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Wow denver trade a probably top 14 pick..ugh
Quote from: Birdman on February 12, 2017, 01:50:20 PMWow denver trade a probably top 14 pick..ughIt's Memphis' first-rounder, not Denver's own. Pick is probably in the early 20s. Still, didn't realize just how old all the Plumlees are until doing a little research on this trade.
They got Nurkic PLUS a 2017 1st? Is there some weird protection on that 2017 first or something? I mean , Plumlee is not that great of an asset, I would think getting Nurkic alone or the 2017 1st alone for him is a steal. From the Celtics perspective, I would have tried to trade for that 2017 1st.
Two teams in the same division who've been neck and neck for the #8 seed all year, will be interesting to see if one of them can break out a little after this.
Very good trade for Portland. They weren't going to pay Plumlee in the offseason and they get Nurkic cheap for another year. Getting a 1st in this strong draft (currently 21st) is a bit of a shocker. They've got 3 1sts now so they can make some moves. Maybe they have another trade planned now or maybe they move up a bit on draft night. Denver gave up a 1st to get a chance to overpay for Plumlee or possibly lose him as a half year rental.
Portland improves. Not sure what Denver really gets out of this?
One less big the C's could go for, but I see why we wouldn't want to dump an asset into this when Zizic is looking like a carbon copy of Nurkic who's two years younger.
Quote from: 2short on February 12, 2017, 02:29:45 PMPortland improves. Not sure what Denver really gets out of this?Plumlee plays a more similar game to Jokic than Nurkic does, so you can run a lot of the same stuff with Plumlee backing up Jokic instead of needing a whole different system for an offense featuring Nurkic in the middle. I think it's a lot to pay for Plumlee, but I at least get it.
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