Clippers and Pistons are engaged in serious talks on a deal centered on forward Blake Griffin

[BonesJones]

Can I get a Griffin is not on our team dance party ?

Nope.

 

[H.C.]

Can I get a Griffin is not on our team dance party ?

I'd dance but when I do I bruise my ankles.

 

[Sarni]

Which is why I said offer 3 firsts if needed.

How though? 2018, 2020, 2022? Can we even already offer 2022 picks?

 

[BonesJones]

How though? 2018, 2020, 2022? Can we even already offer 2022 picks?

You can offer first round picks up to 7 years inn advance.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

why Griffin didnt asked for a NO TRADE clause

He probably did. And LAC just gave him more money then they were going to instead of it.

 

[TBpup]

Which is why I said offer 3 firsts if needed.

When is the last time a team traded away 3 1st round Draft picks....especially on non-superstars like that? Easy there Santa Claus.....stop handing out gifts.

 

[BrianFromWA]

That's cool. Since you have to have 8 yrs in that removes all RFAs and many UFAs. Since you have to have been with the team for 4 years it basically removes all the other ones that weren't going back anyway.

i.e., you don't get to go to the L*kers and get a no-trade.

 

[BrianFromWA]

How though? 2018, 2020, 2022? Can we even already offer 2022 picks?

If you read the "Tough Decisions" thread (cough), you know that we can offer up to 2024 right now. It's the "7 draft" rule.

 

[Pinwheel1]

So Detroit was 4 games under 500 with players like Harris, Avery Bradley, and Drummond .........I like them too but let's keep things in perspective.....those two are not worth mortgaging the future for.

 

[Sarni]

I won't be surprised if we get Jordan after this, by offering Meyers, Harkless and a 1st. They would waive and stretch Meyers, move Harkless for someone else or a pick and use the 1st.

We would use Nurkic to get a wing.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Cap details on the LAC/DET trade:

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2018/01/cap-details-on-blake-griffin-blockbuster.html

BNM

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I won't be surprised if we get Jordan after this, by offering Meyers, Harkless and a 1st. They would waive and stretch Meyers, move Harkless for someone else or a pick and use the 1st.

We would use Nurkic to get a wing.

I would certainly be surprised. In fact, I would be shocked. That would be an amazing return for Moe/Meyers.

 

[Sarni]

I would certainly be surprised. In fact, I would be shocked. That would be an amazing return for Moe/Meyers.

The pick would be the prize, players to match salaries. I am not sure but I think if you waive and stretch Meyers he is going to cost $4M a year. Harkless could get his value to neutral so they might be able to clear him without attaching any assets.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

The pick would be the prize, players to match salaries. I am not sure but I think if you waive and stretch Meyers he is going to cost $4M a year. Harkless could get his value to neutral so they might be able to clear him without attaching any assets.

Sure, but what kind of prize would that pick be if we were to add Jordan for basically nothing, and then convert Nurkic into a comparable-caliber wing? I'd give up a pick in the 20's to shed Moe and Meyers for nothing, let alone to add an elite rebounder/rim protector to the squad for a year.

 

[Pinwheel1]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ffin-trade-future-la-clippers-detroit-pistons

Interesting perspective

"The talent flanking them is uninspiring. The Pistons are starting their own new project from behind. They drafted Stanley Johnson and Luke Kennard instead of Devin Booker and Donovan Mitchell. That's not a purely hypothetical what-if, either; they debated between Booker and Johnson almost up until their pick in 2015, according to league sources.)

 

[Sarni]

Booker and Mitchell would be a nice backcourt to be fair.

 

[Denny Crane]

Imagine being Blake. You just committed to a franchise, and get the LA lifestyle. Now go and enjoy Detroit.

It's called Detroilet for a reason.

 

[Denny Crane]

"The Clippers and Pistons have agreed on a deal to trade Blake Griffin for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, a first-round and a second-round draft pick, league sources tell ESPN."

"Clippers are includig Brice Johnson and Willie Reed in the trade, league sources tell ESPN."

Damn! Didn't want Blake, but would have loved to get Avery Bradley.

BNM

We clearly couldn't have gotten Griffen for scraps.

 

[jlprk]

Canzano has Paul Allen afraid of his own shadow when players like Avery Harris are available. Olshey is handcuffed by the local moral guardians.