Would you do the following trade?
Pels get:
Kyle O'Quinn
Michael Beasley
Knicks get:
Chieck Diallo
Pels 2018 2nd round pick
A. Ajinca
Time for Knicks to tank and offload Beasley so he doesn't get you more fluke wins, with 30 point outbursts and Knicks trying to get from under rut of 4 big men. For their troubles, we give them a 2nd rounder. Beasley is not in their future plans, so they offload his potential to affect their lottery odds by contributing to games won, when they rather begin the annual tanking race for the #1 pick.
Pels get O'Quinn, who is solid and has 2 years left and can play center, defensive minded, efficient rebounding and can start or be a 3rd Big if another big is added through Asik trade/1st round trade and/or for next year after resigning Boogie. Beasley can start at 3 or come off bench to add depth/versatility/scoring punch and showcase himself for a long term contract from us or another playoff team, next year.
Think this trade, sneakily, helps in the interim, with starter/bench depth for remainder of season and potential to resign Beasley to mid/bi annual exception if he proves a good fit.
Complete Mirtoc trade or Vucevic (Orlando) trade and you should get in playoffs, better than 7 or 8 seed, and you still have flexibility to sign Cousin in off-season, especially if both sides agree that Boogie would get more than any team could give him, but short of the max, with the difference being tied to incentives. Similar to Jrue's contract and maybe more incentive laden to protect the team, so that if Boogie can only come back to 80-85% of before, we have money to add a piece that helps us still be a viable championship contender.
Thoughts?