You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?
- Thread starter Shad
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Its pretty crazy that Caruso scored more points per game as a rookie than he did in any of his 4 years in college. He also shot better from the NBA 3 than he did any year in college.
Ill take this lineup:
Conley/Exum
Mitchell/Caruso
Ingles/Royce
Favors/Jamychal/Niang
Gobert/Favors
Fill in with our 2nd round picks and some vets for min. JaMychal probably wont go for the trade room exception but maybe since we have starter minutes for him at the PF spot, gets to play with Conley again, and a team with championship aspirations.
Ill take this lineup:
Conley/Exum
Mitchell/Caruso
Ingles/Royce
Favors/Jamychal/Niang
Gobert/Favors
Fill in with our 2nd round picks and some vets for min. JaMychal probably wont go for the trade room exception but maybe since we have starter minutes for him at the PF spot, gets to play with Conley again, and a team with championship aspirations.
LoPo
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Our first rounder protections are pretty unfortunate. More than likely, we are a playoff team this year. So our 8-14 protected pick could be traded. BUT, since we have the same protections on the 2021 pick, we could only trade the 2020 pick during the draft or after.
It's too bad we didn't say 8-14 protected 2020 pick or 2022 top 6 protected. If we had done that, we would have been able to trade the pick right now as long as it's it's 15-30.
Oh well...
It's too bad we didn't say 8-14 protected 2020 pick or 2022 top 6 protected. If we had done that, we would have been able to trade the pick right now as long as it's it's 15-30.
Oh well...
David Stern
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Nobody in the NBA with tons of cap is going to give them a first for either of those guys
Definitely not for Tucker, I could maybe see someone giving up a late first for Gordon.
LoPo
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Miami is all about Butler. Miami even has a meeting set with him: https://heatnation.com/rumors/miami-heat-rumors-meeting-jimmy-butler/ What about...
Miami gets Butler
Philly get Exum (and some minor draft considerations from Miami and us)
Utah gets Winslow and Olynyk
Philly would still re-sign Tobias Harris and Redick. Getting Exum (who I'm making the assumption they would want), is better than just losing Butler for nothing.
Miami gets Butler
Philly get Exum (and some minor draft considerations from Miami and us)
Utah gets Winslow and Olynyk
Philly would still re-sign Tobias Harris and Redick. Getting Exum (who I'm making the assumption they would want), is better than just losing Butler for nothing.
Can a team use its room MLE to match an offer sheet? Cuz if they can, I bet the Lakers match anything below the room exception on Caruso.
If not, then be the first one at his door and try and get him on a deal. If so, tender an offer barely above the room MLE.
If not, then be the first one at his door and try and get him on a deal. If so, tender an offer barely above the room MLE.
Would that trade even work? Winslow's at $13 million for next season and Olynyk $11.6 million. Wouldn't that put us way over the cap?
LoPo
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If we're sending out Exum and waiving Favors, we actually have money left.
Winslow and Olynyk combine to make around $25. Without Favors, we have around $17 million. So $17 million plus Exum's $9.6 is a couple million more than the $25 to take on Winslow and Olynyk.
If Butler wants Miami badly enough and doesn't want Philly at all, this trade makes more sense than anything Houston is trying to conjure up.
Ah, that's right...I forgot about the $17 million we'd have after waiving Favors.
LoPo
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There is a lot of chatter to Miami doing a sign and trade for Butler. https://allucanheat.com/2019/06/23/miami-heat-draft-trade-jimmy-butler/
If Butler 100% says no to Philly but Philly is still keeping Tobias and Redick, it makes sense for Philly to get anything they can for Butler via sign and trade. Philly can't sign and trade Butler AND keep Tobias and Redick. Their cap holds/salaries will be too big. That also means they can't accept all that much back in a trade in terms of contracts. So a 3rd team with space would be necessary and that's where we could come in.
framer
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Offer and make them match anyway. They are sooo tight on their structure that you will probably get lucky. If not, you could screw up their plans. I'd offer 51% of the room exception on Sunday. Right before he signs, offer the Lakers a sign and trade with Burks exception instead. That gives the Lakers a 2.3 million dollar exception, which would be an asset to them AND clears Caruso's caphold.
If I could get the sign and trade I might do 3 years at 9 million.
When the Jazz drop below the tax level on Jul 1 (or possibly Jun 30, I forget the date this year), which they must do in order to do the Conley trade as it has been announced, they immediately lose the Burks exception. It is not a thing the Jazz can use.
Another great idea from u lol. Do U realise favors and Dante are better than olynyk and Winslow
Christian
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I’d take Elfrid Payton over Caruso. Try and sign Elfrid, also go after Mirotic. Then see if we could get involved with Miami and Philly, more specifically try and get Winslow from the heat if Butler is trying to go there. I’m not all that familiar with numbers, but I think that would be a possibility if it was worked right.
LoPo
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Winslow is a very good, versatile player. With Conley and Donovan, we don't need a backup PG/SG as we do a PF with the handling, passing, shooting and defending that Winslow can provide.
And yes, Favors is better than Oylynk, but I think Olynyk would fit very, very well. He's like a poor man's Favors on defense, same rebounding but with a 3 point shot.