Potential Trade Targets

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think Bruce Brown is a perfectly capable role player/bench guy but if he's routinely in your starting 5 you probably have some upgrades to make.

He'd either be a rental or eff up any plans we have to use cap space next year. If you wanted Brown you could have had him with space this offseason. Hoping this one is not true as it will cause me to have an aneurism.

 

[KqWIN]

I like him well enough. It would be weird with his contract. If we pass up on the cap space to re-negotiate Lauri for a guy we could have signed last summer instead of doing the Collins deal... that's a pretty bad sequence.

Meh….ignoring the sunk cost fallacy, I just don’t think that Brown is that amazing of a player. He’s not a great shooter and just ok as a defender. Maybe better than ok, but he’s overrated on that end imo.

Offensively he’s really only been efficient when he can be a pseudo big man. He’s younger than KO, but KO is a lot better.

I guess we’re not giving up a ton.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Toronto once wanted THT as the centerpiece of a Lowry trade. Wonder if we could add THT in instead of KO.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

He’s a big upgrade from Simone

Brown is 6'3''. He wouldn't guard the people Simone was guarding.

Also a career 34% shooter on low volume from the perimeter, so the definition of meh. Further consolidation of the guard rotation required if this happens.

 

[David Stern]

Where would we be cap wise in the offseason if we added Brown’s salary for next year? Still enough room for the renegotiate and extend for Lauri?

 

[Elizah Huge]

Brown is 6'3''. He won't guard the people Simone was guarding.

Brown is a good defender. At least from what I saw in the playoffs last year.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Where would we be cap wise in the offseason if we added Brown’s salary for next year? Still enough room for the renegotiate and extend for Lauri?

With Simone and Ochai’s salary off the books hypothetically then yes we could.

 

[KqWIN]

Brown is a good defender. At least from what I saw in the playoffs last year.

No longer one of the better defenders in the league?

 

[JazzJunkie]

We are harsh on what defines a good defender on here

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If the Sixers trade for Olynyk, I'm guessing they'd send us Batum and draft assets.

 

[David Stern]

We are harsh on what defines a good defender on here

Good defender = can single-handedly shut down any 5 man modern NBA offense by himself. I just don’t think that’s an unrealistic expectation as a fan

 

[homeytennis]

Isn't Batum as old as Joe Biden?

 

[MT Steve]

Isn't Batum as old as Joe Biden?

Is Joe really that old?

Damn.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If the Sixers trade for Olynyk, I'm guessing they'd send us Batum and draft assets.

IT WON"T BE BATUM!


Guys you have to pay attention to other teams. When healthy Nic plays starter minutes for them. They love him. He's likely retiring after the season. It will be RoCo or Morris.

 

[David Stern]

IT WON"T BE BATUM!


Guys you have to pay attention to other teams. When healthy Nic plays starter minutes for them. They love him. He's likely retiring after the season. It will be RoCo or Morris.

I assumed it was probably RoCo and Korkmaz to get them out of the tax

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Brown is fine... if you figure he is worth 5 second rounders (KO and Ochai could fetch that on the open market) and 23M in cap space next year I think that's rich.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I assumed it was probably RoCo and Korkmaz to get them out of the tax

Roco/Kormax or Morris if its Philly. Both deals get them out of the tax saving them $20M plus. Nic is literally starting for Philly... its not hard.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

IT WON"T BE BATUM!


Guys you have to pay attention to other teams. When healthy Nic plays starter minutes for them. They love him. He's likely retiring after the season. It will be RoCo or Morris.

Batum's role would be redundant with Olynyk, and Olynyk would be an upgrade at this point. I think they want to tread water and have Embiid come back this season.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Batum's role would be redundant with Olynyk, and Olynyk would be an upgrade at this point. I think they want to tread water and have Embiid come back this season.

KO would be starting in Embiid's spot for now. Batum is their starting SF. KO is not a SF. Batum is a good defender and fits exactly what Philly wants. In no way at all are KO and Batum redundant and doing the trade that way would add salary.


So if we ignore all that then sure... it could be Batum.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If its Brown for KO and Ochai... I will hold my nose I guess. If we add on top its cuz DA is trade horny and I will have a mini meltdown at the lack of foresight we had this summer.