[The Otto Porter Movement] First it was just an afterthought, then came the movement, and now....

damnit. overlooked that aspect.

 

no way can we give up EG AND BK for a forward.

 

Yeah, Gordon would be available for Beal, not for Porter.

 

Yeah it ain't a good value. But I'd rather have OPJ at 26 than Hayward at 31. Looking at the wings that are out there, he is probably the best trade target.

Otherwise we should just hope for a Wes Matthews or DeMarre Carroll buyout.

I don't see any other reasonable way for us to upgrade on the wing (preferably at the 3).

 

You don't "give up" Brandon Knight; you "get rid of" Brandon Knight.

 

I have this framed and hanging above my bed. No more impotency issues.

 

the man hasnt even played yet. no reason to "get rid of" someone who hasnt proven he needs to be booted

 

Just take it right to the basket.

66.9% of the time it works..........all the time.

 

Obligatory:
Melo + 4 first round picks

 

Wizards seeking cap release cavs seeking picks
Porter korver to rockets
Rivers, Knight Chriss nene 2rockets picks
to cavs
JR Gordon to wizards

MELO NEEDS 1 first to dump if harden and Paul against waiver

 

We need to find a way to send Chriss and Melo to Washington too, would love to see: Wall, Dwight, Morris, Melo, Rivers, Chriss, JR all in the same team.

 

It's creative for sure. I just wasn't sure Cleveland would be game for a relatively late first round pick and a 2nd round pick. I mean, absolutely better than nothing. But as you noted, the Smith and Korver contracts are unique. And I don't believe have to be moved even at the trade deadline. The guarantee date is 7/7/19 for Korver. 6/30/19 for JR Smith.

But then I googled and read:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...s-lakers-76ers-bucks-thunder-interested-in-sg

Which I guess makes sense. On its face, you wouldn't give a 1st round pick for Kyle Korver. But for the Rockets in this deal it'd absolutely make sense.

Good work!

DM is not trading Eric Gordon in a deal that basically gets you Otto Porter (Korver is a 15 mpg guy that might hit a three or two, he's no EG).

Nor should he. That'd be 1 step forward, 2 steps back kind of thing.

 

Is Tilman really gonna co-sign paying a role player the 26 mil he’s owed this year and the 27 and 28 mil he’s due after this season?

 

This is a tough one because OP Jr is a good player who is clearly overpaid - the question is if the Wizards have to pay to get Porter's contract off their books(Scenario A) or if trade teams are being expected to offer up value to get the talent of Porter(Scenario B). For Scenario A, Knight's expiring + contract filler seems like an obvious thing - I would say sending Ennis in a trade like that isn't necessarily a given because if the Wiz are trading Porter they are almost certainly going to try to resign Oubre to play that same role. The problem with that scenario is Porter makes so much that you would have to trade several players to get in the ballpark and I don't think the Wiz roster can take that many extra players - we are talking Knight, Nene, Chriss, and Qui all for Porter. Even if we could make that work, that sends a lot of our big 'depth' out the door in addition to a little of our PG depth. It would clearly make us a better team but that is the rub - if you have Harden and Paul making the max, Capella making $15mil, Ego making $13mil, and Tucker making 8mil and you add Porter making $26 mil, the rest of your roster becomes entirely dependent on ring chasers signing for the minimum(anyone remember Melo?) or finding guys like Hartenstein and Clark.

..Scenario B is a lot more murky because it depends on the direction the Wizards are trying to go which we don't know(win now, rebuild, both) but you would think cap relief, picks and/or EGO would be on the table in that scenario.....or Scenario C - some combination of the above.

...but honestly all of this is pure speculation if this recent picture of Ernie Grunfeld is accurate:

 

I don't really care much either way as long as it doesn't include EG.

36 year old Korver struggled against GSW. 37 year old Korver was basically non-existent against GSW (1-16 from three in that sweep). 38 year old Korver isn't super useful anymore.

His contract is unique though and would be another nice asset.