Clippers trying to get rid of Blake,offered to Nugs? (ESPN Rumor)

[Celtics4ever]

If Lance is included in the deal, I include all BKN picks, Crowder, IT, etc. You'd have to be an idiot not to.

Want a championship? Cool, make a move for Blake. Want a dynasty? Find a way to help Lance call Boston home.

Very Funny LOL

[smiggity]

BOS/LAC/ATL

Boston receives: Blake Griffin

LAC receives: Horford; Korver; Sefalosha; 2017 BKN 1st round pick (via swap)/2018 BKN 1st round pick (LAC's choice)

ATL receives: Lee (expiring); Olynyk/Sullinger (ATL's choice); Rozier/Hunter/Young (ATL's choice); BOS 2016 1st round pick (projected 23); DAL 2016 2016 first round pick (projected 19); Memphis future 1st round pick (w/ the original protections)

Why?

ATL starts the rebuild with 2 young players and 3 1st rounders. All for a guy who will probably otherwise leave this summer for nothing anyway.

LAC improves their chances of advancing in the 2016 playoffs IMO. Sefalosha and Korver shore up their problems on the wing. Horford can play with DeAndre and can play C for them at the end of games when the hack-a-Deandre becomes a problem. They also get a great asset in the BKN pick that can be used this summer to add another big piece or otherwise be used as a start to the next generation Clippers team.

Boston obtains its #1 superstar while keeping its current core intact and retaining the BKN 2016 1st round pick.

[MBunge]

Blake is not getting traded until this offseason at most.  If the Clips get knocked out in the first or second round, however, and the Nets pick winds up top 5, that's when Blake-to-Boston becomes a real possibility.

Mike

[rondohondo]

But the Griffin noise is real. He’s no longer untouchable. The Clips are listening, even right now, and they’ve rarely listened before. If they get wind over the next four days that they’re out of the Durant sweepstakes, they could accelerate the Griffin trade timetable. It’d take a monster offer to pry him away before the draft, but the ground is trembling (As I’ve written before, Rivers needs to think very hard about whether trading Griffin is a good idea).
– via ESPN.com

[Evantime34]

But the Griffin noise is real. He’s no longer untouchable. The Clips are listening, even right now, and they’ve rarely listened before. If they get wind over the next four days that they’re out of the Durant sweepstakes, they could accelerate the Griffin trade timetable. It’d take a monster offer to pry him away before the draft, but the ground is trembling (As I’ve written before, Rivers needs to think very hard about whether trading Griffin is a good idea).
– via ESPN.com

I think we are going to go hard after Griffin and Love in the offseason/on draft night.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

I honestly think the Nuggets don't want Gallinari or Faried. I don't think they are viewed as part of the future, but they need solid veteran players to help the development of their young bigs and Mudiay.

It's obvious that Griffin does not fit their timeline either.

Ainge is talking to both teams about this. He has to be. This is exactly the situation that we have been waiting for.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=h9c35ta

To Clippers: Gallinari, Faried, Bradley
To Nuggets: Sullinger, Jerebko Young, Lee, 2016 Dallas Pick, 2016 Celtics pick, 2016 Minny pick (probable second rounders)
To Celtics: Griffin, Stephenson

How do the Clippers say no to that haul? They are a better team in that trade.

Gallinari and Faried are good players, but Jokic, Nurkic, King Jeffrey, Harris, and Mudiay are the core of that roster. They just need players around them so that they can develop without too much pressure. Sullinger and Jerebko take some pressure off of their big guys. I originally had Bradley going to them too, but they really like Harris and Foye is kinda' the pressure valve at that position right now. Barton's scoring on the wing largely frees them to trade Gallo too.

I don't love Stephenson, but he is a player option that is similar to Johnson's contract. By my count, we would stiil have close to enough to offer a max (or close to it) if we renounced Stephenson, Amir, Turner, and Zeller. We would still be in the mix for Horford, Durant, Batum, Parsons, Barnes, Beal, and Ezeli, probably focusing on getting Durant and then Batum to fill in on the wing. 

And I think the Clippers do not care about picks. Rivers does not want to develop rookies. Paul can't wait until he is 35 for rookies to get better. On the flip side, the Nuggets probably can't expect a Brooklyn pick for Gallo and Faried. Even if they did want one, I would be more than willing to send them 2018 Brooklyn pick instead of the Dallas pick this year.

[kozlodoev]

If they didn't want Faried, he'd be in Golden State right now.