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regular listeners. Let's dive into some trade stuff. Though December fifteenth already rolled
around, we didn't do anything specific on it because nothing ever happens on December
fifteen. We talked about that on a mailback questions for like twelve years or
something like that, since the Nets traded Terrence Williams or whatever it was.
Bobby Marks I think mentioned that recently. Anyway, we're in December fifteenth,
almost ninety percent of the league players can now be traded. And so with
that, Zach Buckley over a breach Bleacher Report at home. He published a
trade target big board, So three targets for every single NBA team. I'm
gonna go through it, have not looked at it yet and just react to
it. These are super hard, but they're also super interesting to go through.
But let's let's do it. I'm gonna throw it up on screen for
anyone who's watching on YouTube and wants to follow along with me. So we
start with the Atlanta Hawks alphabetically. Obviously, ze Buck has possible targets Delaun
Right, Jordan McLaughlin, and Kyle Anderson. I guess they could use more
guard play here, just like a different ball hand or Kyle Anderson would certainly
help Delon Wright injured right now. I guess he would help. But the
Hawks. One of the Hawks's issues has been there shooting. I know Bugdanovich
helps that now that he's back. None of these players really move that needle.
Maybe Jordan McLoughlin when he's getting super hot, but if they're looking at
aim Low and they're just trying to buy time, especially until Jean Day Murray
is healthy, depending on I can't remember how long he's going to be out,
but right it's already out at the moment. Anderson would be interesting,
but I fear the floor could be a little bit crimpy. And you've already
tried to figure struggle to figure out how to involve John Collins in this is
he going out as part of a deal for this, But yeah, those
are uninspiring options. It's also weird because I don't know what the Hawks.
The Hawks feel like they need so many things. Someone to juice up the
scoring though, and the volume shooting, like functional shooting, maybe like a
Kevin Hurder or something would really work out well for them. The Boston Celtics,
Ze Buck has possible targets Jacca Peardle, Mo Bamba as Bismac Pimbo.
Yeah, they need a big They do have a trade exception. I believe
that they can fit some of these guys into They also aren't necessarily that encumbered
looking at their first round picks. I think it's just tough when you look
at someone like a Yaka Peardle knowing he's about to get paid, Are you
gonna give up a first for him? Like were are you giving up for
him knowing that you have al or for you have Robert Williams the third?
You even have Grant Williams here, and you know how often is he going
to play for you? Is he like a fifteen minute guy in the playoffs
at this point. Mo Bamba would be more interesting. He's playing really well
in Orlando though, and they've just been They've won five straight as I record
this, so that's why old Bismac Piombo might be more their speed. But
I don't know if the Suns are gonna want to trade him. He's been
their primary backup bigot points this season. They've sort of fluctuated with him and
Jack Landale. But I get the targets for sure. They could also try.
And I don't know how hard is they get to the money. But
look at Rashaun Holmes just not playing in Sacramento and he's kind of making a
little bit more than backup center money. But knowing how cheaply you got Al
Horford and even r W three four, not the worst investment there if you
can get him the Brooklyn Nets. This is interesting. John Collins is on
here for the Nets. Possible targets John Collins, Mo Bomba, and Jay
Crowder. I would agree with all these things. Mo Bamba really giving you
some spacing in the front court. Also, John Collins does the same thing.
He would be obviously the best fit. I don't you know. The
Joe Harris to John Collins rumors are kind of weird. I don't know how
I nestally feel about that from like everybody's perspective there, however, he would
be a great fit. You could play him next to Nick Claxton, maybe
even Ben Simmons at the same time, since Simmons doesn't have to be or
four or five and Nick Lackston's low key just been awesome this season. I
speA curious what you Denetts do have, Like they could trade a first here,
but what are you giving up for when it's not John Collins? And
like the Joe Harris for John Collins swop might make a lot of sense for
both teams at this point, given how much it seems that John Collins's trade
value is plummeted. Jay Crowder would just be good for them. It's sort
of a defensive minded for who can take on some some bigger wings. But
why is Phoenix gonna help them out? That's the other issue here is like
when you're dealing with other contenders or a team like Phoenix that's gonna want not
picks but actual players back for Jay Crowder the Charlotte Hornets, we're just selling
off everybody. Here's the buck. Yeah, possible targets for the Charlotte Hornets
draft picks James Wiseman, Mo Bamba, they are a team that should take
a flyer on Wiseman, even though they have Kai Jones, Nathan Knight,
Mark Williams. If I mean, if it's out there, I don't know
who the Warriors want from them. Maybe PJ. Washington and Kelly Brady Junior.
Although the wars have done the ubre thing before, they definitely do need
an upgrade at the big I wouldn't go after Mobamba specific he costs you positive
value. But if you can take a flyer on James Wiseman or just get
draft picks like start, you know, put up. Look PJ Washington going
to the restricted free agency feels like he's kind of This season has just been
weird for him, and I know they're asking him to do too much through
a lot of their injuries. But what is what can he get you?
Cody Martin's not healthy, so that's a bed one. What can uber get
you on his expiring contract? Does Terry Rozier of net positive or net negative
value? Right now? Looking at his contract, it's time to sell And
so yeah, draft picks would be the key here for them, But they
would be a team that would be interesting. Take a flyer on Wiseman unless
they're really big believers in Kai Jones, J. T. Thor Mark Williams
those guys long term, the Bulls is interesting or the Bulls buyers or sellers.
Z Buck looks like they're buyers. PJ. Washington, Jay Crowd or
Denny Aftia as three trade targets for them. I don't hate any of these.
They could use more wing depth. Jay Crowder helps there, will he
hit enough of his threes? Interesting to ask. Denny Avvia would be very
interesting for this team just for what he brings defensively, and we've seen some
just ball handling flashes from him. PJ. Washington would definitely help spread the
floor. You probably let him play some backup five in this scenario, which
Charlotte is not gotten away from entirely, but he's played less five this year
than he has last year. The thing is is like the Bulls need more
bankable, high volume spacing, and I don't know if this trade. I
guess outside Denny Avia just won't like he's afraid to take the reason points.
Jay Crowd or semi confident him and Washington would definitely be upgrades, but is
it enough and what are you giving up to get them? Do the Sun's
probably want players, not picks, and so do you have anyone that interests
like You're not trading Alice Caruso to get Jay Crowder. I'd be curious what
any of these players cost. And if I'm the Bulls, I'm not trading.
You already have this year's pick gone and then the twenty twenty five pick
on, so I'm not looking at giving up another one. The Calves,
it has to be a wing. They need a wing. Jake Crowder,
Joe Harris, Kendrick Williams love all these targets. I don't know if Jay
Crowder will give you any point of attack defense at this point in his career,
which is what the Calves need a lot out of their three. But
offensively, they just need someone who's not you know, Lamar Stevens had a
big night the other game, and Dean Wade, when he's healthy, came
back. He'll make it work. But you need someone who's just not who's
who's more dynamic offensively. Joe Harris is certainly that ken Rich Williams would definitely
work. I just it sounds like he wants to retire and Okaysey and that
they just want him to retire. It okaycy Zach always said this, but
he's like the new Nick Hollison there. And then again, what are you
giving to get Jay Crowder out of Phoenix? Do they like Carris Lavert?
