Let's say Memphis is having a fire sale in the 2016 offseason. Who would you want to trade for, and what would you be willing to give up??Let's be real, Memphis is not going to win a champion as currently constructed.
Since Memphis owes it's 2016 1st round pick to Denver (protected selections 1-5 & 1-30), so they'd be wise to give it one last hoorah this year.
I'd suggest trading for Kevin Martin & Mario Chalmers to bolster their offense. After the season is over, it's time to get down to business!
I haven't put together a well thought out proposal, but here's a general idea of what I'd be looking for:TO BOS: M. Gasol, Z-Bo, Tony Allen
TO MEM: Rozier, Young, Jerebko, Olynyk, Zeller sign & trade, 2016 Brooklyn pick, BOS 2016 1st, 2018 MEM 1st round pick (allows Memphis to suck in 2018 and keep their pick), 2018 BOS 1st round pick (lottery protected), two future 2nd round picks. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A few thoughts:
- I believe we'd have enough cap space in 2016 to take back all of Gasol's salary without sending much back.
- Notice I didn't include Mickey or Hunter because I'm greedy and would like to keep them.
- I also think we'd easily be able to recruit Mike Conley to come here as a free agent since we traded for his teammates. Would we have enough cap space left to ink him to a new deal?
- If not and worst comes to worst, we can include Amir Johnson in my proposed deal, then use some of the cap space to sign Conley. If we include Amir, I'd want to keep Zeller...
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Depth chart for the 2016-2017 season: Conley/IT4
Smart/Bradley/Hunter
Crowder/Allen
Z-Bo/Sully/Mickey
Gasol/Amir?/Zeller?
- That'd be our new 12 man rotation (either Zeller OR Amir included) !!!
- Regardless of what picks are included in the deal--I'm guessing we'd still have enough picks left in the 2016 draft (1st or 2nd round) to select a few rookies and get the roster to 15.
- Young/Youngish guys: Smart, Bradley, Crowder, Sully, IT4, Hunter, Mickey, & (Zeller?)
- Older guys: Z-Bo, Gasol, T. Allen, (Amir?)
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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST YOUR OWN PROPOSALS, (as mine was done with little thought put into which picks should be included).