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2019 Trade Deadline Discussion

campaignist said:
From what I can tell, not only is Detroit’s pick better (theoretically) but their other throw in players like Kennard and Johnson are too. Rubio is better than Jackson which hurts Memphis’s tank. Really the only advantage Utah has is expiring contracts.

I don’t see Utah including Exum. I am to the point where I’d throw in O’neale and/or Niang, and of course anyone less valuable like Bradley and Allen.
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You were on the fence about Niang?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I've had a thought that Memphis should actually do Conley a solid if offers were similar... let him pick where he wants to go. Would be a bad look to send him somewhere he hates for an extra second round pick imo.
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I was thinking this as well. If both offers are equally attractive, let him choose where to play. If I were Conley, Utah is a much more interesting situation: higher ceiling, Gobert/DM, top 3 coach, etc. And we actually function as an organization. Plus, SLC is nice (never been to Detroit though...)
 
campaignist said:
From what I can tell, not only is Detroit’s pick better (theoretically) but their other throw in players like Kennard and Johnson are too. Rubio is better than Jackson which hurts Memphis’s tank. Really the only advantage Utah has is expiring contracts.

I don’t see Utah including Exum. I am to the point where I’d throw in O’neale and/or Niang, and of course anyone less valuable like Bradley and Allen.
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Gotta remember though... Detroit is like $400k from the tax and Memphis is like less than $300k from the tax... so they need to match almost exactly or one of those teams loses like 7-8M and hamstrings future years to be in the tax.

So to match it's Jackson, Leuer ($10M in crap salary next year), Kennard... or Jackson, Galloway (7M next year but he's okay), Kennard, Ellenson (detroit would then have some work to do to avoid the tax)... some other combos include Jack/Ish/Kennard/Robinson ... but Ish has been important for Detroit the last couple years....

We have some flexibility to save Memphis some money that Detroit can't by themselves... they could flip Stanley Johnson to a third team for a second and make up the gap, but Detroit is a shallow team... a 3 for 1 deal would be tough... Would throw them in the tax too when you figure they'd need to find guys for the spot. It is likely they are trying to include RJ and Leuer... which is $28M in bad money.
 
One other thing in our favor:

Memphis is currently about $3m over the luxury tax. So that’s $6m this year plus lost revenue from revenue sharing. They’re not in danger of it next year and haven’t paid it recently.

So the debate could be is if kennard/Detroit’s pick is worth $8-10m. In that scenario Ricky is definitely the better option for Memphis.
 
campaignist said:
Kinda? He shows flashes and Lindsay likes him. TBH I hadn’t even really been thinking about him and O’neale as assets
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Royce fits like a glove Memphis' meat grinder brand of basketball. And his contract is a bargain. A good piece to add in a trade if it comes to that (I would rather keep him though).
 
campaignist said:
One other thing in our favor:

Memphis is currently about $3m over the luxury tax. So that’s $6m this year plus lost revenue from revenue sharing. They’re not in danger of it next year and haven’t paid it recently.

So the debate could be is if kennard/Detroit’s pick is worth $8-10m. In that scenario Ricky is definitely the better option for Memphis.
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They are just below the tax... just barely.
 
If we get Conley, gotta move for Niko. I’m sure multiple teams would offer up second rounders but I’m not sure how we could land him. Give two seconds and Bradley.
 
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