Can you build something around Landry Shammitt and Jay Crowder for Carros Lavert? Do
you even want to take on Shamont's money If you're the Calves and you're dealing
exclusively in you know, you could have cap space to Summer's my point with
Cleveland, So sham It eats into that. Joe Harris, I don't know,
Like, you don't have picks to give up at the first round,
picks to give up at this point? Why would the Nets want Carris Lavert
back? Are they going to be interested in Jetty Osman or Isaac Accorro.
Maybe they take a flyer on Okoro and that's like, is that the Jay
Crowder trade too? Like Jetty Osman and o'koro for Jay Crowder? I don't
I don't know if that gets it done. I would be shocked if Kendrick
Williams gets moved at this point, it seems like a very he's very malleable,
versatile player, but also just seems like a culture center. And Okay,
see Dallas Mavericks, O, Gianna Noby, Zacovine, and John Collins
swinging for the fences here. I like it. They all seem John Collins
might be semi realistic. Just his trade value seems to plummeted. I don't
know what else, and I know he's out right now, but I'm just
I'm flabbergasted at some of the proposals we've seen. Even Look, Kelly Olynik
and Jordan Clarkson are having some really good seasons, but like the proposal of
trading Olnek and Clarkson for Collins, and like that was serious. I think
it was mentioned by Shams. I don't know if it's been discussed, but
that would just make Collins sort of this salary dump for Atlanta basically. Again,
I know Clarkson has been great this year, so I don't mean the
understill that, but he has a player options about the end of free agency,
and you're clearly not going to keep him with Murray and trey O,
Gianna Noby's just unrealistic. I know the Raptors are struggling right now. There
are some flashes from them too, but their offense in the half court it
remains this groggy slog. They're not if they even if they even if they
tear it down and rebuild. I do think that you're keeping Scotty and Og
and then maybe everybody else is on the table. Maybe Christian Coloco is not
off limits, but not someone you're actively looking to move. So that's gonna
be tough for Dallas. Collins feels realistic. Zach Lavine, it just depends
or the Bulls. I don't think the Bulls will tear a town just because
they owe that top four protective pick to Orlando, and you might be doing
Orlando favor at that point. I do think in a nutshell, you shouldn't
care about the optics of that where if you need to reset and restructure your
franchise, how much value do you get for Zach Lavine now when he's been
struggling coming off those knee problems. Just doesn't look like the same player this
season to me anyway, he would still be a great fit in Dallas.
Now that being said, for Dallas, you can't trade a first round pick
until twenty five because of the pick you owe the Knicks. I just I
don't know if now is the time where they can get a bigger fish.
Maybe Collins because his trade value is plummeted. But like alls you have is
picks. You have some players that I guess teams would be interested in,
But like, even if you're willing to move a Dorian Finney Smith, Maxi
Cleeve was injured right now, so who's gonna be interested in him? Maybe
Christian would like these guys aren't blue chip prospects. You need a team to
be in love with Josh Green and Jane Hardy basically plus your plush, your
picks, which teams will probably assume aren't going to be that valuable down lines,
since you have Luca plus whoever they're giving you. John Collins is like
the most realistic of those three. All of them would be great fits Denver
Nuggets. Let's see Matisse, Thybell, Javonte Green, and Josh Richardson.
These are some sneaky good picks here. It does. The Nuggets are twenty
eight in points a lot per possession. They have some really good defensive lineups.
But you just might need to lean into it even further. And I
think Matisse type would really be a heat check for their offense because he's just
awful on that end of the floor. He's not even as much as a
stopper defensively as I think people give him credit for, but he would certainly
work. And now all of a sudden, like, can you get to
line ups where you're putting Gordon, Bruce Brown, KCP, Yokich and then
someone else on the court to just make it all defense around Yokich. I
think Josh Richardson would be a good fit there. You also don't want to
get to a point well gift the factor in Jamal Murray as well here too.
So if you if we just assume that Yoki Ja Murray are the locks
to close and crunch time you have between KCP, Aaron Gordon, Bruce Brown,
throw a Tyeball or Josh Richison there, it gives you another option.
I don't hate the idea of Javonte Green either, Like that's someone who could
defend all over the place, and maybe he becomes more of an innings eater
for the regular season when you're not fielding your best lineups, which is what
the Nuggets arguably need because their bench has struggled this year too. They've gotten
like good minutes from at different points from from different guys. DeAndre Joynes byably
even been a little bit better than than I expected this season. Of course,
there's bones Thailand, but it's not even about because they have some top
end lineups that can be good defensively. It's about making the rest of the
rotation better defensively, which should help you win more in the regular season and
then also sort of equip you against emergency in the playoffs. I would be
curious the asking price and all these guys. The Nuggets can't trade a first
until twenty and twenty nine, and that's if it's conditional, because there's a
pick that's protected out there. So could you get Tiebold, Green or Richardson
for seconds and filler? I would say Green and Richardson maybe, and I
guess tie Bow at this point not playing in Philly really, So yeah,
all good targets there. The Detroit Pistons no more Kate Cunningham draft picks,
so yeah. Johnny Davis from Washington, I'm not sure the Wizards even know
that that that guy exists. Basically, they don't use him in James Book
Night, you know, I get it, like let's just throw some stuff
at the wall, see what sticks there. I don't I was in on
James book night after his first Summer League, but from what I've seen from
him, sins I wouldn't be. I don't know if you want to even
give him like those those sort of reps. But you have it without Kay
cunning him there yet you have Killian Hayes and Jay n Ivy two. So
do you need someone else to factor're in there? Johnny Davis, Yeah,
just definitely take a take a flyer and a wing like that, depending on
the cost. But he was just drafted, so it's like, what are
you getting there? And I think draft picks. You know, it's not
low hanging fruit. It's a priority. The Pistons unlike some of these other
rebuilding teams, they don't have all these extra picks, you know, off
into the distance. And it's weird that they're like maybe shopping Sadek bay Per
the athletics James L. Edwards the third, so they're in a weird spot.
