Real Goals or Inflating Assets Ersatz Bball for the Trade Deadline

deserves its own ersatz thread

 

The only thing that makes it worth it imo would be we have KPJ who could take Dipo's minutes and Nwaba-Tate combo who could take PJs minutes. So you get "worse" but those guys have proven they can play and get more time. And you may be able to snag a really nice piece as well so that could help, maybe a Precious.

 

How many ways can we slightly change a title to make another thread about the same stuff?

 

@heypartner

 

If there few games over .500 come deadline they will keep calm Maybe, But i bet they peek at the schedule first even if. But if there still .500 or below based on schedule or not, there going to pull the plug. Your just hindering your future team, and not building properly around wood and future incoming.

I wonder if they trade deadline will expire before or after your can see the next half of the schedule? Just curious.

 

I think a S&T is a very likely outcome for either Tucker or Oladipo.

The teams they have their sights set on won't have cap space in the offseason .... they aren't taking the minimum , how else do they get to the team of their choosing ?

Tucker might take MLE money but they could use that MLE on someone else and done a S&T for Tucker instead. It's not going to cost a whole hell of a lot asset wise to acquire Tucker that way.

Oladipo reportedly wants to go to Miami .... but they'll be over the cap & he's not taking MLE money. Looking at the numbers , it appears that all but a few lottery bound teams will be operating above the cap next year. I don't see an option where he gets paid even his current $21m and it isn't a S&T , other than staying here and I don't see that as very likely.

 

Neither Tucker nor Oladipo have been that special this year. I don't think trading them will change our year significantly.

The real test will be if they look into trading Eric Gordon. He's been a huge key to us winning games but he's also having a bounce back year at 32. You could argue he's having his best year right now, is it time to trade high?

 

I don't really mind if we get rid of veterans like Tucker, Dipo, and Gordon (or even Wall, which is close to impossible) and let the young guys play it out. We aren't winning the championship this year anyway. Just play the young guys and maybe one or two of them become another Christian Wood and we'll have values again.