Pels Firesale thread edition

You lost me at Jrue anywhere but here

Jrue and Elfrid Nola

Everyone else - whatever team the best pick or young player comes from

I’d like to keep Jrue, Payton and Mirotic personally

Philly allegedly offered Fultz, Zhaire Chandler and 2012 1st for Holiday.

I’d take that trade after evaluating Fultz.

Anyway Holiday to Spurs or Raps for fit.
Niko in Utah or Philly
Randle in Milwaukee.
Moore anywhere

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Philly allegedly offered Fultz, Zhaire Chandler and 2012 1st for Holiday. I’d take that trade after evaluating Fultz.

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Jrue is going nowhere.

Moore and Randle offers have been little to nothing. Expirings and worthless players (Maker) or expiring and mid or fake 2nds

Niko market hasn't been great either. Expiring and 2nds

BUT, they could get real assets for those guys if they take back an extra bad year. Houston would do B Knight and their first for Niko

Crabbe and real assets would be offered for Randle and either Wes or Moore

My gut is the Pels won't do it, but I don't see why. I mean, will they need the cap space next summer? And if they want to be good, Crabbe and Knight will have positive trade value by next February. Can package young guys or future picks with them and go buy.

They should acquire as many assets as possible, even if that means taking on a future year. But my gut is they keep Niko and Moore, trade Randle for something small. Hope I am wrong

I am sure there are aspects I would be awful at.

I would be good at the acquisition and building part because I am a sociopath (not a joke, in reality) and have no emotional attachment and an increased ability to be objective.

But me being a sociopath would also probably hurt my ability to build the relationships necessary to do the job over a long period of time. My friends and I both had opportunities to enter this realm. They did it and succeeded. I never would have based on what they have told me. Had to be yes men for many years to work their way up. That aint me

Know thy strengths and weaknesses ;)

For me, its this simple - Which would I rather have:

Space and flexibility in the summer of 2019

Extra assets and 2020 expiring contracts

Its a no brainer for me. Give me door #2, let me make my AD deal and then I know my core - be it Jrue and Tatum or Jrue and Zion or Barrett with Knox.

Now, after I know my core, I got a ton of assets, young guys and three huge expirings. I can be a buyer again in Feb of 2020 - sending out expirings and a few of these assets or maybe that future Memphis pick, whatever, to add to my core. A guy that fits with my core.

Conversely, what am I going to do with my cap space this summer? Lock into Niko long term? Go chase some free agent that will only come to my rebuild if I overpay him?

No thanks.

Yup. There is no reason to have cap space for FA. No one worth talking about is signing up this summer and they don't have anyone on the roster they need to save space for to lock up in the immediate future.

Pels will still be a lottery team for a while post Davis. Use your cap space to take on bad contracts + picks or projects (i.e. a Fultz) while you build around whatever the new core is.

We might even be a destination for that guy AD when his next contract is up!