But I'd like to see him get more draft picks, and I would
move Bayron Madanovitch to do it as good as he's been for them this year,
and as much as he opens up the floor the Golden State Warriors,
Jacca Peurtle, PJ. Washington, Eric Gordon, So, I actually don't
like Peurdle for the Warriors. He like stuff is, but he's injured right
now and his rim protection has been down. He's committed more turnovers at the
elbows this year. I think that's more of a function of what's going on
with san Antonio's roster than anything. But you're probably not gonna pay him in
free agency this summer, and also he's not closing games for you because of
the free throw shooting. And also just I'd rather have Looney on the floor
defensively if you're going with two bigs and so between Looney playing, however many
minutes plus Draymond at the five minutes, how many minutes there going to be
for Partle when it matters most. And if you are going to sell low
or medium on James Wiseman, you'd like someone who's gonna play more of a
heavy role for you when it matters. And that's why I would focus on
the perimeter or a floor spacing big PG. Washington might do that. He
could be really interesting. It's sort of another reclamation project in Golden State.
Eric Gordon, I like, getting to the money becomes tough just because he
makes over nineteen million dollars this year, So that would be something that the
Warriors need to grapple with, and to get there would be you know,
like to get there is tough. It's not just a matter of trading Wiseman.
You have to trade somebody else too, and they don't have guys that
are expendable outside of their core. So you're not gonna You're not trading Andrew
Wiggins an Gordon trade obviously, Like I'm just pointing out, like their salary.
You're not getting rid of Quay Thompson or Graymond Green, Steph Curry certainly
off certainly off limits here. And so you're just you're not trading comingo either.
You're not even giving a Moody in and Eric Gordon trade. And so
when you don't have I don't want to say, maybe there are some people
that would call some of their contracts bad money on their roster, but when
you don't have active, indispensable or dispensable salary where it's, oh, this
player makes a ton of money, we could just get rid of him,
it gets really hard to step out of your way to trades. I love
the idea of Eric Gordon and Golden State, although friend of the my friend
in real life in front of the podcast, Jacob Born, who's a Warrior's
fan, does not like his fit. I think he would prefer more of
a bigger wing, which makes sense, or someone in the front corp who
stretches Kelly and Lennox should probably be on their radar. Mo Bombo would be
another good addition. If they wanted to go higher end, you could always
go with the Miles Turner route. I just don't know if the Pacers would
even move him right now. And again you run into the same issue where
it's are you're closing with Turner and Green over Lunia. I guess you would
be, But like again, how much of that you know? Do you
want to invest so much equity? And where not? Your positions hammered out?
But you've not traditionally, But like Draymond at the five is still an
option. Maybe don't believe Draymond's gonna be around long term. That poses a
separate issue. So yeah, like, unless you're gonna go I like Gordon,
but unless you're gonna go with step ladder your way to basically a three
for one trade and increase your tax bill in the process, because James Wiseman
does make nine point six million this year, but you would have to attach.
Yeah, it's not even three for one like you would have. Are
you given up Looney in that deal to get there? You're not gonna be
up Commingo, like I said, are you're gonna give up Devin Kenzo if
you're getting back Eric Gordon, maybe you're not giving up Moody. You're not
gonna trade Jordan Poole. You could trade Patrick Baldwin Junior, but that feels
like you're kind of selling low there then two, So Eric Gordon, I
like is my point, But I would I think Josh Richardson and like McDermott
might be that those would be easier numbers to get through, or maybe just
Josh Richardson from I would give up James Wisman for Josh Richardson and that would
the Spurs do that That bull's pick that's protected in two and twenty five,
and so it's like they're not giving they can reprotect it too. I think
it's top ten protected. And so if you think either you think that it's
maybe not going to convey because the Bulls are gonna suck. Or if you
just want to reprotect it so that there's tight around it, maybe that's a
deal they could explore since Josh Richardson's expiring. Or you could just take James
Wiseman for that first round pick since they have all this cap space and the
Warriors, maybe you want to cut their luxury tax bill. Possible targets for
the Houston Rockets. Jackson Hayes draft picks and RJ. Hampton. Love the
RJ. Hampton inclusion in here from Buckley. He's been low key good in
Orlando, just really can't get minutes on a consistent basis right now. But
he's had a much better year and so I shouldn't have sold my RJ.
Hampton stock leading into the season. I don't know that I understand the Jackson
Hayes drop, like you have Shangon Jabari Smith, Usman Garuba here already,
so like whyd and Bruntle Fernando, and why are you gonna complicate the front
court rotation? Jackson Hayes can do a lot of switching on the perimeter,
but that feels like, you know, maybe a Boston should be interested in
him a little bit more than at Houston, so that's a little cloggy there,
and they could go after draft picks they don't really necessarily him. I
love taking the flyer on handon who feels like he would be more of a
conventional game manager at this moment, especially when you look at the cadence with
which he plays than a KPJ or Jalen Green. Not saying he's better overall,
but just might be a better fit for that role. The Indiana Pacers
who could be low key buyers, a Deck Bay, Moses Moody, Cam
Reddish. This seems to straut of the line where it's like you wouldn't get
any of these players because you traded Miles Turner to that team. I guess
Moses Moody like we have a Wiseman Moody salary for Turner type deal. Whatever.
But yeah, they need wing depth. And if you get to Deeck
Bay, I'm not training a first round pick for him. If I'm Indian,
that's the complication here. But if you can get us a deep Bay,
that's someone would be really interesting for you. Moses Moody, Cam Reddish,
that should be a set like maybe a second from the Knicks plus plus
money, So that's a that's a really good and he would play like they
had. I called, I said that. Andrew Nemhard started at the four
for the Pacers the other night, I m say, nay, Smith,
I'm sorry. They both started with the letter ends like I guess I got
that mixed up in case anyone caught that. So yeah, I like Cam
Reddish here, mostly because he seems the most guttable Moody or Bay is going
to cost you. I would guess a first round pick, which indies shouldn't
trade. I guess they could trade that Cavs one that they really wanted to,
or they have Boston, so you could go lower end on that if
the teams will accept it. Otherwise. The Moody one specifically feels like,
oh did they trade Turner to the Warriors and sort of this bigger deal.
Love love the Camraddish inclusion, though, and I just don't think the war
is already to sell low on Moody where they're just getting back a pick for
him. The Clippers, Miles Turner, Alec Burks, Eric Gordon all all
good picks here. I don't know how much you need Turner unless you're planning
on paying him after this year? And what are you giving up for him?
They have salaries that match it, But then you need indeed who also
say like we're fine with just getting one super distant first round pickback. And
if they were fine with that, I feel like the Lakers trade might have
already have been made. But maybe maybe I'm wrong there. Alec Burks is
a good one. You're not, you know, if you're Detroit, you're
probably if you can get your own second pack that the Clippers own of yours.
