My dream scenario is trading with Sacto, drafting Tatum at 5 and using 10 to trade for Paul George.
Right. I mentioned in another thread that trading 5 for Butler and drafting Collins would be a haul too. Similar.
Draft Tatum, sign Hayward, and then would this be enough for Davis?
Swap out Boston's 2018 and 2019 picks for 2018 LAL and 2019 MEM then. That gives NO quite possibly 2 of the top 3 picks in next year's draft (Porter AND Ayton?), another good pick in Memphis' 2019 pick, and if they like Zizic/Yabu, that's a LOT of quality young players to add.
It's not an outlandish idea (Chad Ford currently has Fox going 4) but it's tough for me to imagine PHX taking Fox instead of Tatum.
Is there anyone anywhere that would prefer Love to Butler?
Are you proposing this because you'd rather have Love than Butler? Maybe Love's a better roster fit, but I think Butler is a much better player.
I agree. I'd happily do all that to make the deal for AD, and have a roster like I list a few posts ago. It really would be a phenomenal haul for any one player, but then again.... Davis is a singular talent.
That doesn't seem like Chicago gets enough there. I'd also agree that Boston would prefer just taking Butler themselves instead of Love
No. I don't think there is any deal that New Orleans would consider for Davis. He's untouchable. It's like asking what Cleveland would want for Lebron or GS for Curry. There is no scenario where teams trade those guys no matter what you offer. It's wasted energy even discussing it. Maybe in 2 or 3 years it becomes possible, but not now.
New Orleans wouldn't take Durant and Curry for AD?
NO will absolutely trade AD in a few years but no need to do it this far out when he has 3 years left. I'd offer everything the celtics had just to see of course.
No matter how good they seem, there is too much uncertainty in the Celtics' picks to get AD now. If Nets 2018 is top 3 like we hope, then perhaps they would listen if Pelicans have another bad year and AD shows visible frustration. He's signed for 3 more years so I think earliest possible moment would be summer 2019. At that point, the Celtics will hopefully have Ayton/Porter/Doncic/Bamba and getting ready to pick top 6 or 7 in the 2019 draft.
I know we are just talking hypotheticals here, but no they probably wouldn't. Durant and Curry are free agents, which means you wouldn't be able to do that deal until January 15. They'd also be making nearly $67+/- million in combined salary, which means in addition to Davis you'd have to include Boogie and all your other rotation players just to make the math work. Then once you've done all that you'd still lose KD in free agency next summer since he'll be on a 1+1 deal. So in the end you get four plus years of Curry, but he's older and more expensive and costs you every rotational piece you have.
There isn't right now. The Davis talk's a waste right now. The Pels just stole Cousins, and saw the Davis/Cousins combo play together for half a season. There's no way they arbitrarily bail on that to, what, rebuild around the older, less talented of their two bigs?
I would take Ntilikina with #10 if he's there. Love the kid. He might also be amenable to a stash, since he's so young.
Love is a better roster fit, and the price saves a lot of assets for the future.
I think the Love to the Celtics while getting Butler to the Cavs is counterproductive. Does that not make the Cavs better? And when the Cavs are in "decline", Love will be a complementary piece, at best, right?
I might be just me, but it feels like Love gets banged up on every other play. Even when healthy, it seems like he's often hobbling down the court, or walking something off. He's 28 years old but older than that physically.
Better roster fit offensively, but it seems like a Horford/Love frontcourt would really struggle defensively.
