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Don't want to get bent over by Ainge
In before the deluge, I submit.........The Nordic Finnishing School of Lauri Markkanen
What do you think Scott?
Don't want to get bent over by Ainge
I hope the domino of vets signing starts here. Who’s next? Markkanen? Batum?
At this point Danny Ainge doesn't care about anything other than fleecing teams, it's his sole purpose in life.
But damn, I want Markkanen so bad I'd accept it as long as we have one FRP left in every draft.
Collins, '25 CHI, '25 CHA, '31 MIN would surely be included. Minnesota pick because Utah already owns all of their picks and Ainge surely wants to rub it in even more.
Then either one '27 unprotected pick or worse of '25 SAS/ATL and '27 SAS/ATL.
I wouldn't give up '25 SAS or ATL, everything else can be negotiated.
I'd maybe even entertain taking on their Collins, he's still a solid player and three man PF/C rotation of Lauri, John Collins and Wemby would be very good.
Collins+Tre+Keldon for Collins+Lauri matches perfectly salary wise and would probably allow us to send one FRP less.
Then they can trade Tre+Keldon for something useful, teams would rate them as bench pieces.
I’m perplexed by the Markkanen interest, is he really a good fit with wemby long term?
Can't imagine getting Markannen without giving up one of the 25 picks. Would be funny if that 31 pick helps land him though so we can stop hearing all the ing about Dillingham.
Chicago and Charlotte picks are definitely gone in any bigger trade.
I see Charlotte as a payment to the other team for taking Zach, tbh.
It won't convey.
Chicago could, but is still not a guaranteed FRP.
I think Collins isn't getting anywhere for less than three guaranteed FRPs that aren't projected to be far off the lottery and then some.
Considering PATFO probably won't be adding multiple rookies anymore, I'd be fine with trading away worse SAS/ATL picks in '25 and '27.
My offer would look something like:
Chicago '25 - likely won't convey in '25, late lottery if it conveys in '26.
Charlotte '25 - won't convery.
Minnesota '31 - who knows? Considering it's Minnesota, could very well be a lottery pick.
Worse off Spurs/Hawks in '25 and '27 - probably mid-lottery in '25 and then hopefully late FRP in '27.
I'd give up Spurs '27 straight up, but Hawks '27 is obviously way more valuable.
That would be two mid-late lottery picks, one late FRP and a Minnesota pick that's a complete unknown.
Could maybe create a future Edwards trade scenario for Utah due to them owning '27 and '29 Minnesota picks.
Keldon+Tre combo could net them another late FRP.
Why wouldn't he be?
On offense, he's as perfect of a fit as it gets.
Basically a 7ft Klay on the perimeter.
Can punish mismatches with LMA-style mid-range post ups.
Not an elite athlete, but doesn't shy away from contact and always goes strong to the rim when there's space. And there would be space with everyone focused on Wemby.
Also a very good rebounder, something we also lack.
He's not a great defender, but he's not that bad. Solid enough to hold his own. He's not a target for mismatches other than obviously quick guards, but almost no big can guard those matchups.
He'd also be great because he can match up with stretch bigs.
Let's say we're playing a team with someone like Brook Lopez. You just put Markkanen on outside shooters and let Wemby protect the rim.
I honestly don't see any red flags if we're talking about basketball or even character fit.
In this market where so few all-star players become available and then you have to play a king's ransom for any of them, Markkanen trade seems like a no brainer.
He'll enter his new contract when he turns 28, so we'd have him on a max deal for the entirety of his prime and then he could take a discount at 33 for his next contract.
We just saw Immanuel Quickley sign a 175/5 deal, times are changing.
starting to think tre jones is getting shipped tbh... his contract is perfect for a trade
He's 27, so no. He'd be a mid-term guy you'd probably not want to keep paying bigtime past this next contract of his.
I think Tre's going to be very hard to retain next summer as someone will offer him starter level money.
Ainge going against BWrong. Let's see what he got.
Let’s get Markannen, baby
Markannen is an all star in Will Hardy system, not much difference. They got the intel. Great fit overall. Still has 5 years of prime left. We can renegotiate and extend with our capspace. Maybe declining deal.
So when does Graham's contract stick? I guess that's our trade deadline. Surely they will cut him if nothing is planned.
They moved it for a week.
I guess we'll know by then.
Btw, I could actually see Utah wanting Jeremy.
I wouldn't mind trading him, unfortunately his skillset is kind of a detriment to Castle and Wemby.
And I'd rather keep one of those Hawks picks than Jeremy.
Longer than that. Until the 13th
Anything you would rather keep, Ainge would rather have.
Markkanen is my dream but I know he’s not gonna come cheap. Just wonder how many of those FRP’s it would take tbh.
They have also aligned CP3 contract to be at the salary floor when they match Markannen contract with KJ or Zollins. They need this to renegotiate and extend Lauri mid season with cap space. Coincidence or nah.
The problem with GSW is they can't extend him for his value. He would hit UFA with them so unless their desperate they are paying for a rental. We can extend him if we mantain capspace. It is the DJ thing again where he is making too little to extend. That limits UTA leverage.
Maybe I haven't seen him enough, but his skillset seems like it would be perfect with Victor. The only downside is that he's 27. If you think otherwise, I'm interested to hear it. A long, slashing scorer with Victor seems like the dream.
27 isn’t old. Not everybody has to be in their young 20’s. Markkanen has about 6+ years of being a good to great player.
I don't think 27 is old either. It's the stage of development. Poetl and Dejounte were traded more for their age than anything else.
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