I think they have their twenty twenty five pick or is it two thousan
than twenty? Yeah, they owe they are twenty twenty four pick to the
nit. No, no, they don't want. The Clippers don't own a
Detroit pick anymore so, but you have seconds if you're the Clippers, is
my point? Apologize for stumbling through there, so if you could do seconds
and salary, Like, are you giving up Roco for that? As he
fallen that far out of favor. You're not giving up a Norman Powell in
that deal, that's for sure, so I think. But the Alec Brooks
want is workable even with the salary. Eric Gordon's a little bit tougher because
he makes so much money, but like you could get there because you have
all these sort of salary matching tools. It's just a matter of okay,
well what are you using to get Gordon? And does a team want like
you're probably you're still not giving up Marcus Morris I think would be too important,
or Norman Powell. But you have Roco and you give up him your
coffee for Eric Gordon and does that even get them there? Let me see,
it comes pretty close. I'm not sure, but you could still find
other ways. Is that something Houston getting a fly? I run him your
coffee and then maybe Preston or Boston Junior. I'd probably if they're getting that
much, I'd probably just do it. Whether you're willing to take on Luke
Konard in the final two years of his deal after this one, that would
be interesting. You go Knard and then it's coffee slash Preston or Boston Junior.
I think that would get you to Eric Gordon money. That might be
a good trade. That's for both teams. So I like that. I
like that one. Let's go on, who's the other one. Oh yeah,
we went through that Burks one or the Lakers shocker, So we got
DAMARDA. Rosen, Boyobodanovich and Buddy Healed. Miles Turner's not on here,
which is really kind of funny. Maybe I think Buckley's thinking that the Lakers
don't necessarily want to trade Russ, and so you could get to well,
if you're getting de Rosen, you're trading Russ because you can't get to De
Rosen's money any other way. But and so then that's going to be a
bigger deal because Russ makes so much money. You're also taking boot back in
that or could you get Caruso if you're giving up those picks, like A,
you're getting Caruso and then someone else, like can you get Javonte Green
out of that deal? You're not gonna get You're not gonna get Iota Sumu
that's for So do you go that route? I'd be fine. I don't
love De Rosen's fit on offense, So I think you run into he's a
better player than Westbrook and probably the better pick and roll passer at this point,
and he's even like I guess he's the more reliable floor spacer. But
has to be on the ball for it too, so you do run into
a lot of the same issues. I think Russ has been playing well off
the bench, which is why I think Buckley goes to, well, can
you just get Buddy Healed and forget Miles Turner, because between Beverly and Kendrick
Nunn like you can get too would just be willing to take on Buddy Heal's
money. So Kendricks Nunn and pact Revily for Buddy Heell just get that functional
shooting in there. Say fuck it, We're not going to worry about cap
space. We still have those two picks that we could trade down the line,
or we could really move Buddy heals expiring contract. If we needed to
love Boyan mcdonovitch, would you give up? I don't think der Troy's moving
him without getting a first round pick. The Lakers proposed a protected first round
pick for him, and we're given the shaft. Would you just full on
go. You can have our twenty twenty seven picks for boy and mcdonovitch.
I'd probably want a little bit something more just looking at Podanovitch's age, But
look, Bodonovitch is quietly having an incredible season. He's one of the most
forget about shooting in general, he's one of the most efficient isolation scores in
the league this year. I'm not even kidding you. So like that is
something that you could actually look at if your Lakers, and I think he
improves your team a great deal. So I like all these targets. I
would also add, if you want the Lakers to trade for a star,
it's not gonna be Damian Lillard's not gonna be Kevin ramp Like Bradley Beal isn't
too far outside the Roman possibility if you were willing to include the swaps and
you're in addition to your two first maybe throwing in Austin Reeves some other seconds.
Beale has a no trade clause, and so if he says to the
Wizards, I want out and I want to go to Lakers, that does
give the Lakers some leverage. The Memphis Grizzlies the first place, Memphis Grizzlies
O Gianna Noby Jay crowd or Cam Reddish. The cam Reddish would be so
Memphis Grizzlies where it's just like we're gonna bet on our infrastructure, just improving
this player and so like we have La Ravia and Roddy and Santiall don we're
just gonna add Anziere Willis. We're gonna had another project going to the fold
them. We're just that's that's when we need to puts over the top.
Jake Crowder, I guess would theoretically it would work for them, that is,
do you consider that an grade over like the Aldama Larravia Roddy minutes?
Yeah, sure, I think you would. What are you giving Phoenix for
it to be worthwhile? You're giving up like a first round pick or one
of your young players that they would have interest in, and they're not even
maybe they're not looking at when now trades At that point are they gonna want
to help out someone that they probably fancy appear, So that has to come
into the fold. But I do I get it. If you could get
him Ojan and Obi would be perfect. I just don't think the Raptors are
trading him. But I do think Memphis if they would, if excuse me,
if Toronto would move o Giannaobi, Memphis has the assets to get involved.
All their own picks. We just mentioned those young players Aldama, Roddy,
La Ravia, Brandon Clark, Zayra Williams, even like you include Zayer
Willims in that trade and then plus that Warriors twenty twenty four pick, so
they could get a deal done. I would like to see them get in
on like the Kyle Kuzma sweepstakes too, feels like he might be a middle
ground between all this reddish little too low end o Giannaoby's too high end.
And then Jay Crowder is just tough because I don't know what they're giving Phoenix
because Phoenix probably hasn't moved Jay Crowd or since they want win Now talent in
return, so it's you're flipping Jay Crowd for another player or just using his
salary to acquire a more expensive player who helps you, and Memphis doesn't really
have that, whereas if you're gonna get Kuzma and the Wizard are just kind
of in Selmoe, Like you can use Danny Green's expiring contract plus a young
player. You have to include a first. I don't know what it looks
like since Kuzma's going into free agency, but that would be a really good
trade. Target Boy Macdonovitch would be good too. So with Jeremy Grant,
I just I think grant will extend in Portland. And then I also think
that boy McDonald is just so expensive that you're probably going for a three for
one with Detroit, and that gets really tough. You have Green salary,
and then it's who are you giving up with that the Miami heat, Josh
Richardson, Jay Crowder, Sadiq Bay those all names makes sense. I'd probably
want Jay Crowder makes too much sense. I'd want a player Josh richards in
the reunion would be great, by the way, and he can play them
four they have. I guess it comes down to what are you giving up
as the primary salary bait to get these players, Like what are you giving
Phoenix that they want for Jay crowd or you're not giving them anything unless you're
giving up Kayla Martin, which you probably shouldn't. You're not giving up value
that helps Phoenix now, and so you need a third team to rally.
That not impossible. Josh Richardson feels eminently realistic. You can I think you
can get him for seconds, which is fine, But can you get the
Spurs? Would you want to give up a first round pick if they took
on Duncan Robbinson's deal? Are they even willing to take on a first for
those final three years. Does it cost more than that? And would you
give up more than that? You could also go because the Heat are just
their cap constraints are so thin. You could go Victor Oladipo and Dwayne Deadman
and you would have to probably compensate the Spurs with the first because both Deadman
and Oladipo stretch into next season. Would you consider that? I probably would
if I'm Miami at this point. I think Josh Richardson's been quietly solid and
he helps, you know, to the reunion with the Heat is just that'd
be fucking cool. But he helps out a lot of what they need and
you can run smaller play him at the four. So I'm with this.
