re: Well, West just got stronger

Every guy who is possible to acquire is unlikely to really help turn it around. The odds for all acquisitions are below 50 percent. Most much lower than that.

The Pels have very few assets and there are very few sellers

When you are operating from a position of weakenesses, it is always a long shot

Perfect? Nobody.

There are higher floor targets and higher ceiling targets (with more risk)

All realistic options have more of a chance to lead to failure (AD not extending) than success

I would go for Wall because of the ceiling. Highest floor trade would be some kind of three way deal that lands you Justin Holiday, Rodney Hood, and Alec Burks or JR for Hill, Wes, and the pick. But Dell wants to swing for more than that

I mean if I were Dell why wouldn’t you swing big?!? It’s not like your going to have a job if AD leaves/not competitive in the playoffs (they are both relative). I saw go big at the deadline if possible and see if you can make noise at the end of the season. I wouldn’t settle for a role player just yet if don’t have to. I’d be patient until something develops. It’s not like we have a whole lot of tradable players.

I'm down for that but how?

I really don’t know how the Pels can get a group of solid players with the pieces they currently have. I don’t have any connections and I’m only going by what I hear from media outlets (not sure how accurate they are). I think it’s two realistic options.

With AD, you can do a big trade and hope it works out and it makes AD stay.

Or you play it safe at the deadline for a mid level deal and deal AD for a good of really good players and draft picks (please not the Lakers because they’re young players are mostly overrated). I’m thinking deal AD out of the West to Boston for Rozier, Tatum, Morris, and a pick. Now your running with a really deep young defensive team. Rozier, Holiday, Tatum, Morris, and Randle (resigned) with Moore, Frank, Miller, and a shot blocking big off the bench could be an playoff team.

I like that plan a lot. That builds depth and shooting. It also saves us from dealing Niko.

Ideally, I would like to keep Niko as insurance for a potential AD trade. I think Niko and Randle would be a really good front court if AD is dealt this offseason.

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I think Niko and Randle would be a really good front court if AD is dealt this offseason.

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I'm willing to concede there's a lot of Niko/Randle and scrubs (ie not much Jrue and Moore) in here, but in 277 minutes together Niko/Randle have a -2.9 NetRtg. Those don't seem like cornerstone numbers.

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No, you do something like...

Solo, Wesley and first go to Cavs. You get JR and Hood. Cavs send their 2nd and filler to Indy, who sends Cory Joseph or Collison here. Pels add in min contracts if it's Collison.

Basically, imagine just losing Hill from rotation and adding JR, Hood, and Joseph. Or maybe it's Justin Holiday or Burks or D. Carroll, whatever.

No earth moving guys but you get three solid guys. Now you have our 6 good players plus the 3 you added and Miller. Solid 10. Frank and Diallo are wild cards at 11 and 12. Ian Clark, your 13th man.

That's solid depth that allows you to win games while not running AD and Jrue into the ground

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I like that better than the Wall route. The only positive to the Wall route to me is that it may be more impressive to AD such that he sees a potential contender.

Another positive I can think of going the Wall route would be to potential free agents. They may see a big 4 of AD, Wall, Jrue and Randle as legit contenders, and could be a deciding factor between us and other teams for minimum contract players.