One trade people will hate but we need to make.

Portland Trades Damian Lillard, Wesley Matthews and Victor Claver to Memphis

Memphis Trades Mike Conley, and Tony Allen to Portland.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lbttz3t

I would even throw in a 2018 pick if needed to get the deal done although the straight up deal would be more ideal.

Why do I trade Lillard? Defense. I love Damian but the kids defense is suspect at best he is a dynamic scorer but to win in this league especially in the playoffs we need defense. Conley is a great player in his own regard he can score, pass but mostly his defense elevates him above Lillard in my opinion.

Why do I trade Matthews? I also really like the grit that Wesley provides this team and his three point shooting this year has been terrific but I need Conley and Matthews helps make the salaries match and he should be a valuable enough piece as a scorer and as an expiring contract to convince the Grizzlies to make this deal.

Why do I trade Claver? He won’t play in my rotation so I added him for some cap flexibility.

Why does Memphis do the deal? Conley has a great contract and Allen has provided the grit the team needs in the playoffs to be a threat but the team’s window is closing. Gasol, Randolph, Prince are all expiring contracts next year. Lillard provides long term flexibility for the team as his rookie scale contract opens up lots of potential cap space. In addition, Marc Gasol’s post defense would help hide Lillard’s defense weakness. Matthews would be an upgrade over Lee and Allen at SG, in addition he would be an easily tradeable contract should Memphis decide to blow it up before the deadline next season. The nightlife and the duo of Gasol and Lillard will attract interest in free agents and should help this team remain competitive beyond just next season. If all that is not enough than a future first round pick would provide extra incentive.

Portland seems to have CJ penciled in as SG if that is to be his spot they need to clear room for him. A combo of McCollum and Allen would be great at SG, CJ could come in and provide the offensive spark and perimeter shooting the team needs while Allen could take over defensively.

Conley, Allen, Batum, Aldridge, and Lopez would be a top 10 defensive team and Portland would still be able to score.

I believe this team would give us a much better chance of making a run in the playoffs.

Thoughts, hate messages, bring them on.

 

Not just wow. Fucking wow.

 

Hey' how does your own colon look up close like that?

 

What is happening to this forum? I'm being serious. We went from a well respected place where we could come together and talk hoops.......to god damn ClownTown with threads like this.
Wait for it......some MOD to come in and say, "everybody is allowed to their opinion"..... yes they are, but shouldn't start a shit thread and clutter this place up every time some lightbulb goes off!

 

That's the worst trade I've ever seen on here. Easily. Pure shit

 

Good grief man... stop lumping in the entire forum with a couple people. It's so annoying.

 

You need to be banned. This is just calling for attention with no substance.

 

What are you talking about. this forum has become almost unreadable in the last 2 months! I'm not the only person who has stopped posting here lately. I understand people can come on here and talk about there team, but it isn't what it used to be. Sorry to point out the obvious, sorry if that is annoying.

 

So the forum has become unreadable since the team started playing like shit? Is that what you're saying?

 

Can we make a sticky for horseshit trades? Keeping them in one place would be nice.

 

My favorite part of this post is "Why Memphis does the deal..." and then continues on for 9 lines of text... lol

 

Or even enforce that newbie rule HCP keeps hammering on about

 

Hah -- well stated. Must spread rep around.

 

No it started in late November/Early December.

 

Let's further entice them to take our 23yo All Star PG and our starting SG by adding a pick for their good, but not great PG and 32 year old shooting guard.

 

I guess what I don't understand is you guys who take this stuff so seriously that it actually pisses you off when someone posts a silly trade or a rant about a player. It's the internet. People post stupid shit. They usually have no filter. They post whatever comes into their minds. That's kinda the point of a forum. Post your thoughts. It's not all supposed to be something you agree with. Why do you care if "random poster 123" comes up with goofy trades that will never happen?

 

This dumbass idea doesn't warrant a legit response

 

I think we should just go for the gold.... Dame/Wes/LA for Conley/Allen/Randolph.

 

Bro, It's an idiotic trade. You don't need as many lines as you typed to explain that. No one needs to offer a "hint". You're trading our All Star PG and our 2 best shooters for guys that can't shoot and aren't All Stars... You're trippin...