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Usually I avoid the trade proposal game, but it's a lazy afternoon.
So, in one of the recent threads, someone commented to the effect that moving Demar at $10M is harder than $20M, because good players don't make $10M, so fair value would be hard to achieve. So here is a couple of trade offers that I would seriously look long and hard at in the off-season:
To Charlotte for Lance Stephenson and Noah Vonleh
First off, I am a HUGE supporter of Vonleh. Think the kid will be a STAR in this league. He is an athletic big with a great motor, great work ethic and projects to be able to hit perimeter shots. Honestly, everything about the kid screams Kevin Love or Chris Bosh to me.
Stephenson is a buy low option at this point. As great as he was with the Pacers, he's been equally disappointing in Charlotte, but he still offers a very enticing skill set. A ball handler at the SG/SF position, who can hit treys and defend on the perimeter. That is a skill set we need more of.
So while Lance is a risk, the big reward here is Vonleh. Vonleh would be the PF of the future (hopefully we could bring Amir back on a discount to offer a mentor for another year before Vonleh takes over the year after). Lance would give us a good ball handler and shooter who defends. He would take Demar's spot in the starting lineup immediately.
Lance's contract is $9M next season, and has a Team Option the year after at $9.4M. So if he doesn't work out, it's a 1 year deal and then more cap space in the Summer of Durant. If he does work out, $9.4M is an easy option to pick up.
Why would Charlotte do it:
They are tired of lottery picks and want to be in the playoffs. Moving a disappointing player and a prospect (who is currently competing with several other lottery picked bigs on the depth chart) for a more accomplished player makes sense for a team looking to firmly get into the playoffs consistently. They still have young prospects and players like MKG, Kemba Walker, Cody Zeller and PJ Hairston. Getting a "prime" player makes sense for them.
To Boston for Avery Bradley and Kelly Olynyk
2 young players. Olynyk has all the tools to develop into a really nice offensive big man. Masai said he wants to add a Canadian to the roster, and Olynyk might be the best option (until Wiggins is a free agent in 7+ years). He's a good passer and has good range. Would be a challenge to play with with JV, but it's an experiment worth consideration. Olynyk has only logged 11% of his minutes this year at PF (and none last year), so the defence would be a challenge, but his perimeter/high post game would work very well with JV on offence.
Bradley offers a lot of the same skills that Lance has, ball handling, perimeter shooting, and defence. Bradley is smaller than Lance and is more of a PG/SG (as opposed to Lance SG/SF), but has always played off the ball in Boston with either Rondo, Smart or Thomas. Bradley is on a 4 year deal worth between $7M-$8.8M.
Why would Boston do it: Much like Charlotte, Boston has a beavy of young talent. They already proved to be willing to take on "win now" players when they acquired Isaiah Thomas. With Thomas, Smart and Bradley, they have a lot of talent in the back-court, but all are small. DD would give them some size in the back-court. Brad Stevens has already proven he can make more from less, so adding a bit of talent to their roster likely makes them a playoff team next year. They still have Marcus Smart, Tyler Zeller as foundation pieces. DD would take Evan Turner's minutes (played 35 MPG last game) and would likely make Turner expendable in another trade.
So, in one of the recent threads, someone commented to the effect that moving Demar at $10M is harder than $20M, because good players don't make $10M, so fair value would be hard to achieve. So here is a couple of trade offers that I would seriously look long and hard at in the off-season:
To Charlotte for Lance Stephenson and Noah Vonleh
First off, I am a HUGE supporter of Vonleh. Think the kid will be a STAR in this league. He is an athletic big with a great motor, great work ethic and projects to be able to hit perimeter shots. Honestly, everything about the kid screams Kevin Love or Chris Bosh to me.
Stephenson is a buy low option at this point. As great as he was with the Pacers, he's been equally disappointing in Charlotte, but he still offers a very enticing skill set. A ball handler at the SG/SF position, who can hit treys and defend on the perimeter. That is a skill set we need more of.
So while Lance is a risk, the big reward here is Vonleh. Vonleh would be the PF of the future (hopefully we could bring Amir back on a discount to offer a mentor for another year before Vonleh takes over the year after). Lance would give us a good ball handler and shooter who defends. He would take Demar's spot in the starting lineup immediately.
Lance's contract is $9M next season, and has a Team Option the year after at $9.4M. So if he doesn't work out, it's a 1 year deal and then more cap space in the Summer of Durant. If he does work out, $9.4M is an easy option to pick up.
Why would Charlotte do it:
They are tired of lottery picks and want to be in the playoffs. Moving a disappointing player and a prospect (who is currently competing with several other lottery picked bigs on the depth chart) for a more accomplished player makes sense for a team looking to firmly get into the playoffs consistently. They still have young prospects and players like MKG, Kemba Walker, Cody Zeller and PJ Hairston. Getting a "prime" player makes sense for them.
To Boston for Avery Bradley and Kelly Olynyk
2 young players. Olynyk has all the tools to develop into a really nice offensive big man. Masai said he wants to add a Canadian to the roster, and Olynyk might be the best option (until Wiggins is a free agent in 7+ years). He's a good passer and has good range. Would be a challenge to play with with JV, but it's an experiment worth consideration. Olynyk has only logged 11% of his minutes this year at PF (and none last year), so the defence would be a challenge, but his perimeter/high post game would work very well with JV on offence.
Bradley offers a lot of the same skills that Lance has, ball handling, perimeter shooting, and defence. Bradley is smaller than Lance and is more of a PG/SG (as opposed to Lance SG/SF), but has always played off the ball in Boston with either Rondo, Smart or Thomas. Bradley is on a 4 year deal worth between $7M-$8.8M.
Why would Boston do it: Much like Charlotte, Boston has a beavy of young talent. They already proved to be willing to take on "win now" players when they acquired Isaiah Thomas. With Thomas, Smart and Bradley, they have a lot of talent in the back-court, but all are small. DD would give them some size in the back-court. Brad Stevens has already proven he can make more from less, so adding a bit of talent to their roster likely makes them a playoff team next year. They still have Marcus Smart, Tyler Zeller as foundation pieces. DD would take Evan Turner's minutes (played 35 MPG last game) and would likely make Turner expendable in another trade.
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