re: Trade for Westbrook...should we?

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I mean, yeah sure.

But 10 teams at least could offer better packages.

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Sure, 10 teams could offer more than us, but what team is giving up assets for 1 year of westbrook? What team is giving up assets for a player that they have a good chance of signing next summer?

There are very few teams that could actually make a trade happen, because it would be GM suicide to trade anything of long term value for Westbrook.

If we can convince Presti to take Jrue, Reke, and a pick for Westbrook that would be great. Jrue and Reke are expirings, so OKC will have assloads of cap room and they'll get their high lotto pick and our pick as well.

Boston can beat our offer, but other teams around the league aren't going to offer young potential on great contracts for one year of westbrook. Lakers aren't going to offer shite if they think they are the favorite to land him next season.


I mean, I don't think there's any way we can land westbrook in a trade, but I really don't think many teams will be lining up a big trade for him. Why offer long term assets if he's gone after one season? Why offer long term assets if you're confident in signing him next summer?

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The best we could hope for would be if some team offered us a 1st for, say, Tyreke, and we could offer Jrue, Buddy, Diallo, 2 2017 1sts and a 2019 1st.

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This would blow any other teams offer out of the fricking water imo, AND it would basically destroy us as a franchise if and when he doesn't re sign with us.