re: Offseason Trade Possibility

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In no world is Brook Lopez a better defender than Asik. Cousins, Adams, and Gortat, Horfard, are also highly suspect.

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^this^ You're reaching there.

The whole argument over Asik is about certainty v. Uncertainty. It's easy to say "we need to upgrade over Asik," but we've gotten past that point. It's much harder to list/discuss viable and realistic options.

I like Atl's trade proposal, but idk if Toronato would go for it. Another option could be to swap out Gordon for another team that has second thoughts on a high-price contract. Gordon for Hibbert could be one, but Hibbert is not really a better offensive player than Asik. Plus, then we'd only have a MLE to use to round out the roster after we let Asik walk for a nominal upgrade at the 5. We could also look to a Gordon for Batum swap if Portland loses out on Matthews. But then we'd be saddled with a large K for an underachieving player for an extra year (I think Batum has 2years left).

I'm not sure we can get anything for Gordon that also allows us to keep cap flexibility for the future that's not better than just letting him play out his last year. I'm also not sure Dell would sell low on Anderson based on his history with keeping Gordon. It looks to me that the most likely outcome of this offseason is a resigning of Asik on a 3/33-36 type deal and just a small vet signing to round out the roster.