As for me, I'd suggest three trades [obvious or not] that I think would be helpful.
1.) DSJ to Minn for Josh Okogie
2.) Randle, Portis, and Trier to Utah for Mike Conley and Royce O'Neale
3.) Ellington, Payton, and Knox to Portland for Bazemore, Simons, and Little
Well, sure it'd be probably be helpful to make 3 lopsided trades in our favor.
1) Okogie starts for Mini. Plays D. Hustles. Jr. Smith is a backup PG in a funk. Could work out for them I suppose, but what an ugly gamble. As someone said, they'd be offering us Layman or some minor ish for Smith's broken game.
2) Absurd trade. Unless they know Conley is permanently broken. They just dumped Exum. So they're handing the keys to Muddy? Or reviving Trier at PG?
They have Bogdonavich as a quality PF already. What are they doing, following the successful Knick model of loading up on PF's and not having anybody who plays PG well?
3) They'd have to really like Knox. Who's shown flashes but is real young, erratic, and a poor defender, which ain't helping a Lillard led team. Payton could be useful for them. But they ain't cashing in their yute for that.
Okay, maybe I'm too harsh on #3. But it's the kind of trade neither team likely makes. Just doesn't address needs.
And teams should wonder why the Knix would be giving up on Knox if the return was just another young prospect.
Some of my trades might be a little wild at times, but at least I try to make sure the other teams get equal value and parts that fit.
I'd be up for dumping Randle and keeping Morris. But contract-wise we're more likely to go the other way. And I'd rather Sell High (MaMo) than Low (Orange&blue Julius).
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