2019 season speculation including trade ideas: two weeks away from the deadline

[IzzyT]

I would’ve liked to see us facilitate one of these deals and get some picks as compensation but I can’t say it feels like we really missed out anything. A shrewd move or two would have given some immediate relief, but there wasn’t a needle moving trade out there.

No move is better than a bad move.

[Saberestar]

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This summer we will need a complete different roster to try to be in the playoffs.

I would trade or not sign anyone other than Booker, Ayton and Bridges. I like Oubre but I would prefer a good player AND a good fit.

So that's about new 10-12 faces again. Probably "only" 10 if we decide to stay patient with youngsters like Leque or Diallo.

That's what we have been doing season after season since 2012. Damn... I miss even those two last years with Nash and Hill because at least we were around .500 and we played the right way.

I don't agree at all. I think Rubio, Booker, Bridges, Oubre, Jerome and Cam is a solid 7 of the 10 guys you need. I'm not going to label Jerome and Cam injury prone just based on this season. I'm also fine with one of Carter or Oubre as 3rd string PG, and Lecque as third string SG.

That leaves us needing:
- a backup 2
- a third string 3
- a rotation 4 (starter or bench)
- a third string 4
- a backup 5
- one more big (could be Diallo)

Plenty of ways to accomplish all that when you have a high draft pick and are one of only 5 teams with cap space this summer - and you have a ton of it. My analysis of the 4 spot is the same as bw's, which isn't too surprising - Wood, Gallinari, Millsap. I'd love to bring Dragan back along with Wood, but I can't imagine JJ&Co. would do it. My guess is they target one of Gallinari or Millsap.

There are just a ton of backup two's we could sign. If we were ballsy enough to, say, bring in Wood and Dragan (both HEALTHY young stretch bigs), and sign a serviceable backup 2 to a big short-term deal, we'd add a lot of depth to this crew. That doesn't even take into account the draft and potential giveaway (TJ Warren-style) trades by teams who need to clear space.

So do you think that the same team and a few changes will put us in the playoffs?

Baynes and Saric are better than Wood (around $12M?) and Bender IMO. Bender will be out of the league...come on. He is not even a third string. So with your idea probably the team is even worse...IDK.

Gallinari will not be an option for us. He will get a max (around 24M per year I think) and he will have a lot of great options. Millsap is a solid player but he is like 35 years old. You can't count on him to play more than 50-60 games next season and he is declining.

Backup SG...yeah, it will be great to have a good one, but not sure how is he gonna be good with no much money available for that spot.