david_james wrote:OK. Been playing around on the trade machine and came up with this:
Houston Receives: C/F Kyle O'Quinn and F Carmelo Anthony
Phoenix Receives: C/F Spencer Hawes and PF Ryan Anderson
Milwaukee Receives: C Tyson Chandler
New York Receives: F Trevor Ariza, F Jared Dudley, PG Matthew Dellavadova, MIL 2018 1st Round Pick (Top 10 Protected) and HOU 2020 1st Round Pick
- We can then immediately flip Ariza to a contender. We take on Delly's contract because we get a draft pick with it and he's the type of player who will know his role when it's time for him to go to the bench when Frank is ready. Also, Dudley comes and plays a key role as a mentor on this team after having played in this system under Hornacek in Phoenix previously.
I'd rather Bledsoe.
The Bucks are definitely a playoff team in this watered down East so we're not looking at a lottery pick. Houston definitely isn't a lottery pick team. Ariza is an expiring. But Dudley's got another year left at near $10 million so he's not exactly a "plus" of any sort. Dellavadova showed he's not a starting PG for any team that doesn't have Lebron James. What's also interesting is that without James and the other Cavs giving him clean looks at the basket, even his 3 point shooting turned from great to just slightly above average. The Knicks would basically be getting a scrappy backup guard that can play both positions off the bench with really not much skills. They already gave 2 years $9 million to Baker. Sure Baker shot terribly last season but he was actually a pretty good shooter at Wichita so I think that last season was not the norm and he'll uptick.
