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Kessler is still the best fit TBH. Lob threat, athletic, great defender and more bulk less fragile than Clayton

Is Utah just going to keep him?

 

They probably want Reaves, Knecht and a first for him... do you do that trade?

 

Lol I would do Knecht and a 1st. Try to keep another first to get Herb Jones. That would be a pretty darn good off-season right there

 

As far as I've seen, we only have the 2031 draft pick available to be traded. You can't trade consecutive draft picks.

26 - Ours
27 - Utah for the Beasley, Vanderbilt, DLO trade
28 - Ours
29 - Dallas for Luka
30 - Ours
31 - Ours (available to be traded)

 

looks like this nuggets-clips series is going 7

 

Nuggets really need to get rid of MPJ and Murray. They take up so much salary that could be better spent elsewhere.

 

Thanks maybe some pick swaps then

 

No. Zion Williamson is a superstar man. We aren't talking about just some good rotation player here. He puts up 24/7/5 and he's still only 24. You can't stop this guy one on one, off the dribble. It's doesn't matter if he has a jumper or not. That's elite. Pair him with Luka post Lebron...that's still a legit contender.

We can upgrade our bigs with Gabe and Kleber's contract slots, plus we will still have a MLE of some fashion. Health is the only thing, but a guy of that caliber, at that age, wouldn't be available, if it didn't come with some kind of risk anyway.

 

30M for Naz Reid? Who is going to pay that? For what, he's not that good, not even at 20M per. If you look at his series numbers, he wasn't that great against us either. It seemed like it.

Randle won't get 45M from anyone either, both of those guys, will most likely stay put, but not at those numbers. Donte is on a good contract, I think they'd rather keep him and let NAW walk.

 

Do you watch the Wolves much? Reid basically made KAT expendable, because he is a stretch big but also defends the rim. Everyone I've seen expects him to get 25-32 million from the Wolves unless the Nets give him more to lure him away. If he was starting he is a 20/9 guy with 1.5 block and a steal per game. He may be a better player than Turner.

As for Randle, they can't afford to lose him. He is making 35m this season, you think he'll take less in his prime as an All Star? I'm not the biggest fan of randle, but he is a 20/10/5 player that can shoot the 3 ball and is aggressive defensively in the playoffs.

There are figures that you or I would want, and then there is reality. Minnesota is a small market team that's put together a tough side, they have to keep Gobert, Mcdaniels, Randle, Naz and Ant together, they're the crux 5 that can overpower any other team in the league physically. To do that, they're going to lose some of their other pieces like Conley, NAW & DDV.

 

Jaren Jackson is the perfect center for this team better even than Myles Turner.AR and what gets the conversation going? DFS?

 

Getting Portis and Aquaman would be a good bit of business in the offseason. Then make a deal for a wing who can guard 1-3.

 

What about Andrew Wiggins? At his motivated he is a great defender and can shoot. He was critical in the warriors last ring. Probably takes Gabe, Kleber and Shake plus a 1st. Maybe they’d ask for Rui instead which I’m not opposed too.

Or Herb Jones… he is an all defensive wing that has shown flashes of a developing 3. If New Orleans blows it up, I wonder if he shakes loose for a first and a few swaps. Kleber or Gabe and Shake get it done money wise.

Isiah Stewart could be a great get, apart from being crazy he has a 7’5 wingspan and is a very good rim protector and blocks lots of shots. He has shown some long ball ability - last season he shot 38% from 3. He could be a 10/10 guy with 2.5 blocks. I wonder if you can get him with Knecht and some pick swaps?

Camara is someone who I really covet, but not sure if that ones possible, Portland seems to have bottomed out and are on their way up now. Maybe Reaves could get it done.

 

if we got the mle, kornet's a guy i would spend it on.

well, he said he would last year for the right guy (though i never really believed it, as i think his plan involved us moving off other salary so that his cut wouldn't be too big).

he might. but once again, turner's not taking the mle.

no

with all the harping on luka's defense vs. minny, man...denver has so many holes to plug, and mpj's defense is awful. people mad at luka for not keeping edwards from straight line drives while mpj is letting harden go to his left and somehow getting turned around in the process lol.

i would say probably nothing, tbh. i don't see a path to jjj.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty certain Naz's next bag is $25-30m a year.

What's funny with Randle is a couple months ago, I think they were just going to let him walk or facilitate a S&T this summer. Then something clicked, they went on that 25 of 30 streak and then he beasted against us. Now, he's critical to their success.

Tough situation for them. If they keep much of the core together, they're going to find themselves in a Denver situation where you're hoping 2nd round nobodies can round out your rotation.

I've seen a lot of mock trades involving Wiggins, especially after Rob's press conference. His metal game really scares me. When locked in, he's a perfect fit for that role. When not, he wasn't playable. I suppose there's an argument that we've had similar volatility with Rui at times.

The problem i have is we only have one pick. I'm of the position we MUST use that to get a center. Then you go figure the rest of it out.

Herb or Camara would be great, but same thing. Also Jeanie won't move Austin for someone who's not a name at the top of the poster.


Ellis and Camara are my defensive guys on bad teams who are financially cheap (maybe not asset wise) that I'm banging the drum for one of them as loud as possible.

 

Popovich, Belichik, Saban all gone in a couple of years. LeBron's really the last 2000s sports icon left.

 

i'm going to keep spamming my targets in the hopes of manifesting:

capela (tpmle) and keon ellis (knecht/2031 top 10 protected 1st)

if we could pull this off, we'd still have gabe and kleber both as playable guys and as expiring contracts to use at the deadline (when they're most valuable).

i like claxton and NAW, but i feel like you can get either/or but not both. i also like kornet, but again, i think we won't be able to swing anything beyond that.

anyway, it's not super exciting but i think this is a potentially really good team that retains some flexibility:

capela/hayes/kleber
lebron/vando
rui/dfs
luka/reaves/goodwin
ellis/gabe/bronny



i fear sac has zero interest in moving ellis, though. my guess is they'll try to dump derozan and/or monk to clear out a bigger role for him.