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Who was the weakling/puss that wanted it bad, was rich and wouldn’t go to 5M?

 

copy link works for me, but I would then do Öpen in New Tab, and that will give you the direct url to copy/paste.

 

I’d love to get Jrue, he is an ideal piece next to Lebron and AD.

Jrue / Vincent
Reaves / Christie
Vanderbilt / Reddish
Lebron / Prince
AD / Wood

Sign me up.

 

Yeah I imagined Jrue to LA would be heavily split. I'm not sure as well.

Pros:
You maximize the current window. We are undeniably top 3 contenders for the next 2 years
He's a great fit to this roster in terms of pure basketball
Improves the biggest flaw of our roster (a guard stopper)

Cons:
He'll soon start to decline and we don't know when
He already talked about retiring, don't think he's playing for long (not even sure he's counting on that extension)
We lose Rui (or whoever to match salaries in addition to Dlo)
We lose a FRP (at least)
We lose some of the leverage we built to be a top candidate to do a major deal to replace LeBron for the next disgruntled star in 2/3 years


If we get a ring out of it, isn't it worthy? AD may get seriously injured in the next couple years or we may not be able to snatch that superstar in the future. This deal would be a win-now move and is more "safe".

 

Rui and D'Angelo plus picks is too much for Jrue. That's giving up too much offense and versatility, for a guy that isn't going to lock down any high end scorer in the West, in a 7 game series. No

You gotta be able to score..defense is great, but a great offense will beat a great defense. Denver is a testament to that. The only team that really gave them any problem, was Phoenix, before Paul went down for the series, because the Suns could score at pace with the Nuggets.

Hell..the Bucks traded for the offense, over the defense didn't they?

 

The Suns have 19 players under contract, so they aren't done making moves. I really hope that they don't upgrade at 5 over Nurkic, that guy can't guard a chair.

 

i think it would be different from russ because jrue fits way better and makes substantially less (we wouldn't be full of vet mins outside of him). i also don't think of rui has a real long-term centerpiece (nor dlo, obviously), so this is why i'd be inclined. however, i don't see the point of the debate, as we can't move these guys until december (or were they technically extensions and thus it's january?), and whoever gets holiday is getting him soon, i think.

maybe this is a pre-debate for whatever third star type becomes available this year between december and february, though. in which case, the beauty is that we will have a couple months of data at our disposal at that point. if we're not doing well, we'll be looking for holiday types. if we are, we won't. it's just great to not feel like you HAVE to make moves like this or else. remember the mood around here a year ago?

relatedly, your last point definitely rings true for me. any trade about contention has to be made considering gray areas like "how much closer does this actually move us" versus how far in the hole does this put us, post-lebron. similar to the russ trades, but from a much better starting point. when you're already a contender, you can be much pickier.

 

Jrue averages like 20ppg. We have LeBron, AD, Reaves, Wood for offense.
Bucks didn't "trade for offense". They traded for a superstar.


Btw, Jrue to Warriors makes a ton of sense. It would be a great fit there

 

can the warriors even get him? is paul trade eligible right now as part of a package (no way portland takes just paul)?

 

I guess so, he didn't sign any contract extension or whatever, which I think is what makes trade ineligible until a certain date, right? (NBA has so many rules that sometimes I get lost ahah)

Yeah they would have to send something else. Maybe a FRP and Kuminga/Moody could entice Portland.

Having Scoot learn with CP3 for a year would be good for him (and Portland). But it would be awful for CP lol

 

i think it's about trade dates in this case, but i think it's 60 days, and that's passed. so he's eligible to be moved as part of a package.

and no, no way paul agrees to this. which may be fine. portland could just waive him, and he could sign with the clippers. what would portland demand for eating the salary on a player to be waived? as you said, probably one of kuminga or moody + something else. is it worth it for gs after that? they were thin already.

 

they need a backup PG more than a starter

can't see them losing young talent for that move, one that wouldn't help put them over the top. They are too small as a team really.

 

Yeah they are thin for sure (and really small).

Don't think they care about youth. They are riding the 3 stars until the end and then tank hard. Just traded Poole for CP3 and Kuminga/Moody have potential but won't be cornerstones of any future, so I think they are gone for the right player

Really curious to see where Jrue lands, I think he moves the needle for many teams with a short window

 

100%

4 teams I watch: Clipps, GS, Mia, BOS

Those are the 4 contenders that need it the most or would max out their chances.