In the spirit of Chisholm's frontpage article, I thought I'd play around with trade machine to see if I could find any 3-way deal that could at once bring in Deng and Dragic. Not a pro-tank trade, but one I'd be fairly happy with.
Toronto gets:
Luol Deng, Goran Dragic, Erik Murphy (obvious filler)....and the lower between Chicago's 1st and the extra one PHX sends them (?)
Phoenix gets:
Rudy Gay and Carlos Boozer (is PHX tanking? Some rumbles that they might decide to compete)
Chicago gets:
Kyle Lowry, Emeka Okafor, a Morris twin (I put Markieff), Gerald Green, PJ Tucker/Quincy Acy (or both)....and one of PHX's extra 1st rounders (?)
Chicago has 2 1st rounders and PHX has 4 this year. I think Toronto could nab one somewhere.
This is a crazy trade. Chicago would have to cut a player afterward if they wanted both Tucker and Acy, but since Mike James is on their roster, that seems about right. Or they could just take one.
Toronto gets a more traditional pick'n'roll PG. He's having an off year from behind the line, but he's normally a solid shooter, so not sure what trend to expect. Deng is an upgrade over Gay in most ways, and I'd say a much better fit for this roster. I'd also say it's better for the Raptors cap situation, even though Dragic has 2 more years, because they're affordable.
Chicago gets a starting PG, extra cap relief this year, a young PF to play behind Gibson, and wing filler (which admittedly is sketchy and the hardest part to work out). It's a trade that signals the start of some changes, but with Rose out another year, it might be best to start now than keep rolling with the roster that was put around him. If they take Tucker instead of Acy, then only Green and Morris add money, and both expire next year, and adding less than 6 million combined.
PHX gets veteran pieces that also line up to give them a massive expiring haul next season if Gay picks up his option. PHX has clearly started much better than anyone expected, and while they might still want to tank, they still have 4 first rounders lined up this year, or 3 if they trade one away in this deal so it's not like they still can't use this draft to improve a lot (I'm thinking they send one to Chicago, and we get the lower of that one and Chicago's on draft night). I also am pretty sure PHX was a team rumored to have interest in Gay last year, so hopefully that hasn't changed.
Ok, now tell me why this is crazy? Because it is, right?
*Edit: Obviously bored as shit here with such a gap between Raps games.
**Edit: took me so long to write that I forgot to post the tradeMachine link.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ns9ynze
Toronto gets:
Luol Deng, Goran Dragic, Erik Murphy (obvious filler)....and the lower between Chicago's 1st and the extra one PHX sends them (?)
Phoenix gets:
Rudy Gay and Carlos Boozer (is PHX tanking? Some rumbles that they might decide to compete)
Chicago gets:
Kyle Lowry, Emeka Okafor, a Morris twin (I put Markieff), Gerald Green, PJ Tucker/Quincy Acy (or both)....and one of PHX's extra 1st rounders (?)
Chicago has 2 1st rounders and PHX has 4 this year. I think Toronto could nab one somewhere.
This is a crazy trade. Chicago would have to cut a player afterward if they wanted both Tucker and Acy, but since Mike James is on their roster, that seems about right. Or they could just take one.
Toronto gets a more traditional pick'n'roll PG. He's having an off year from behind the line, but he's normally a solid shooter, so not sure what trend to expect. Deng is an upgrade over Gay in most ways, and I'd say a much better fit for this roster. I'd also say it's better for the Raptors cap situation, even though Dragic has 2 more years, because they're affordable.
Chicago gets a starting PG, extra cap relief this year, a young PF to play behind Gibson, and wing filler (which admittedly is sketchy and the hardest part to work out). It's a trade that signals the start of some changes, but with Rose out another year, it might be best to start now than keep rolling with the roster that was put around him. If they take Tucker instead of Acy, then only Green and Morris add money, and both expire next year, and adding less than 6 million combined.
PHX gets veteran pieces that also line up to give them a massive expiring haul next season if Gay picks up his option. PHX has clearly started much better than anyone expected, and while they might still want to tank, they still have 4 first rounders lined up this year, or 3 if they trade one away in this deal so it's not like they still can't use this draft to improve a lot (I'm thinking they send one to Chicago, and we get the lower of that one and Chicago's on draft night). I also am pretty sure PHX was a team rumored to have interest in Gay last year, so hopefully that hasn't changed.
Ok, now tell me why this is crazy? Because it is, right?
*Edit: Obviously bored as shit here with such a gap between Raps games.
**Edit: took me so long to write that I forgot to post the tradeMachine link.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ns9ynze
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