Investigating The DeMar DeRozan Trade Possibilities

[gambit1990]

of course it makes sense when ur the team with demar

[GreekSpursfan]

Very informative thread. I give it 1% to trade him this summer and a little more by the trade deadline. I give it more than 50% to trade him next summer.

[rjv]

i would be thoroughly shocked if derozan isn't a spur for all of next season.

[GusT15]

Very informative thread. I give it 1% to trade him this summer and a little more by the trade deadline. I give it more than 50% to trade him next summer.

We can trade him next summer only if we extend him or he opts in,right?

If he opts out he's an UFA next summer.

[cool cat]

of course it makes sense when ur the team with demar

Demar for Kevin Love would be a depressing trade. *rimshot*

I’ll see myself out.

[CGD]

Teams that I have no read on about their plans, but that have an ass load of space:

Kings
Pelicans
Dallas
Chicago

[rjv]

Teams that I have no read on about their plans, but that have an ass load of space:

Kings
Pelicans
Dallas
Chicago

i think dallas is going to go all in on horford

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Demar for Kevin Love would be a depressing trade. *rimshot*

I’ll see myself out.

Ouch . . . but that was funny!

[tbdog]

I just don't see it's either max our DD or trade him type of scenario. I just think the Spurs will offer him a 3 year 70mil contract. In which I think it is fair.

[baseline bum]

-DeRozan and Marco Belinelli to the Rockets for Chris Paul and two picks

[baseline bum]

I'm guessing the Knicks will totally strike out in FA. They have like $70M in capspace, and if they want to be players next year, will need to fill some of that with 1 year deals to meet minimum payroll.

Kind of sounding like either the Knicks or Nets will land Durant + Irving.

[GreekSpursfan]

We can trade him next summer only if we extend him or he opts in,right?

If he opts out he's an UFA next summer.

My guess is that he will opt in. I don't see how he will find better money elsewhere even if its for one year. If he has an all star year and does well in the playoffs then and only then i can see him opting out but do we really believe that?

[CGD]

i think dallas is going to go all in on horford

That could actually be a great pickup for Dallas.

I think if Pels where to move Lonzo, that DDR could actually work there along Holiday.

[ZeusWillJudge]

I hate #2 and #4. I was ready to jump on Option #3, but the elephant in the room is that someone else would have to actually want two years of DDR at his current price. He's not going to pass on that player option.

I can actually see a team with a ton of cap space getting frozen out on the FA market and seeing DDR as a way to put points on the board, and fans in the seats. So if he can do that for one of those teams, he can do it for the Spurs. And those other teams are less likely to want him until they're sure they can't get someone better. Keeping him is looking pretty viable, TBH. If it wasn't for that player option, it's almost hard to see anything else happening.

I just can't stand the thought of throwing a bunch of future resources, or taking back any albatrosses, in an effort to get rid of one player.

[weebo]

The west is wide open this year...DD may not be KL but he's as good or better than any options mentioned in the OP....keep him and see how much he's improved after a year with the team.

[tonski17]

THis

[spurs1990]

I wouldn't mind taking Gordon Hayward but all of those other situations especially Chris Paul. Hayward would fit better than those other players.

Spurs made the playoffs with no Kawhi, DeRozan or Poeltl and now White is way better and SA can add Lonnie and FA too.

[timvp]

[sasaint]

So about a 90% chance we head into next season with the following lineup:

Dejounte/Patty/Vet PG
White/Forbes/Walker
Derozan/Beli or MLE/Keldon
Gay/Bertans or MLE/Luka/Metu
LMA/Poetl

I think there's probably a good chance that one of Beli or Bertans is moved to cut salary and Metu is probably 50/50 to be on the team next year as well....

Probably a 50-54 win team and a 4-6 seed with a 2nd round ceiling....

League shaping up to be the most wide open it's been in like 20 years and the Spurs are gonna run it back + Dejounte ....sigh.

Yep. You nailed it. If all our guards remain healthy, I see a minor move at the deadline to slightly de-clutter the backcourt.

[MultiTroll]

-DeRozan to the Grizzlies for Chandler Parsons

Kori, get this man away from the computer for a short break.

[SpurPadre]

Yep. You nailed it. If all our guards remain healthy, I see a minor move at the deadline to slightly de-clutter the backcourt.

At the deadline? Pop is the King of standing pat at the deadline. If anything, he'll be quoted making jokes about not trading a few days before the deadline comes and goes.

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

I'm not a DeRozan fan but trading him don't make much sense to me. Who are you going to trade him for that's going to make the Spurs better. What they need is a third capable player to fit in with DeRozan and Aldridge. Gay is not that player, injury prone, can't play enough minutes and doesn't play well in the playoffs. Make a trade to free up cap space in order to sign a player or aquire that play through a trade is what I would like to see them do. If you gonna trade DeRozan might as well just trade him for picks and move Aldridge too and pretty much be a bottom feeder for the next 10 - 20 years.

[Poolboy5623]

The biggest question for me is what other team wants him that bad?

[Down Under]

Ideally, he helps us win games until the trade deadline, the other 2 young guys pan out & you trade him for whatever you can get then.

[duncan2k5]

I'm not a DeRozan fan but trading him don't make much sense to me. Who are you going to trade him for that's going to make the Spurs better. What they need is a third capable player to fit in with DeRozan and Aldridge. Gay is not that player, injury prone, can't play enough minutes and doesn't play well in the playoffs. Make a trade to free up cap space in order to sign a player or aquire that play through a trade is what I would like to see them do. If you gonna trade DeRozan might as well just trade him for picks and move Aldridge too and pretty much be a bottom feeder for the next 10 - 20 years.

The team is literally better with him off the floor... U can trade him for a second round pick and we would be better off