The Trade Jrue Holiday challenge

TYFYS, above and beyond. I should have put Philly in the prohibition because that's a popular one too but good enough.

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Jrue to Pacers for Brogdon and Turner
Jrue joins his brothers, Pels get a ball handler and the ideal big back. Would throw in our 2nd rounders also.

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Not sure how to feel about this one. I want to say it isn't enough value but I think others would disagree.

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Jrue and JJ to Philly for Richardson, Scott, Smith, Thybulle (Scott cut, just needed for salary)
Philly gets the pieces they need to go with Simmons and Embiid, while taking pressure off the both of them.

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This one is all about how you feel about Richardson. I personally think if Philly makes any trades, they are going to demand that one of their albatross contracts go somewhere.

I personally love the Brogdon/Turner swap. Brogdon would replace Ball (im trading him no matter what this offseason, hopefully for #8). Turner would replace Favors and be far better. Plus add in the fact they are both young, they will be here well into BI and Zion's prime. BI, Zion, Brogdon, Turner is the makings of a championship core, just missing a dog.

As far as Richardson, he would be a perfect Jrue replacement. He doesn't need the ball to be effective on offense which keeps it more in Zion and BI's hands, and he's a monster on defense.

Turner's value tanked when he was a huge liability in the playoffs.

I know some teams/fans are, but I'm not really putting a whole lot of stock into the bubble. Taking players out of their element and pretty much putting them in isolation can mess with heads.

As much as I would love that trade, Indiana says no.

No way they give up both Turner and Brogdon for a 30 year old guard on the last year of his contract that isn’t a natural fit on their roster.

Frankly, I think they say no the moment you say you want Brogdon for Jrue.

I think it would really depend on what they are planning to do with Oladipo, and who they hire as HC.

If they want to keep Dipo, then they take a risk and get Jrue to pair with him as a win now type of move. I would do it for Turner and picks, but they don't have their 1st this year.

Not to mention, I love Brogdon and wanted to sign him last year.

We can probably cross out at least 1/3 of the league when considering a Jrue deal. There's just no way we'd disrespect Jrue by sending him to a bad team. That limits things a little bit.

MPJ and Herro have both played themselves out of any Jrue deal, and i'm not interested any deal built around Gary Harris or Kendrick Nunn.

The Easiest one is the Jrue for Myles Turner swap. Listened to a Pacers pod and they were all in on that deal. Jrue wasn't on the table at the time, but we called Indy about Turner before the Favors deal, so we know the FO likes him.

There's Jrue for Mccollum. Portland gets more defense next to Dame and we get a more consistent scoring punch at SG.

I guess this one isn't actually realistic because LA wouldn't have the balls to do it, but Jrue for Paul George. I always thought PG and Kawhi were so similar in styles that the actually fit wouldn't be great. Too much taking turns between the two, because they basically do the same stuff on the court.

3 Team Trade:
Pacers get: Jrue and Lakers 2021 Pick
Knicks get: Lonzo
Pelicans get: Brogdon, Turner, 2020 Clippers Pick (from Knicks)

Jrue to Heat:
Heat get: Jrue, JJ, 2020 Bucks 2nd Round pick, and 2021 Lakers pick
Pelicans get: Bam, Herro, and Robinson

That's fine and all, but Turner for Jrue in a straight up swap doesn't work.

We could get far, far more value elsewhere.