NBA Season 2015/16

[j959]

DeMarcus Cousins with 56 yesterday.  HUGE travel (4 steps by my count) by Troy Daniels before hitting the game winning 3 to sink the Kings 5 game winning streak in double OT

Yet Kobe Bryant is an all star front court player over him.

aswell as  Zaza Pachulia and  Enes Kanter

Small market shines again ;)

Western Conference Player of the week - surely he will get player of the month as well.  Averaging over 30PPG and 14RBG. 

Scores/rebounds this month:

32/09 (PHO)
33/19 (OKC)
35/17 (DAL)
29/10 (LAL)
33/10 (GSW)
32/12 (NOP)
36/17 (UTA)
19/13 (LAC)
36/16 (LAL)
24/15 (ATL)
48/13 (IND)
56/12 (CHA)

def turned that early season poor-form around!!!  :o  8)   ;)

[Jay]

After spending an hour on the ESPN trade machine, I've hit the jackpot :D

Detroit give: Caldwell-Pope + Marcus Morris + Brandon Jennings + Detroit 2016 first round pick
Cleveland Cavaliers give: Kevin Love

Reason: Cleveland are paying 20 million for a third option who is border-line redundant in a potential finals matchup with the Warriors. Wherever he is on the court, Golden State attack him. Especially when they go to the Curry/Klay/Iggy/Barnes/Draymond lineup, he can't guard any of them. You flip him, you get KCP who has shown he can be one of the best Curry defenders in the league, Marcus Morris is a solid wing, and Jennings can be an upgrade at backup PG for some offense off the bench. The pick balances out the fact that Love is a max player. Detroit get Love to pair with Drummond - basically a perfect frontcourt, without wrecking the core of their team.

Makes both sides better in the short term and long term... Call it in!

Let me know if you want me to try and come up with a move for your team as the deadline approaches ;) it's a really cool little tool this, even though nothing I come up with will end up happening :P

[Jay]

More fakies :P

Utah give: Joe Ingles + 2017 Golden State first round pick
Atlanta give: Dennis Schroder

Reason: Utah desperately need some competent PG play if they are set on trying to beat Sacramento and Portland to get to that 8th seed. Schroder is a nice prospect stuck behind Jeff Teague, and in only giving up Ingles and a late first, it's worth a punt to see if he can thrive given more opportunity. Atlanta do this do give them more depth on the wing - Ingles is a nice player. Schroder doesn't see enough minutes for them, and hence getting a first round pick in return is good value.

And with the same reasoning above... Pelicans help replenish their pick stocks and open up some flexibility for the future to build around Davis.
Utah give: Trey Lyles + Trevor Booker + 2016 Jazz first round pick + 2016 Boston second round pick
New Orleans give: Jrue Holliday



Lakers give: Lou Williams
Chicago give: Kirk Hinrich + Aaron Brooks + E'Twaunn Moore + 2016 Bulls first round pick

Reason: The Bulls desperately need scoring, 26th ranked offense. They give up 3 worthless players to make the salaries match, and then their first round pick which shouldn't be anything too valuable. The Lakers should be sellers at the deadline, building up as many picks as they can as they rebuild.

#WhoSaysNo

[Jay]

New Orleans give: Tyreke Evans + Omer Asik + Norris Cole
Brooklyn give: Joe Johnson + Rondae Hollis-Jefferson + Shane Larkin + 2017 Boston 2nd round pick

Reason: The Nets get a solid player in his prime - they don't have a first round pick until 2020 so may as well try to be competitive. New Orleans get a couple of decent young prospects in Rondae and Larkin, Joe's massive expiring contract and most importantly get off of Asik's horrible contract.

I like this one!

[Jay]

Phoenix give: Tyson Chandler
Clippers give: Lance Stephenson + CJ Wilcox + Branden Dawson

Reason: The Suns got their timeline horribly wrong, they aren't even close to competing. They move on from Chandler and his 4-year contract to help bottom out this year, and gain some younger pieces. The Clippers would bank on Chandler still having a year or so left of good basketball and that he can be a quality backup centre for their playoff run.

[jvalles69]

Phoenix give: Tyson Chandler
Clippers give: Lance Stephenson + CJ Wilcox + Branden Dawson

Reason: The Suns got their timeline horribly wrong, they aren't even close to competing. They move on from Chandler and his 4-year contract to help bottom out this year, and gain some younger pieces. The Clippers would bank on Chandler still having a year or so left of good basketball and that he can be a quality backup centre for their playoff run.

