2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

Nikola Mirotic - any interest?

 

Read hes looking for 16-18mill/yr

 

Yeah. 16-18 mil? No thanks.

 

I say let's tackle on a bad contract this year and try to get another first, then we package up those two firsts(#28 being the other 1st) with Deng.

But like we discussed before Real, nothing to worry about everyone.. we can still make a trade for Butler and land Paul George with Deng and Moz still on the team but that means no Randle(who in this scenario, you can trade at the deadline if you wanted IF he's not a part of the future).

 

I agree trading Deng would give us the most wiggle room, but I just wanted to create a scenario where it's not an absolute necessity to move MozDeng in order to land Butler and George. Funny thing is in this scenario we still have the stretch option, AND moving the other out of MozDeng next summer(maybe one gets dealt this year, other next year).

 

FA wish list (W/ current roster)....

Not happening - Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Gordon Hayward

Big money two year deals, Team Option second year...

PG - Patty Mills, Shaun Livingston
SG - Dion Waiters
SF - Andre Iguodala
SF/PF - Rudy Gay
PF - James Johnson
PF/C - Chris Bosh (if cleared)
C - JaVale McGee

So yea, there's not much out there. Not a lot of talent available = Overpay on the horizon for some team. Let Rudy come here for a redemption tour honestly might be the best bet.

 

he's a big body who shoots 37% from three. his advanced stats aren't bad, and i think with ibaka signing for big bucks in toronto, they won't have the cash to pay him. he's not a sexy get, so i think he might be had for a lower dollar deal (in terms of total commitment). i'd suggest signing him to a 2-year deal at very big money, team option on second year (gotta leave wiggle room to sign george outright, for many reasons). maybe he bites on it?

then again, ryan anderson just got 4/80, so patterson's agent's going to be pointing at that kind of deal. still, i think he might find himself waiting for scraps after teams chase bigger names and exhaust space that way.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pattepa01.html

looks pretty damn consistent to me.

problem is that there's a lot of moving pieces. randle and nance are both pfs, exclusively. and if deng's reanimated corpse is still here, i think they'll try to move him to that spot full-time, too, per his wishes. thus, my patterson hopes probably hinge on other moves. like, if you have to give up randle for george, some minutes open up there.

in any case, it's probably not a midnight call. my interest in patterson is like my interest in marvin williams last year--seems like a good fit that can be had.

 

I would sacrifice JC or JR if it meant we could dump Deng

 

I'd keep jr over jc just based on his improving play and still has a high ceiling, while jc has a low ceiling. I say they need to focus on dumping deng with jc and #28 pick for an expiring contract.

 

I agree with you. There's really not much out there and nothing worth, IMO, giving out deals more than 1 year. I'd be fine with a Livingston >1 year deal, maybe the only exception.

When you are already tangled up in MozDeng you can't blow your cap space on guys like Teague, Hill, etc. nice role players since you won't have any room to add a PG if available. Really might be a stand still year and hope you can justify losing a lottery pick by bringing in PG in response.

 

I predict a lot of buyers remorse for franchises overpaying for mediocre talent.

The numbers are absurd.

 

Lakers one upped that by overpaying for complete and utter dumpster fires. All that Mitch did and he will go out with Loul s*** and Timofey Mosshat as his end of the line legacy. Jim Buss was already a worthless slob but Mitch at least had some cred from the past.