The Bucks Jordan Clarkson, Jay Crowd or Eric Gordon, So they were apparently
close to a Jay Crowd or trade that was part of the Sham's report.
If they can figure it out without giving up their one distant first round pick
that they can move, yeah, more power through them. Eric Gordon would
be huge for this team too. I know he's you know, he's not
getting to the rim as much and he's not shooting the three ball as well,
but he could still you know, if his role is simplified and he's
on a better team, Like, yeah, he can, he can get
it done. I just to get to his nineteen million dollars number. Who
are you moving? Grayson Allen is a good start at nine point four million,
then you have George Hill and Jordan Noara like that gets you there,
but you're probably gonna have to give up What are you giving up to in
that? Like, is Houston just doing that? How many seconds are you
including you're willing to get Marjon bow Champ for Eric Gordon? That's a little
bit iffy. I do love the final targets here though, Jordan Clarkson,
I just don't know how you get him from Utah even if they're willing to
sell lower since he's sit in free agency like Grayson Allen and what like,
are you attaching to it? It's Marjon bow Champ enough to get you,
Jordan Clarkson, That's something you could consider, and can Utah can? They're
very quick quote quo where it's oh, like maybe you guys can take on
Rudy Gay or maybe your Milwaukee trying to get rid of George Hill. But
I think Mike Bootenholzer is probably just in love with George Hill, So the
framework is probably Grayson Allen and Marjehan Bouchamp would be like the most realistic offer.
I don't. I would be curious to see what Utah's response is.
My guests would be they'd want a little bit more, and that Jordan Clarkson's
too important the culture, but he would be a great fit in Milwaukee,
and there's clearly something wrong with Milwaukee's offense right now. Minnesota, this is
a tough one. Gary Trench Junior, Josh Richards, and Kelly Ubery Junior.
I'm out on Kelly Uberdy Junior. I think Hill Hill shoot threes,
but Minnesota needs guys who are gonna make them in a higher clip. I
also don't know getting to his salary. It's so mid ends. You're just
at a point where it's at a bigger trade where you're treating Charlotte Delo getting
rid of his money like you're not moving. I wouldn't move Kyle Anderson for
him or Torrian Prince. And now you start to run out of money really
quickly. It's like your highest paid players are Rudy Gobert Karl Anthony Town's De'angelo
Russell, Anthony Edwards. In that order, those are your top four.
Your fifth highest paid player is Kyle Anderson at eight point eight, Your sixth
highest paid player is Tory and Prince at seven point three, and then after
that, nobody makes more than two point three million dollars. So I don't
even know if you're the Timberwolves, how you even get Dosh Chritchinson. I
think that would be I don't want to say great because his three point volume
isn't necessarily enough, But I don't even know how you get to the money.
Like they only have the trade exception for four point four million. That's
not going to get it done. These are all nice targets Gary Trent Junior
as well, but like you're gonna have to give up someone to match these
salaries, and it's actually really tough for Minnesota do that unless they're doing it
as part of a larger deal where they're moving a bigger salary like a DiAngelo
Russell. And I don't think any of the players I just named are players
you do that for the Pelicans. Mo Bamba love it, Doug McDermott interesting,
Norland's Noel I'm out on no. Well, I just look the Pelicans.
Pelicans fans have been in our comments saying that like, no, you
wouldn't add value to youants Pound Shoutnis to get a Miles Turner. And I'm
not trying to be like the I know better than you national podcaster because I
don't like I'm not one of those podcasters. But if you're not just objectively,
even if you think you oanness valid, Hunis can close games. If
you're not gonna have him close games against Walker Kessler and the Jazz, what
are we doing? Just what are we doing? You should look to improve
the center spots where no, maybe you're still closing with Nance and Zion,
that's fine, but then at least diverse fight at the point where that's not
your only option. Mobamba gives you that. Turner would certainly give you that.
I like Doug McDermott first three point volume and cutting on this team,
which is something that they could definitely use. Do they want to take on
his number for next year? Maybe san Antonio would do DeVante Graham for Doug
McDermott straight up, since they both have money on the books for next season.
That would be low key instring Noel though, it's just like I guess,
he's very active, he's great hands, and he can be a good
rim protector when he's healthy. The space thing, though, it gets a
little weird, and if you're worried about like the Jonis Zion fit on offense
is fine, the defensive fit is if he maybe on defense, Noel and
Zion are fine, but the offense wouldn't be great. He could Zion could
run pick and roll with him, I suppose, but they're gonna want to
occupy a lot in the same space just around the basket. That would be
something to monitor if you can get him for like if the Pistons are willing
to take on DeVante Graham's deal because Graham next season is owed twelve point twelve
point one million dollars guarantee, and then Noel is coming off your books because
it's a team option. That's something the Pelicans could definitely look at. So
I don't mind all of these targets. And maybe, like Detroit wants to
see what Jackson Hayes is, you can include him in that deal as well.
But I kind of like all these I'd like to see Myles Turner there
though, like there's I think we've seen that Miles Turner could really help this
team, and it's someone that they might actually close with the Knicks. Kuzma,
Ubrid Junior, Robert Covington ZB, I love you, We're gonna say
no. And Kelly Bridge Jr. I'm sorry. I can't. I can't
put him on my Knicks. I just I can't do it. I don't
think he's really equipped to play the three. He's on ball defense might be
okay, but he can get really unattentive away from the balls. Three point
shooting isn't good enough. Robert Covington's interesting if the Knicks would play small,
which they don't, and then I'm not trading for Kyle Kuzma or Robert Covington
or even do a break for that matter, unless I'm also getting rid of
Julius Randall just to open up the four rotation. Right now, Tims wants
to play. He's more likely to go with Jericho Sims and Isaiah Hartenstein in
the front court now than he is of dusting off Cam Reddish with Obie topping
out, and so he wants to play with a actual big someone at center,
and I think that that might be coming to his best position at this
point, so you need to take Julius Random out of his chamber. Otherwise
you have Kuzma playing at the three, and I just don't think that's a
good a good setup. I don't really even know if I'm the Knicks being
realistically ristic realistic, excuse me. Unless a star comes on the market,
I'm not really looking to acquire anyone player so much as I'm looking to acquire
more minutes for certain players. Where it's so if we can get off Evan
Fournier's money, that helps open up things where again, I still would try
to get off Julius Randall's money. And if you're getting off Randall's money,
then yeah, Kuzma makes a good amount of sense there, So that would
be interesting if you're moving Julius Randall's part of it, and maybe the Wizards
would be rebuilding or think Randall's like the third star and they'd prefer to pay
him over Kuzma is going to be free agent. I don't know. The
thunder Cam Reddish, yes, just give them all the wing projects James Wiseman
and Patrick Baldwin Junior and Patrick Bowen Junior is a good one. He's had
some frisky minutes there for Golden State. Wiseman being sent to okay See when
chet Homegren's there, they could probably play together once Homegrin is healthy. I
don't know that I would want to necessarily invest the equity and Wiseman, but
perhaps you view him as having just the you know, he is such just
this athletic specimen that you want to take the flyer. Homegren's not playing all
next year anyway, and he might need to be ease back. Are you
worried about his health long term? And they're still in your good player or
young player accumulation mode? I could see it. I guess. I just
question what Okaysee's giving up for Wiseman, Like, are you getting I don't
know. Is it Baseley and it's ken Ridge Williams Like would they even give
that up? Is that something that they would do? I don't I just
don't know what that package looks like because they're not moving. They wouldn't move
Ludorf for that, or say or chet Homegrin or Josh Giddy or Rushman Jang
and I just named their five highest paid players and they're sixth highest paid players.
