can figure out a way to filter it.

[Pillendreher]

Positive DBPM, at least 120 3PA, at least .35 3P%:

http://bkref.com/tiny/vGeDo

[kdthunderup]

If Hayward goes to the Celtics, surely Crowder would become extremely valuable.

[spearsy23]

Anybody got ideas for other criteria I should look for? I'm going to do some with rebounds & rebound %, assists and AST%, maybe some big man only stuff, a bit with defense if I can figure out a way to filter it.

Draw rate for guards. We need a guy who can create some offense for himself and others. Tyler Johnson is a name that really stands out to me, but I don't know how we would get him. He's a good shooter, draws fouls, and can create for others. Plus his low cap hit next year would keep us out of the tax.

[Pillendreher]

Draw rate for guards. We need a guy who can create some offense for himself and others. Tyler Johnson is a name that really stands out to me, but I don't know how we would get him. He's a good shooter, draws fouls, and can create for others. Plus his low cap hit next year would keep us out of the tax.

He is also a pretty decent defender. Getting him would be awesome.

[Andre Roberstan]

Non-guaranteed, non-minimum guys with guarantee dates after the draft:

Atlanta
Mike Dunleavy ($5,175,000 total, $1,662,500 guaranteed)

Boston
Tyler Zeller ($8,000,000 total)

Brooklyn
KJ McDaniels ($3,476,873 team option)

Charlotte
Ramon Sessions ($6,270,000 team option)

Chicago
Rajon Rondo $13,397,000 ($3,000,000 guaranteed)

Cleveland
NONE

Dallas
Devin Harris (INCREDIBLY late guarantee date...it's in January. $4,402,546 total)

Denver
Mike Miller ($3,500,000 total)

Detroit
NONE

Golden State
NONE

Houston
NONE

Indiana
Lavoy Allen ($4,000,000 total)

Los Angeles (Clippers)
Paul Pierce ($3,679,840 total, $1,096,080 guaranteed)

Los Angeles (Lakers)
Tarik Black ($6,655,325 total)

Memphis
NONE

Miami
Wayne Ellington ($6,270,000 total)

Milwaukee
NONE

Minnesota
Jordan Hill ($4,180,000 total)

New Orleans
NONE

New York
NONE

Oklahoma City
NONE

Orlando
CJ Watson ($5,000,000 total, $1,000,000 guaranteed)

Philadelphia
Gerald Henderson ($9,000,000 total)

Phoenix
Leandro Barbosa ($4,000,000 total, $500,000 guaranteed)

Portland
Festus Ezeli ($7,733,000 total, $1 million guaranteed)

Sacramento
Arron Afflalo ($12,500,000 total, $1,500,000 guaranteed)

San Antonio
NONE

Toronto
NONE

Utah
Boris Diaw ($7,500,000 total)

Washington
NONE

[Andre Roberstan]

Anybody got ideas for other criteria I should look for? I'm going to do some with rebounds & rebound %, assists and AST%, maybe some big man only stuff, a bit with defense if I can figure out a way to filter it.

Draw rate for guards. We need a guy who can create some offense for himself and others. Tyler Johnson is a name that really stands out to me, but I don't know how we would get him. He's a good shooter, draws fouls, and can create for others. Plus his low cap hit next year would keep us out of the tax.

Outside of the obvious stars:

Lou Williams
Eric Bledsoe
Goran Dragic
Rodney Stuckey
Jeremy Lin
Ramon Sessions
Andrew Harrison
Kemba Walker
Sean Kilpatrick
Brandon Knight
Ty Lawson
Delon Wright
Evan Fournier
Derrick Rose
George Hill

and Shabazz Muhammad if you count him as a guard (I don't).

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&year_min=2017&year_max=2017&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&force%3Apos_is=1&c1stat=fta_per_poss&c1comp=gt&c1val=6&c2stat=mp_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=15&c6mult=1.0&order_by=ws

[skywalker33]

Well, what assets are availabl e from OKC ?

[Pillendreher]

Well, what assets are availabl e from OKC ?

You know how this goes: You can have our trash and we'll take your decent guys, thank you very much