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Well certainly but the issue comes down to whether or not that offer is good enough. The problem that teams always have in these sorts of scenarios is that if you're good enough that one player will tip you into championship contention, you're generally also fairly attached to the pieces you have.
Take Denver for example. Let's say you think adding Jrue, that secondary ball handler who can score in the paint off the dribble and play elite wing defense, is enough to take your current core over the top. That means he's a valuable player. How do you acquire that valuable player without giving away stuff that you'd need for that championship? How do you get Jrue without giving up Jokic or Murray? Very difficult.
That's part of why I think Lonzo might be more likely to go: his asking price is simply a lot lower.
Basketball.
If we would move Ball, this is my trade:
De'Aaron Fox (Sacramento) for Lonzo Ball (New Orleans) Straight up
Fox is originally from New Orleans while Ball is from California, so each might be inclined to extend now.
Not that interested in Maga Porter Jr to be honest. I think he's always going to be a woeful defender, he has real ego issues that need to be sorted out, and he's an exceedingly low feel decision maker. Will be a good shot maker, great shooter for his size, but again, not the kind of guy I see as the centrepiece of a Jrue deal.
Rumour we're trading for Embid?!
https://pelicandebrief.com/2020/10/1...rade-embiid/2/
I doubt there's any credibility to this but wow that be exciting
It's not even a rumour really. Someone on Bleacher Report proposed it as a suggestion, and this is an article talking about the proposal. Neither of those things are a leak or a sourced claim or anything like that.
In any case, not a fan of pairing Embiid with Zion. Embiid's a great defender, and is a clear top 15 player in the NBA so on one hand it's hard to say no. On the other hand, he's one of the softest superstars in the NBA, sulks with alarming regularity, gives up on games frequently, doesn't really provide floor spacing, and is a clunky passer and decision maker. Incredible scorer around the basket and big time rebounder, great paint protector, but does that fit with Zion, who also does most of his work offensively in the paint at this point and wouldn't appreciate the cramped restricted area? Nah.
I may have gone too far
https://tradenba.com/trades/Zk2yt_xAk
A rare example of a 3 team trade where multiple teams would say no.
Phoenix aren't giving up Booker. Heat aren't giving up Robinson, Herro, Crowder, and Nunn all at once. Pelicans gain nothing by taking Iguodala, his salary is basically the same as Redick's so why they'd do the swap there is beyond me, and we shouldn't want Nunn on the team anyway.
We say yes. Heat probably don't: Redick is good but Robinson offers you the majority of what Redick gives you with slightly better defense (only slightly) and an extra 4 inches of height. Jrue is obviously far better than Herro but are they going to throw away such a young player for an all-in-now move when they made it to the Finals this year with rookie Herro? More probably the run it back and just expect normal rookie growth from him to take them over the line. Same with Bam: they're probably thinking, hey Bam's 22, he was injured in the finals, he won't be injured next year probably, let's just run it back with internal growth.
Would you guys do this trade? I think everyone gets fair value.
Pacers: MPJ, Garry Harris, Lonzo, Darius Miller
Nuggets: Olidipo
Pels: Myles Turner
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