John Williams so they also wouldn't trade for James Wiseman, their seventh highest
paid players Darius Baisley. Okay, maybe he makes four point three million,
and so would have to be Baisley and Baisley and Kenrick Williams. Get you
there, that could be a trade that you would consider. I'm just I
thought not that. I thought. I'm pretty sure that Kendrick Williams in the
Thunder don't want to leave each other. You can go with the Wing project
in cam Reddish too. Again, what money are you sending out for that
though? Or then no magic Moses Moody, Sadik Bay draft picks, magic
or on fire right now? I would kind of like to see them improve
there. I know they have Hampton, I know that they have Cole Anthony,
they have my god, why can't I name Why can't I name?
Magic guards? They have jail and sucks, they have Mark el Foltz.
I would like to just see like more of a steadying hand at guard,
and like Moses Moody's not going to provide that on the ball. Draft picks
make sense. They already have some extra in their chamber the Bulls this year,
and then they have Denverse two thousand and twenty five pick. That's right.
I wouldn't give up any of those picks or their own pick by the
way, to get Sadik Bays, So it seems like it's gonna take for
him. And also I'd rather still see like chum Okk play than Sadique Bay
even though that's that's been quite the adventure this year. I don't really Michael
Moses Moody would make some kind of sense, like do the Warriors want Terrence
Ross or Gary Harris and a Moses Moody trade, So I don't hate that
one taking a flyer on him, but I'd rather see them go after a
guard like they would be a fun maybe if Fred van Fleet team, if
the Raptors make him available, if that's too high end, like could you
go with like do they need to enter the Jordan Clarkson sweepstakes? Maybe you
want more of a playmak or even though Clarkson's passing has been better this year,
because they get Monte Morris just from Washington. If Washington turns, you
know, decides to do an about face and rebuild or just throw away this
season. Morris not had the best year, but he is a still pretty
good game manager Philly. They are a hard captain. It's tough. Gary
Harris, Jay Crowder, Eric Gordon. I like Gary Harris for them.
Jay Crowder would be fine. I don't know that I love him for them,
but to replace some of the PJ. Tucker minutes with someone who might
actually shoot you also then play really not really small, but you could play
Tucker and Crowder in the front court when Embiad is sitting. You could look
at that Philly salary match is awfully tough here though, because you know in
Biad hard and you're not trading. I don't think you're Maybe you would trade
Tucker for Crowder at this point, I don't think they would. And who
wants the final two years of that contract and you're not gonna trade Melton.
You do have cork Mos at five million and table at four point four,
so there are things you could do. Daniel House if you're not don't view
him his untouchable Yang at three point five. So yeah, there's numbers you
could get to. There's also Jaden Springer or some team wants to view him
as sort of this project. The target that feels least most likely then,
though, would be like Okay, I guess Gary Harris, but like,
what are you giving the magic to make that worth their while? Houston,
maybe you could tell them on taking on Tobias Harris's money and like you're have
to include a whole bunch of stuff there, Like that gets super weird to
get to a nineteen million dollar number. So I don't know. I guess
Harris would be the most realistic of these three. I just don't know what
you're I know what you could send out, I just don't know why what
are you attaching to make it worth or Landell's wild They want to look at
James Bringer, and so you go with Jaden's Springer and for that doesn't even
get you the money, and so that's really tough sledding for Philly. But
I do like the fits of basically all these guys. My favorite fit might
actually be Gary Harris for them, it could now it's probably Eric Gordon.
No, No, let's just get back to twenty eighteen Rockets, The Phoenix
Suns, John Collins, Kyle kuz Met, Eric Gordon Love Love Love Collins
might be like the least interesting to me, just because I don't know what
it cost to get him and he could play with DeAndre Ayton. Are you
closing with that him over Cam Johnson. I would be interested to see him
playing the backup five here, but like DeAndre doesn't necessarily let you be the
five on offense, he would have to be the five on offense. I
think Collins as best suited as being the five on offense, So I wouldn't
mind seeing him out of Phoenix if the cost is right there and Atlanta really
wants Jay Crowder. Kyle Kuzman makes I think a lot more sense as someone
who can diversify your package on both ends of the floor. He's been pretty
good as a helper, I think defensively in Washington and then also just on
offense, where he's done a lot of on ball work but can work off
the ball as well. Gives you sort of a safety net if CP three
goes down or is play. It's like kind of perking up on offense,
but it continues to creator and just having him and then Devin Booker, Mchal
Bridges and DeAndre and gives you a whole lot of bodies to cover up for
teams that are going to really seem like they're trying to capitalize on CB three
getting old where it's like they're really going after him now and attacking that mismatch.
And I've been Eric Gordon, the Phoenix advocate for forever. He would
still give a lot of rim pressure relative to the rest of their perimeter guys,
and you can get to his number with Charge and Jay Crowder. So
is there seconds in there? Would you give up your first maybe just protect
it like top twenty top twenty two or whatever. And you probably have to
rally a different team in there, just because why. I just Houston want
Jay Crowder and those two are expiring contracts. I know Houston shouldn't be interested
in Charge, they should be interested in the equity coming back Portland Trailblazers,
O g and and Obi again for Portland great for so many teams. I
don't think Portland has the pick equity to get him. Maybe you consider trading
Shayden Sharpe to get him. Would actually get Toronto a bite. I don't
know. Cam Reddish feels definitely more realistic to get some wing help. You
could just send out a salary and maybe a second. At this point,
perhaps you have to wait until the trade deadline because the Knicks are really trying
to wait out and see what their other plans are, So like you could
send out Justice's Winslow for him, So yeah, like that would be fine
to take a flyer on him, but you could also, I like the
final one here in mo Bamba. I like that, like to sort of
deepen your five rotation. You don't have to play small as much. I
don't know what it costs to get him since he's playing so well, but
you do have the like the smaller salaries to get his number, do they
like Keyan Johnson and Orlando? So you could use him as sort of just
like the asset buffer there. And my question though is for Portland, it's,
well, what's the matching salary that goes out here? Because it would
have to be Winslow at four point one and then Keian Johnson at two point
seven. That doesn't even get you to a Mobamba salary, I don't think,
because Mobamba is making ten point three and so it's like it's it's close,
So all right, does that work? Does that something Alanna want to
do or you're attaching seconds to that? But I do like the idea of
Mobamba. But my point was Phoenix is working with some constraints when it's not
this super big trade because Lillard Simons, those are guys you're presumably not trading
Jeremy Grant at twenty one million, certainly not trading for I guess if you
were getting og but probably like I don't know, so like if those players
aren't going out a deal, you have use of Nurkicch at fifteen point six.
