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2025 Off-Season Trade Ideas Thread

gomretat said:
That is not what he is saying. He has been clear that he will not end his career this way and still wants to compete for a title. Not sure that is a reality but his intent is clear.
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I just don’t think he’s going to have much of a say in what happens with him over the next year. He just doesn’t have much leverage with that injury. If I’m the Jazz, I make the trade, let him rehab and heal completely, mentor Harper for a year and then offer to trade him to a contending team of his choice that will actually give the Jazz any positive assets. If there’s no deal to be had, I let him play and either trade him at the deadline (earlier if possible) or I just let him expire and choose his next team in free agency.
 
Jaanipoeg said:
The Bucks are the hardest one up gauge for me, it all comes down to how much it would take to convince Giannis that he can win there. I really think Giannis would prefer to win in Milwaukee, but he wants to win first and foremost.

I personally couldn't be sold that Collin Sexton as his second best player next year, with Barnes and Kuzma and an old Lopez is enough. But if management is able to, and it gets us to #2 and management loves Harper then I'd be down
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Yeah, I get that. . . but with or without Giannis, the Bucks don’t control their own picks for like 5 years. Dame won’t play next year, and getting some guys who can actually help immediately - for essentially nothing - should be a good deal for them. Also, they can start spinning those guys off for additional assets if they want to. I just think it’s a no lose deal that gives them a lot more flexibility.
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
He's out for next season and he'll be returning as a 36 year old PG coming off an Achilles.

If he's really healthy two seasons from now, the Jazz will trade him to a contender.
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That is all obviously true, and it still makes zero sense for the Jazz to trade for him.
 
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gomretat said:
That is all true, and it still makes zero sense for the Jazz to trade for him.
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It makes a ton of sense. He takes a gap year to recover. We get assets to take him. We aren't trying to win next year so he helps with that. If he's healthy you can move him the following year. If he's not healthy he is recovering and maybe closing out his career in a place he likes. No contender can have that albatross contract in this CBA. It really does not matter what Dame says about not going out like that... His body will determine how he goes out. If he is dead salary we can use his expiring for a bigger trade if we want. In the meantime he can recover and help mentor our young players.
 
I just sent Locke a message. Dude needs to brush up his knowledge around the edges. He keeps saying Lauri isn’t trade eligible until August. He was trade eligible as of February 7th.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I just sent Locke a message. Dude needs to brush up his knowledge around the edges. He keeps saying Lauri isn’t trade eligible until August. He was trade eligible as of February 7th.
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He is one of the worst when it comes to trades and the CBA rules... like it makes me cringe sometimes.
 
On the surface the Mavs are ideal trade partners with the Jazz for Collin Sexton

Mavs can't waste any of AD's time. Kyrie will be out for the full season probably. They have no PG on the roster.

Would they do PJ+ filler (OMax and Powell makes the money work) for Sexton.

They can't afford to keep PJ past this season (he is expiring) and he has suddenly become redundant with the addition of Flagg.

Jazz get a rental on PJ to see if they like him as well as getting a look at OMax. Max's stats haven't been great, but he has solid advanced numbers and is a defensive prospect.

Wish the Mavs had better salary matching and some draft assets to trade for. Since Sexton is an expiring, can't really ask for a first back when you are getting a quality player in return.
 
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Saint Cy of JFC said:
On the surface the Mavs are ideal trade partners with the Jazz for Collin Sexton

Mavs can't waste any of AD's time. Kyrie will be out for the full season probably. They have no PG on the roster.

Would they do PJ+ filler (OMax and Powell makes the money work) for Sexton.

They can't afford to keep PJ past this season (he is expiring) and he has suddenly become redundant with the addition of Flagg.

Jazz get a rental on PJ to see if they like him as well as getting a look at OMax. Max's stats haven't been great, but he has solid advanced numbers and is a defensive prospect.
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I actually think the guy to target there is Gafford. McMahon has already reported that he wants to get paid. Nico cut bait quickly with Grimes because he was afraid to pay him, so he might do the same with Gafford. I know AD does not want to play C at all, but it's a heavy investment to have two C's when they should really be thinking about running some AD+Flagg at the 5 and 4 lineups in the playoffs. I like the option of going to Lively at the 5 or going smaller with AD+Flagg+PJ in the front court.

The trade I mentioned before is:

Gafford -> LAL
Sexton -> DAL
Vando+Picks from LAL -> UTA

Ironically, these would be the same teams involved in the Luka deal.
 
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