Big problem with this one, Chandler won't play back up to anyone especially DJ, he left Dallas because they were trying to sign him.

[RiOtChEsS]

Blake Griffin punched the Clippers equipment manager in the face twice

Broke an index finger, out 4-6weeks... then a suspension surely

[Holz]

After spending an hour on the ESPN trade machine, I've hit the jackpot :D

Detroit give: Caldwell-Pope + Marcus Morris + Brandon Jennings + Detroit 2016 first round pick
Cleveland Cavaliers give: Kevin Love

Reason: Cleveland are paying 20 million for a third option who is border-line redundant in a potential finals matchup with the Warriors. Wherever he is on the court, Golden State attack him. Especially when they go to the Curry/Klay/Iggy/Barnes/Draymond lineup, he can't guard any of them. You flip him, you get KCP who has shown he can be one of the best Curry defenders in the league, Marcus Morris is a solid wing, and Jennings can be an upgrade at backup PG for some offense off the bench. The pick balances out the fact that Love is a max player. Detroit get Love to pair with Drummond - basically a perfect frontcourt, without wrecking the core of their team.

Makes both sides better in the short term and long term... Call it in!

Let me know if you want me to try and come up with a move for your team as the deadline approaches ;) it's a really cool little tool this, even though nothing I come up with will end up happening :P

it will allow anything though

I just did

Varejo to Sixers for Embiid Okafor and Ish Smith

Love to Wolves for Wiggins + Towns + Rubio


Irving Wiggins James Okafor Towns

with I.Smith Embiid Thompson Mozgof Rubio J.R.Smith aint too bad

[plumdog millionaire]

It's only meant to match salaries so they would work CBA wise, obviously you could do so many one sided deals if they work by salary

[valkorum]

What about one for the Kings - we need a wing defender.

DMC, WCS, Rondo & Casspi are off the table

[Jay]

What about one for the Kings - we need a wing defender.

DMC, WCS, Rondo & Casspi are off the table

Glad you asked! The Kings are not an easy one though, as they traded away picks to offload their bad contracts to Philly.

Kings give: Kosta Koufus + Ben Mclemore + 2020 first round pick top 8 protected + Spurs 2016 second round pick
New Orleans give: Tyreke Evans

Kings give: Rudy Gay + Marco Bellinelli
Memphis give: Courtney Lee + Tony Allen + Vince Carter

Atlanta give: Thabo Sefalosha
Kings give: Ben Mclemore

Phoenix give: PJ Tucker + Markieff Morris
Kings give: Ben Mclemore + Marco Bellinelli + Caron Butler + 2016 Spurs second round pick + 2018 Portland second round pick

Think they are all reasonable deals that both sides would consider :) what do you think?

[valkorum]

Glad you asked! The Kings are not an easy one though, as they traded away picks to offload their bad contracts to Philly.

Kings give: Kosta Koufus + Ben Mclemore + 2020 first round pick top 8 protected + Spurs 2016 second round pick
New Orleans give: Tyreke Evans
NO - Tyreke is not a great defender and has been at the Kings before.  He needs the ball in his hands to be effective

Kings give: Rudy Gay + Marco Bellinelli
Memphis give: Courtney Lee + Tony Allen + Vince Carter
I don't mind this one, Lee adds depth and Allen adds defense.  I assume VC is just to make the salary's match

Atlanta give: Thabo Sefalosha
Kings give: Ben Mclemore
I also dont mind this one - straight swap

Phoenix give: PJ Tucker + Markieff Morris
Kings give: Ben Mclemore + Marco Bellinelli + Caron Butler + 2016 Spurs second round pick + 2018 Portland second round pick
NO NO NO - We give up way too much to get a guy who is unproven in the NBA and a head case in Morris.

Think they are all reasonable deals that both sides would consider :) what do you think?

[Jay]

Interesting, Valk. I think the Memphis one is my favourite - only thing is that I'm not sure if the Grizzlies would want Rudy Gay back again.

[Jay]

Tyronn Lue to coach the east at the all-star game. Glad to see he's getting the recognition after putting in a full 1 week of head coaching, and lifting the Cavs to a 2-1 record.

::)

[Holz]

Tyronn Lue to coach the east at the all-star game. Glad to see he's getting the recognition after putting in a full 1 week of head coaching, and lifting the Cavs to a 2-1 record.

::)

To be fair he was the head coach all year