Josh Hart is a name that would get you a lot of different salary
matching tools. You would really have to believe that you're not keeping him beyond
this season. And there's GARYT. Payton the second at a point three million,
And so maybe I'm just underestimating the willingness for Pointing to move some of
these guys. I'm just thinking, oh, they wouldn't trade Josh Hard or
even GARYT. Peyton in the second. But maybe I'm just maybe I'm wrong
there. I'm thinking in a trade along the lines of the ones are mentioning
here. Next up is the Sacramento Kings, Pascal siakam O, Giannaobi Kyle
Kho's I love it shoot shoot for the stars. Here. The Kings,
like ZB notes, are objectively fun. They've gotten a little bit better defensively.
Siakam would be perfect, and I think he's more gettable personally than o
Giana Nooby because I think if Toronto starts over, you're looking at moving Fred
van Fleet and Siakam and then basically everyone else but Coloko Anenobi and Scotty Barnes.
So that feels like semi realistic. Kyle Kuzma also like him too.
He's probably still Harrison Barnes has gotten better, but he's probably still an upgrade
there. He also just gives you the ability to play different lineup packages.
He could play with Barnes and Keegan Murray and like those three could play together
at the same time if you really want to. I just don't know.
Because the Kings gave up that first round pick for Kevin Herder and it's protected
until Kingdom come. They would have to trade conditional first out in the future
to get this done, and that's not again impossible. But if you're a
team, you have to believe that the pick they owe to the Atlanta Hawks
this year is going to convey. Otherwise you're just going to be waiting and
waiting for that pick protection, and so you need to believe that they're twenty
twenty. They're twenty twenty four first to Atlanta and it's lottery protected, so
that gets Dicey the first first round pick. They could theoretically promise the team
is in twenty twenty eight, but if you go conditional, you can go
twenty twenty six. What else are you attaching here? Davion Mitchell does not
have a ton of cachet on the trade market right now. Same for Rashaun
Holmes. Are you willing to look at moving Keegan Murray already? Like?
Is that to use that as a not Kyle Kuzma bait? But for Pascal
Siakam, Hell, yes you do it? Is that plus distant first round
picks plus salary filler? I guess you're training Harrison Barnes. Let's say Keegan
Murray and then picks, Like, does that get it done? In fear
there might have to be more money added, but does that get You could
go with Rashaun Holmes too to make money work? Like does that get it
done for Siakam? If Toronto decides to sell, if they're all twenty six
and twenty eight first round picks, let's just say the Kings can do this.
So I'm not even sure if they can. But two first, Keegan
Murray Barnes for Pascal Siakam, and you could throw a home in there if
if we need to make the money work, are they like is that enough?
I think that you would probably get more for Pascal Siakam. I'd love
for them to land him, though. It's harder to get Kuzma because like
you can't promise an iminute first round pick, which is what I think Washington
would cove it. And I don't think you're giving up you. I wouldn't
give up Keegan Murray for him, Kea Murray's cost controls, and Kuzma is
about to become a free agent. All the targets here makes sense, though,
and OG just seems out of reach. I don't think Toronto's gonna move
from the Spurs draft picks Patrick Williams Jaden Springer. I thought maybe Kobe White
would be for the Spurs, Like, let's take a flyer on a ball
handler could initiate offense. I wouldn't mind that for San Antonio. Patrick Williams,
Hell, yeah, what are you sending in Chicago though? That they
are going to give you Patrick Williams back, Like are you at the point
where Chicago will take back they're twenty twenty five pick and they want Josh Richardson
and that gets you Patrick Williams like, and then maybe there's other stuff involved.
There is there anything else you could do? A deal you could take
on to grease the wheels from Chicago because san Antonio so much cap space,
and that would look like, what, like, what is the deal that
you don't love? If you're Chicago, there's really no if you liked the
Rosen and Lavine, there's no bad money on this team, or you willing
like if the Spurs say, oh, we'll take on Lonzo Ball, Okay,
sure he has the two years after this one and guaranteed at like forty
two million. But Lonzo Ball is really good when he's healthy. So and
did it with that was Caruso And so it's I'm just I don't know how
the Bulls like what they're getting back from San Antonio that would get like make
them want to have Patrick Williams. I suppose what they could do is if
san Antonio is looking to consolidate a little bit, like do they give up?
They're not going to give up a Hawks pick you offer you offer the
bulls pick, Like, this is the trade you offer, the bulls pick
you offer. I would assume Josh Richardson because he makes so much sense in
Chicago, and then what like Zach Collins. Uh, Like, I just
I don't know they have that that fake Charlotte first. So there are things
they could do. But if you can get Patrick Williams, hell, yeah,
like let's just let's see that in action. So yes, and then
if not, you could go like super Blow, m Jay and Springer.
Maybe this doesn't feel like a cam Reddish team, but but maybe they could
be the Toronto Raptors. Miles Turner, Yacca Peartle, Jordan Clarkson, Miles
Turner, sure, where do you? I guess you could move Trent and
stuff to get him. Yacca Pearto has been linked to the Raptors for forever,
and I guess he would really help them too. You have to believe
he's gonna play better and be healthier than he's been in San Antonio this year.
Clarkson theory helps their half court offense, but runs counter to the team
that they've built where everyone needs to be between six seven and six nine.
