Official Trade Thread -- Part XXXIII

keynote · Post #1701 » by **keynote** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 2:26 am

Dark Faze wrote:Another day another terrible package traded for a superstar while we do nothing. Cool.

If Porter wasn't going to sign on to a move to Indy, I'm not sure we could've beaten that offer, as meager as it was. Our only other young attractive trade asset is Oubre; we'd have to make up the salary difference by including a center Indy doesn't need.

JWizmentality · Post #1702 » by **JWizmentality** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 2:29 am

payitforward wrote:You think John Wall is going to blame Otto Porter for not acquiring Paul George?

Paul George who is going to LA next year.

Gee I wish we'd given up a huge amount for him, so that we could have him for a year. Wouldn't that have been great?

No, I think there will be some friction between Porter and Wall after Wall low key tried to ship him off to Indy. :lol:

80sballboy · Post #1703 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 2:36 am

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payitforward · Post #1704 » by **payitforward** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 2:38 am

JWizmentality wrote:
payitforward wrote:You think John Wall is going to blame Otto Porter for not acquiring Paul George?

Paul George who is going to LA next year.

Gee I wish we'd given up a huge amount for him, so that we could have him for a year. Wouldn't that have been great?

No, I think there will be some friction between Porter and Wall after Wall low key tried to ship him off to Indy.

Don't think that happened at all....

80sballboy · Post #1705 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 2:39 am

JWizmentality wrote:
payitforward wrote:You think John Wall is going to blame Otto Porter for not acquiring Paul George?

Paul George who is going to LA next year.

Gee I wish we'd given up a huge amount for him, so that we could have him for a year. Wouldn't that have been great?

No, I think there will be some friction between Porter and Wall after Wall low key tried to ship him off to Indy.

Hope there is as much friction between him and Beal, when both supposedly didn't like each other. Porter will be making some pretty good coin, so I think he'll be ok with John. Plus JW is the quarterback and you want to get on his good side so he'll pass you the ball more.

80sballboy · Post #1706 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:22 am

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JWizmentality · Post #1707 » by **JWizmentality** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:25 am

80sballboy wrote:

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Good for Nene. Still like him more than Gortat.

He never played like a p*ssy. :nod:

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1708 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:26 am

Still think we'll be GIVING draft picks for Ryan Anderson

JWizmentality · Post #1709 » by **JWizmentality** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:31 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Still think we'll be GIVING draft picks for Ryan Anderson

Yup...it's coming. :noway:

No secret that's Ernie man crush.

Wizardspride · Post #1710 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:34 am

JWizmentality wrote:
80sballboy wrote:

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Good for Nene. Still like him more than Gortat.

He never played like a p*ssy.

Agreed.

Of course the issue was getting him to actually play.....

80sballboy · Post #1711 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:36 am

JWizmentality wrote:
80sballboy wrote:

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Good for Nene. Still like him more than Gortat.

He never played like a p*ssy.

Sure but if he had stayed in shape in Washington, maybe he'd still be here and we wouldn't have overspent on Mahinmi.

europeanfan · Post #1712 » by **europeanfan** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:46 am

Get Melo for any package that doesn't include Oubre. The East is weaker than ever. And the West as stacked as ever....

Mahinmi
Melo
Porter
Beal
Wall

+ Oubre off the bench, you always have a 20ppg scorer on the floor.

With the East being THIS weak, if they stand pat (I would even settle for a coaching upgrade) then they can't be taken seriously.

The current group couldn't get past the midget in Boston ffs, it didn't qualify as a true contender, they have to make something happen.

Even if Melo is done and is Bogie 2.0 at least they tried something.

80sballboy · Post #1713 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 3:57 am

No Melo trades and no giving up the future with first-rounders. Try and upgrade the bench maybe with some of the (better) players that were just recently dumped.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #1714 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 4:01 am

80sballboy wrote:No Melo trades and no giving up the future with first-rounders. Try and upgrade the bench maybe with some of the (better) players that were just recently dumped.

Who'd you have in mind?

80sballboy · Post #1715 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 4:04 am

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80sballboy · Post #1716 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 4:09 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:
80sballboy wrote:No Melo trades and no giving up the future with first-rounders. Try and upgrade the bench maybe with some of the (better) players that were just recently dumped.

Who'd you have in mind?

Without doing research on their numbers, Gerald Henderson always intrigued me. Maybe he's over the hill. McLemore isn't very good but he's just 24 and shot 38% from 3pt last season. Festus Ezeli could be worth a cheap flier if he's healthy. There are many more bench guys getting dumped and while we can dissect every guy and say they all stink, so did our bench last season. And I don't want to hear that we go t better when we got right of Thornton, Jennings and Burke. That wasn't the sole reason we scored 5 pts in Game 7 and were consistently outproduced off the bench in the playoffs.

WallToWall · Post #1717 » by **WallToWall** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 4:22 am

Wizardspride wrote:
JWizmentality wrote:
80sballboy wrote:

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Good for Nene. Still like him more than Gortat.

He never played like a p*ssy.

Agreed.

Of course the issue was getting him to actually play.....

Remember that he lacks the lateral movement needed to play PF. If though, he is willing to transition to playing C and coming off the bench, then thats a very good deal...provided he shows up to play also.

mhd · Post #1718 » by **mhd** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 4:48 am

Our local beat writers are HORRIFIC. Start of FA, and nothing. No reporting or anything.

NatP4 · Post #1719 » by **NatP4** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 5:16 am

JWizmentality wrote:
80sballboy wrote:

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Good for Nene. Still like him more than Gortat.

He never played like a p*ssy.

Yeah... he just never played..

NatP4 · Post #1720 » by **NatP4** » Sat Jul 1, 2017 5:17 am

mhd wrote:Our local beat writers are HORRIFIC. Start of FA, and nothing. No reporting or anything.

They are absolutely horrible, BUT Ernie is always quiet about his moves, and he probably literally is doing nothing actually