NYK Gets: George Hill, Future MIL 2nd, Future POR 2nd
MIL Gets: Al-Farouq Aminu, Maurice Harkless, Elfrid Payton
NOP Gets: C.J. McCollum, Zach Collins, Anfernee Simons, Thon Maker, 2019, 2021, & 2023 POR 1sts
POR Gets: Anthony Davis, Wesley Matthews, Solomon Hill
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NYK Sends: Wesley Matthews
NYK Receives: George Hill, Future MIL 2nd
- Instead of simply buying out Matthews, New York gets Hill's expiring contract ($1M guaranteed next year) and buy's him out, receiving two future 2nds for it.
MIL Sends: George Hill, Thon Maker, Future 2nd
MIL Gets: Al-Farouq Aminu, Maurice Harkless, Elfrid Payton
- Swaps Hill for an equal PG in Payton, and uses the money saved to swap Maker and a Future 2nd for Aminu and Harkless. They could use another PF and Aminu and Harkless both fit their switchable defensive scheme (along with Giannis, Middleton, and Snell)
NOP Sends: Anthony Davis, Solomon Hill, Elfrid Payton
NOP Gets: C.J. McCollum, Zach Collins, Anfernee Simons, Thon Maker, Three Future POR 1sts
- New Orleans gets a star in C.J. who could finally become a number 1 option and is a great fit next to Holiday (if they keep him). They also get good futuristic assets in Collins, Simons, Maker, and picks. Maker and Collins could be a very interesting, high potential front court going forward (along with Okafor who's played great). Very solid package for AD. They also shed Hill's terrible contract in the process.
POR Sends: C.J. McCollum, Maurice Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Zach Collins, Anfernee Simons, Three Future 1sts
POR Gets: Anthony Davis, Wesley Matthews, Solomon Hill
- Portland lands Anthony Davis and keeps Nurkic. They also get a familiar SG replacement for C.J. in Wesley Matthews who's still a good 3-and-D player and is a good fit in that lineup. They have to take on Hill's contract, but it expires in 2020 along with ET and Meyers. If AD leaves in 2020, Portland would have an enormous amount of cap space to try to surround two stars they'll still have in Dame and Nurkic. Portland should look for a 9th man to their rotation below through the buy-out market. Preferably a hybrid-forward.
PORTLAND 8-MAN ROTATION:
Lillard (36) / Curry (12)
Matthews (30) / Curry (18)
Layman (18) / Turner (30)
Davis (36) / Layman (12)
Nurkic (30) / Leonard (18)
MINUTES:
Lillard & Davis - 36min
Nurkic, Layman, Matthews, Curry, & Turner - 30min
Leonard - 18min