Thoughts on this
1. I'm extremely skeptical of a report that on one hand says a deal is close and on the other indicates we won't give up a Brooklyn pick. I just don't believe we can get a deal done without a least one Brooklyn pick.
2. The idea of Rudy Gay as part of the deal makes me happy. If LAC adds Gay then I think there is a higher chance we can keep Crowder
3. I expect Bradley to be the best player we trade away, maybe I'm reading too much into the fact that he didn't come to the Durant or the Horford meeting.
4. The C's can create around $12.5 MM in cap space by sending Zizic and Yabu overseas, pulling Zeller's QO and waiving John Holland. I think this could play a factor in a deal.
5. People are sleeping on Blake. We haven't had anyone like him in transition in a long time. He's a plus rebounder which we need (his numbers have recently dipped due to playing with DeAndre). Griffin can handle the ball, create for others and is probably better than any player on the C's in the pick and roll since I've been alive. He's underrated on the defensive end becauseh e came into the league as a poor defender.
6. Here is a trade I think makes sense for everyone, I'm not sure which picks we would need to send where though
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=j2m953n
Agree with most everyhting here Evantime... a few additions/departures:
1. While LAC would love to get a BKN #1 -- their window is now (and their GM is in win-now mode) so I don't think it's inconceivable that they value quantity/quality of players coming back over "the future".
2. For SAC I think they'd be fine largely to just move on from Gay, but would be smart to clear "bad" contracts or redundant players off their books for the trouble of helping out. Though their front office isn't the most dynamic, so who knows.
Therefore I'm curious if something like this wouldn't satifsy all parties:
LAC IN: Rudy Gay, Avery Bradley, Jonas Jerebko, LAC 2019 #1, LAC 2017 #2
LAC OUT: Blake Griffin, Paul Pierce
Bradley might a bit redundant, but maybe LAC then moves JJ Reddick or flips Bradley for a backup big and a future #1; they shore up the SF spot, and add flexibility to go with more 3 guard (CP, JJ, AB) lineups with either a traditional big (Speights, Brice Johnson) at 4 or guys like Gay/Jerebko the 4 with DeAndre.SAC IN: Terry Rozier, Amir Johnson, James Young, RJ Hunter, BOS 2018 or 2019 #1
SAC OUT: Rudy Gay, Kosta Koufos, Ben McLemore
IMO LAC and SAC could swap out some combo of Bradley/Rozier/Amir/Jerebko. I think LAC would value getting a bench and SAC would like a good young PG (where they only have Collison) and clear out playing time for Afflalo and Richardson by dealing McLemore and get Koufos' redundant salary off their books.BOS IN: Griffin, Koufos, McLemore, Pierce
BOS OUT: Bradley, Amir, Rozier, Young, Hunter, BOS 2018 or 2019 #1, LAC 2019 #1, LAC 2017 #2
Other poss. pieces to include:
-- MIN 2017 #2
-- 2017 swap: This is just an idea... but PHI has the right to swap picks with SAC next year. We could propose that (say Top 2 protected) SAC has the right to swap with us AFTER PHI exercises thier right. The worst we'd end up with is PHI or SAC's pick... neither will be much worse than BKN's if we protect it top 2, but it's a little incentive for SAC. Maybe too big a gamble for us -- but better than moving the BKN pick altogether.
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