The East will be there for the taking. I've been all about rebuilding, but if LeBron goes out west, Boston needs to be the team to land DeAndre Jordan, pair him with Rondo, and trade for the best available Forward (Love or somebody else)
Indiana will still be around. Chicago may land Carmelo. Washington may still be good. Miami will be toast. The East would be there for someone to take.
Can we trade TPE and two picks (Their own 2015, plus one more) (plus Sullinger?) for Jordan (plus their 2014 pick if they are dumping salary?) ? If no Kevin Love, who is out there that can put this team over the top. I posted about Eric Gordon/Ryan Anderson earlier. I don't think Pelicans will want to pay them that much to be their 5th and 6th best players, but Anderson off the bench behind Davis/Asik is really good for them.
I think drafting Aaron Gordon and putting him with Jordan/Rondo would be really good, but you would have to surround them with shooters. I thought of Bogans/Faverani for Barnes/Dudley to help Clippers get more under the cap. Dudley has been deadly from 3 in recent years (.458, .415, .383, .391, .360) but he is going down every year. I talked about PJ Tucker with MLE. Plays Defense and shot .387 from 3.
We could have something like this after trading with Clippers:
Jordan Olynyk
AGordon Bass
Tucker Dudley Wallace
Bradley Barnes
Rondo Pressey
To be traded: Green, Anthony, 17th pick, future picks?
Would still need to trade Green and Anthony for something. Their salaries almost matchup perfect with Eric Gordon. Is he worth it? Straight up, no picks? or give them the 17th pick? They need a SF.
Take Capela with the 28th pick.
Jordan Olynyk Capela
AGordon Bass
Tucker Dudley Barnes Wallace
EGordon Bradley
Rondo Pressey
Instead of signing PJ Tucker to MLE, if we can get Dudley/Barnes and still have Wallace. We could keep Kris Hunphries at PF?
Jordan Olynyk Capela
AGordon Humphries Bass
Dudley Barnes Wallace
EGordon Bradley
Rondo Pressey