It's at Fred van Fleet and Christian Coloquo. So I get it. I
just I'm wondering if this team is willing to buy, they have the assets
to do it. I would love Eric Gordon here would be a really another
good name to look at. I also thought like, is I know we
just signed an extension so it's hard to move, Like is Keldon Johnson untouchable
right now? My guess would be yes. But with the emergence of Devin
Vassell and the team like still kind of headed in the weirdo whatever direction,
like he would be a good fit in Toronto to give some rim pressure in
the half court. Maybe you want someone with more laterality. So Keldon Johnson
Toronto is not. I was just that was a Kelton Johnson using in general,
I just what is it costing you for Turner? You have the Trent
money, and then what picks are you able to do it with even smaller
salaries to where? Because I think that Trent's skill set, even though he
can be in the doghouse in Toronto, like, it's important to what Toronto
is doing. And so you're looking at like are you using Chris Bouchet's money
or Daddy is Young's money. Ken Birch and then including first round picks,
and maybe you're taking Yo selling Indie Indian the injured pressures to Chua and what
he did last year and he has the one cost control year left. I
just I think this seems going to be hesitant to do any like real buys
and probably would have even if they were pretty good. And I just feel
like it's more likely that they sell at this point. But if they're going
to buy, it needs to be. It's just sort of a half court
initiator who also doesn't like shrink their spacing and those you know, those are
players that a lot of team wants want and they're just not going to be
available in heavy supply. Also just question or are they willing to deviate from
their archetype, Like yeah, okay, if Jordan Carkson's available and you can
get them, like what do you like, are you willing to get someone
that small? Or like if you can get a manual quickly from the Knicks,
not necessarily a half court guy, but it gives you some real distant
shooting and doesn't compromise your defense too much. Could you swap like bad contracts
with not bad but like money you don't want with New Orleans for DeVante Graham,
But are you willing to go for a player as small as DeVante Graham
there? And so if you're willing to deviate from like the model that they're
in in Toronto, there are certainly somethings you could do. And maybe it's
not a buy like Superby or a sell. It's just something that would be
a middle ground type of player, and like someone who springs to mind,
like a middle ground where it's like you're not really giving up a ton of
equity for them, but maybe it's still sort of works. I guess that's
not really like is that player even out there? Like could you get carros
Lavert out of Cleveland and used to kind of Gary Trent for carros Lavert?
And something else like maybe you take the flyer on Isaac Lakorro? Is that
too low for Trent? I mean, perhaps it's certainly possible, like they
would want more for him. You could go after Terry ros Year, but
I wouldn't want his money on the books if I'm Toronto, just to bring
him off the bench. And you're thinking about paying Fred van Fleet, siakam
Aji Nooby and Anoby excuse me. Downline Bogs mcdonovitch would be kind of perfect
for the Raptors if the Hawks were we're looking to sell. But yeah,
so Toronto is tough to figure out. I think my favorite one of these
would probably actually be Jordan Clarkson. But yeah, the Jazz, who are
all of a sudden buyers. They'll probably do something in the middle ground though
where they or they'll sell. I don't think they'll go. Collins would be
fun there too. I don't think they'll go the John Collins route or flat
out by, but maybe they'll do something in the middle of Peyton Pritchard might
be that type of guy. That being said, like you have Colin Sexton,
you have Jordan Clarkson, you have Mike Conley right now, you have
Nikki Alexander Walker, like he's had some nice minutes for them. Jackson Hayes
would be fun because he doesn't help. He spaced the floor and they like
to play five out. You're already getting away playing Kessler h Walker, Kessler,
excuse me, and like you know you can excuse me. You can
then play like not you could flip their minutes and Jacksons gives you a lot
of like perimeter defense, not the great his rim protector, and just some
raw athleticism for certain lineups. And like with Kelly Olynk, headed towards free
agency, you don't know how much longer he's gonna be around. That could
be a fun just sort of like second draft guy. And then Nikola Yovich
just like yeah, let's hey, let's just lean into this like sort of
front court model or whatever. And I think if you're getting him, you're
probably also targeting Heat picks, because if you're getting Yovich, I'm assuming like
you're sending out someone the Heat want. Is it Mike Conley? Is it
again? I don't know if you send them Kelly Olynik like that reunion,
that's not getting you Yovich. I don't think Malik Beasley. Is he too
small though, But like if it's a Beasley trade, like he's someone who
could probably help the Heat. Are you having to take on Duncan Robinson in
that deal? Though? It would be something that you really need to consider.
If I'm Miami, I would love lowry marketing, but you're gonna need
like two first round picks for that at minimum. I don't think Miami would
want Jordan Clarkson. With hero Butler and Lowry there. But if you are
getting excuse me, if you are getting Yovich, like if they're not giving
you that for Nikkila, Alexander Walker, maybe Jared Vanderbilt, but like,
are they can that he doesn't really space the floor at all? So that
could that could definitely be something to look at. The final team, The
Washington Wizard's toughest hell to figure out. Oh my god, zib derosing Collins
and Carus So, I don't you gotta explain the de Rosin thing for me?
If you run him a point guard? I guess I get it,
But I think they need someone who's going to give you even more of a
change of cadence than that, Like you have the game manager type in,
you have that in Monte Morris, Wizard trends. I'm not gonna happen with
him, I get it. I don't even know what de Rosin trade looks
like for this team. I think it's pretty I guess you go with Kuzma
and Barton is like the money you get there is Chicago doing that? Like
what does that do for Chicago? Maybe they get you Collins from Atlanta at
this point because those those salaries come off the books. Kuzma is probably more
used to being like the four wing type that doesn't need to be used as
a screen center as often as Collins would prefer. So that makes sense.
That would end Would I do that? If I'm Washington, I'm really high
on Kuzma right now. But Collins is under contract. He can play with
KP. And that's a situation where if KP you stagger the minutes of KP's
okay spotting up, then you can use Collins as the screener. Or you
could, like if you want KP to handle the ball and try and get
him to run some dual big pick and roll as, you could do that.
I don't hate it. Cruso makes a lot of sense just from a
defensive perspective. But if you're unless you're giving up Denny Avdia, which if
the bulls are giving up Caruso, maybe they are taking on something like the
Avdia or Hachimura just because of their or are they getting like are they flipping
out? I don't know if Caruso Kuzma is a good trade for either side,
to be honest, but Cruso doesn't shoot, then they obd is afraid
to shoot, so that's something you would need to factor in. Caruso would
be interesting there though. I like Collins the most out of list and the
Juros, and I'm just not sure what the framework looks like. And the
Wizards, you know, you have to factor in there, like they're sort
of in the King's dilemma. They have the twenty twenty three first oh to
the Knicks, but it's lottery protected. Then it's top twelve protected in twenty
and twenty four, Top ten and twenty five, Top eight, and twenty
six. So theoretically the soonest they can promise a first round pick because you
need to skip a year or two, they can trade a conditional first round
pick, but are do you trust that the Wizards are gonna convey this year's
pick to the Knicks when it's a lottery protected No, you absolutely don't.
And so to get DeRozan for that, I thought Atlanta would want at least
like some kind of a first for Collins. You do have. Again,
Denny Avia could be involved in a trade. Would I give him up for
Collins? Probably not. I'm super high on Danny Avia, and if just
based off what we've heard about Collins's value, would you give up a Kissberg
or a Davis plus salary like to sort of make that work again, you
might just need Kuzma and Pardon to get Collins their way to get Collins without
giving up Kuzma. Probably not unless Atlanta is looking for strictly cap relief in
Barton, and then you could go with if they actually wanted young players,
like if you could keep Kuzma over Avdia and you were gonna resign Kuzma.
Do you think a lot of people around the league, based off what I've
read and heard, are going to want or believe excuse me, that Kuzma
is leaving anyway? So if you're feeling that way, then yeah, absolutely
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