Fake Trade Thread #7

[Astaluego]

I would do that in a heartbeat, but Dallas would get much better offers.

Well, you should think about it (and I'm rooting for Dallas)... AD isn't available even 1/3 of the time (literally), he earns a fortune and needs a new contract... oh, and his defense has regressed.

You make some very good points. Still, I would be willing to take a chance buying low on a guy like Davis. If it totally doesn't work we still have some assets left and we could get out of the contract if we really wanted to down the road.

I don't know enough about their team, so I'm probably wrong... but in my opinion, AD would steal too much of the spotlight (and touches) from their high-potential prospects and could negatively affect their development. I understand that a veteran would be a good move to take the next step.
Personally (on paper), I like how White (Boston) or a younger wing like H. Jones (NOP) would fit in.

[GoBobs]

Colin Sexton, Josh Green, Tre Mann, Pat, 2029 first that is worst of 3 teams, for Trae Young

[luciano-davidwesley]

I would do that in a heartbeat, but Dallas would get much better offers.

Well, you should think about it (and I'm rooting for Dallas)... AD isn't available even 1/3 of the time (literally), he earns a fortune and needs a new contract... oh, and his defense has regressed.

You make some very good points. Still, I would be willing to take a chance buying low on a guy like Davis. If it totally doesn't work we still have some assets left and we could get out of the contract if we really wanted to down the road.

AD is a top 5 salary and has a couple more years left on an ascending salary. Old and injury prone. No thanks

[JMAC3]

Colin Sexton, Josh Green, Tre Mann, Pat, 2029 first that is worst of 3 teams, for Trae Young

You couldn't convince me to trade for Trae Young. His team is actually better when he doesn't play, at least with LaMelo when he plays we are better.

Also, I hate watching Trae Young flop around looking for hip contact 35 feet from the basket to try fouls.

[HornetJail]

Colin Sexton, Josh Green, Tre Mann, Pat, 2029 first that is worst of 3 teams, for Trae Young

You couldn't convince me to trade for Trae Young. His team is actually better when he doesn't play, at least with LaMelo when he plays we are better.

Also, I hate watching Trae Young flop around looking for hip contact 35 feet from the basket to try fouls.

We are trading nothing, arguably less than nothing in this trade. Saying no to that offer would be criminal whether you like Trae or not.

[Diop]

I think a power forward has to be the priority, we need to upgrade miles

[Braggins]

Lauri is playing too good and Utah will probably not trade him.

Zion never plays.

AD is too old and injury prone.

PJ has a trade restriction.

Maybe if Memphis blows things up JJJ will become available? He would probably be the ideal target based on his skillset and overall talent level.

[yosemiteben]

Dangle some picks in front of NOP and see if we can steal Trey Murphy. Miles + picks works salary wise.

[Diop]

Trey is cool but is wing a big area of need?

[Diop]

Could we get Ousman Dieng from OKC for a trial?

I know we haven’t had good luck with frenchies, but he’s never going to get a chance on OKC roster

[JMAC3]

Dangle some picks in front of NOP and see if we can steal Trey Murphy. Miles + picks works salary wise.

Trey Murphy and Herb Jones feel like guys that just don't win games either. We would probably get them to Charlotte and immediately want to cast them out. Pelicans are 2-12 with them, but everyone constantly sells them as winning pieces.

[yosemiteben]

Yeah, threw that out there but honestly I'm not sure moving Miles even makes sense. He is a plus rebounder, something we need, and while his shooting efficiency isn't amazing it's pretty good for someone that scores at the volume he does. It seems like the biggest problem is his decision-making down the stretch, but if we were at full health then he could have a substantially reduced role and we could shift more responsibility to guys like Brandon and Kon.

I know it's just counting stats, but he's putting up 22-7-4 for us this season. Not a lot of PFs in the league are capable of that sort of lift.

[SWedd523]

I'm ready to move on from Miles. I don't care if it makes the team worse on paper. Playing alongside higher BBIQ players really highlights how boneheaded he gets

[HornetJail]

as long as the player we get in return can score, I don't really care what the trade is at this point. Bridges needed to be the 4th option on this team, maybe even 5th if Sexton gets it together and Miller is healthy, and either he's unwilling, or Lee is unwilling to tell him, to stop shooting 17 times a game.

[Diop]

Even a stretch 5 to play Moose at the 4 would satisfy me. I’m done with Miles, but i don’t think there is a market for him

[GoBobs]

Colin Sexton, Josh Green, Tre Mann, Pat, 2029 first that is worst of 3 teams, for Trae Young

You couldn't convince me to trade for Trae Young. His team is actually better when he doesn't play, at least with LaMelo when he plays we are better.

Also, I hate watching Trae Young flop around looking for hip contact 35 feet from the basket to try fouls.

We are trading nothing, arguably less than nothing in this trade. Saying no to that offer would be criminal whether you like Trae or not.

I am kind of feeling both sides of this argument. I have always hated the way Trae dominates the ball. Somebody will probably pay more anyway.

[amcoolio]

The obvious trade is still there, move LaMelo to Houston, and reset. Don't really care if we are 25-57 with LaMelo or 19-61 without him. It's just not going to happen for him here, we failed him and he needs a change of scenery

Miles will be very hard to move, but maybe a team like Detroit or Toronto would take a chance on him to add needed scoring. The problem is what is coming back in such a trade. Want no part of RJ Barrett types

[JMAC3]

as long as the player we get in return can score, I don't really care what the trade is at this point. Bridges needed to be the 4th option on this team, maybe even 5th if Sexton gets it together and Miller is healthy, and either he's unwilling, or Lee is unwilling to tell him, to stop shooting 17 times a game.

Miles needs to be the 4th option, but he has to be the 2nd option and he can't do it so we have to trade him. We continue to do this all the time and blame the player instead of the real issues of why these players fail in the wrong roles.

Let's trade everyone until Kon has to be the 1st option and then he can fail at that and we can blame him too.

[JMAC3]

as long as the player we get in return can score, I don't really care what the trade is at this point. Bridges needed to be the 4th option on this team, maybe even 5th if Sexton gets it together and Miller is healthy, and either he's unwilling, or Lee is unwilling to tell him, to stop shooting 17 times a game.

Miles needs to be the 4th option, but he has to be the 2nd option and he can't do it so we have to trade him. We continue to do this all the time and blame the player instead of the real issues of why these players fail in the wrong roles.

Let's trade everyone until Kon has to be the 1st option and then he can fail at that and we can blame him too.

We got rid of PJ Washington for the same reason.

[yosemiteben]

as long as the player we get in return can score, I don't really care what the trade is at this point. Bridges needed to be the 4th option on this team, maybe even 5th if Sexton gets it together and Miller is healthy, and either he's unwilling, or Lee is unwilling to tell him, to stop shooting 17 times a game.

Miles needs to be the 4th option, but he has to be the 2nd option and he can't do it so we have to trade him. We continue to do this all the time and blame the player instead of the real issues of why these players fail in the wrong roles.

Let's trade everyone until Kon has to be the 1st option and then he can fail at that and we can blame him too.

I generally agree with this. Miles isn't on a contract where it's cost prohibitive for him to have a smaller role, so it's not really fair to ask him to be a star and to move him because he can't carry the team in crunch time. He's plus value on his contract.