Trade ideas

[HeatCheck]

If the Bulls are patient they could potentially have options to deal Lavine before the deadline. The return for that contract obviously won't be great.

Lakers have contracts that become tradable in January (Rui, DLo, Vincent, Wood, Reddish, Hayes). Despite his huge salary, Lavine is probably fine as a 3rd option and is also a klutch client like Lebron and AD.

If Philly struggles at any point between now and the deadline they have a ton of expirings they can package with a future pick. Again Lavine would be a 3rd option on that team behind Embiid and Maxey (another Klutch client fwiw). I don't think Philly is on Lavine's supposed "list" but in his case doubt smart teams like Miami would have any interest at all. After Lebron left that team, Pat Riley has never had a Klutch client on his roster in Miami.

Maybe Golden State makes some kind of crazy move to try and keep their window open? Obviously Draymond is also Klutch. I hate to bring up any of these player agents but unfortunately they have alot of sway in these type situations. After listening to that twitter space last week it appears the Jazz have been bending over to give a Klutch client on this roster minutes but really hope Ainge has enough sense to stay away from Lavine especially at this point of a rebuild. At his age I suspect he may have already hit his plateau as a player so just seems like a really bad investment especially if Ainge has any ideas about potentially trying to flip him later in another deal.

 

[HeatCheck]

Any feasible ways to get Clarkson to Houston, Dallas, or Golden State? I haven't really looked at his trade possibilities but those teams could desperately use scoring punch off their benches. JC could go back to his best role which he did here during the Don/Rudy days.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Any feasible ways to get Clarkson to Houston, Dallas, or Golden State? I haven't really looked at trade possibilities but those teams could desperately use scoring punch off their benches. JC could go back to his best role which he did here in Utah during the Don/Rudy days.

Dallas doesnt make a lick of sense. THey ahve a ton of offense and Hardaway Jr fills his role.

Only way to get him to GS is through a Chris Paul deal or if they are done with Wiggins.

Houston could combine Green and Oladipo for Clarkson. Would they really give up a pick for Clarkson though?

 

[HeatCheck]

Dallas doesnt make a lick of sense. THey ahve a ton of offense and Hardaway Jr fills his role.

Only way to get him to GS is through a Chris Paul deal or if they are done with Wiggins.

Houston could combine Green and Oladipo for Clarkson. Would they really give up a pick for Clarkson though?

I'd really like to grab a young guy like Eason from Houston but doubt they make him available. Otherwise they might be offering 2nd's.

 

[KqWIN]

I like HOU as a Clarkson destination....not sure they would move Eason or Whitmore for him. Seems like young players who haven't had a chance yet are almost always valued more by the team that drafted them vs teams who might trade for them. They should have a decent stable of picks though. Clarkson might just be a 5 second round pick kind of guy.

 

[sip]

I like HOU as a Clarkson destination....not sure they would move Eason or Whitmore for him. Seems like young players who haven't had a chance yet are almost always valued more by the team that drafted them vs teams who might trade for them. They should have a decent stable of picks though. Clarkson might just be a 5 second round pick kind of guy.

I still really want to snag Whitmore. I would be willing to send the worst of our 2025 1sts to make it happen.

 

[infection]

I haven't kept up with Brooklyn's assets. Curious about a Collins / Sexton / THT swap for Simmons. That isn't a bad return for them. Simmons only has next year left on his deal which they may just want to eat. This can be Danny's reclamation project.

 

[whatthe]

I haven't kept up with Brooklyn's assets. Curious about a Collins / Sexton / THT swap for Simmons. That isn't a bad return for them. Simmons only has next year left on his deal which they may just want to eat. This can be Danny's reclamation project.

I like this move. We are in a bad place anyway and this would be a reasonable dice roll. We need a passer. We had players to make Dunn work, why not get the better version?

 

[HermanG]

I haven't kept up with Brooklyn's assets. Curious about a Collins / Sexton / THT swap for Simmons. That isn't a bad return for them. Simmons only has next year left on his deal which they may just want to eat. This can be Danny's reclamation project.

You serious? Simmons is both a worse asset and a more hopeless project than any of those 3 individually.

 

[infection]

You serious? Simmons is both a worse asset and a more hopeless project than any of those 3 individually.

I'd be looking for some additional incentive in the move. But Simmons' expiring deal next year can be the salary ballast in this illustrious "star trade" that I keep hearing about.

 

[HermanG]

I'd be looking for some additional incentive in the move. But Simmons' expiring deal next year can be the salary ballast in this illustrious "star trade" that I keep hearing about.

Simmons salary is so fat it cannot be used for anything else but to trade for an established star who is already earning max money. And even in those cases they would need to be heading to tank land. If its a disgruntled star who wants out but the team doesnt own their picks (think anyone from Clippers, Nets, Atlanta etc), then you cannot use Simmons salary for anything in that deal and you are stuck with 40M dead money unless you pay someone to take him off your books.

Its not a flexible expiring deal. Its usable without penalties for like 1/20 trade scenarios, and 19/20 times you need to pay extra to get rid of him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Simmons salary is so fat it cannot be used for anything else but to trade for an established star who is already earning max money. And even in those cases they would need to be heading to tank land. If its a disgruntled star who wants out but the team doesnt own their picks (think anyone from Clippers, Nets, Atlanta etc), then you cannot use Simmons salary for anything in that deal and you are stuck with 40M dead money unless you pay someone to take him off your books.

Its not a flexible expiring deal. Its usable without penalties for like 1/20 trade scenarios, and 19/20 times you need to pay extra to get rid of him.

You have to speak in the form of analogies when trying to describe things to Infection