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Denny Crane said:
I think this is actually an interesting possibility.

Okafor is on a rookie scale contract, which helps for next season.

Leonard becomes our starting PF, and I say "why not?" Landry would be the backup PF, or push Leonard for the starting job.

An Okafor at C gets us a serious inside/outside game that is going to be hard to stop. Ezeli would be the backup, which seems about right.

The knock on Okafor is weak defense, but he's so young still. He's got enormous upside potential, though. I think he might be the C version of Durant if he continues to grow his game.

I wouldn't get hung up about Landry, though.

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I make that trade, and then I try to find the most private place within 2 minutes walking distance and rub one out as discreetly as possible.
 
If Hinkie where the GM we might have a chance with this deal. Unfortunately, the new regime seems to have more
Natebishop3 said:
I would rather try to pry Jabari Parker away from Milwaukee.
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That would take CJ. No thanks.
 
yuyuza1 said:
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Bryan Colangelo is almost universally thought of as a dumbass.
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Also: he has free rein to undo everything Hinkie did, because Hinkie was pretty much tarred and feathered on his way out, despite laying the groundwork for an epic team down the road.
 
noknobs said:
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I don't think he's a good fit.
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I think you're right; we need a guy who plays both ways and fits with our guys. What if Pelicans had a bad first half? Go for Anthony Davis? How much time has he missed over the years to injury? If he is healthy, how about Vonleh, Crabbe, Plumlee and draft picks?
 
Schilly said:
I'm not so sure Okafor is that far off from being a Boogie.
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He's very far off. Cousins is actually a very good defender when dialed in. Okafor is currently terrible. Enes Kanter has always been my comp for Okafor.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I think you're right; we need a guy who plays both ways and fits with our guys. What if Pelicans had a bad first half? Go for Anthony Davis? How much time has he missed over the years to injury? If he is healthy, how about Vonleh, Crabbe, Plumlee and draft picks?
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If he's healthy, the Blazers don't have the assets to get Davis. If Davis suffers a career-ending injury, then the Pelicans would consider Vonleh, Crabbe, Plumlee and draft picks.
 
Minstrel said:
If he's healthy, the Blazers don't have the assets to get Davis. If Davis suffers a career-ending injury, then the Pelicans would consider Vonleh, Crabbe, Plumlee and draft picks.
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I don't know: Damian + CJ + a ton of unprotected draft picks MIGHT tempt them...
 
Davis is going to get frustrated soon, though. He's been predicted as an MVP candidate the past couple of seasons, but the team keeps getting worse around him. He's the forgotten man: Towns probably has a higher national profile already. And I don't think Buddy Hield is going to help matters (although he might help pad Davis's offensive rebounding totals).
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Davis is going to get frustrated soon, though. He's been predicted as an MVP candidate the past couple of seasons, but the team keeps getting worse around him. He's the forgotten man: Towns probably has a higher national profile already. And I don't think Buddy Hield is going to help matters (although he might help pad Davis's offensive rebounding totals).
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Minstrel said:
If he's healthy, the Blazers don't have the assets to get Davis. If Davis suffers a career-ending injury, then the Pelicans would consider Vonleh, Crabbe, Plumlee and draft picks.
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Well, he is semi-healthy; he plays about 60 games a year. What if we signed Harkless for about 10 million, added him and agreed to take back Asik's bad 4 year contract? If they weren't doing well, wouldn't they be tempted?
 
The only viable superstar target is Cousins. He shares a great relationship with Dame apparently, and has a contract that expires in two summers. And it's pretty much written in stone that he will gtfo.

If SAC wants any value for him, they need to move him this upcoming season. I like that we're stock piling assets to throw at Vivek and Vlade at the deadline.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Well, he is semi-healthy; he plays about 60 games a year. What if we signed Harkless for about 10 million, added him and agreed to take back Asik's bad 4 year contract? If they weren't doing well, wouldn't they be tempted?
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Those four young, but experienced guys would probably all be starters on their team plus they would have a couple draft picks.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Those four young, but experienced guys would probably all be starters on their team plus they would have a couple draft picks.
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But I guess from a public relations point of view, they could never do that, after giving up Chris Paul a few years ago.
 
Re: Davis and Lillard. They'll play together on the US team sometime soon.

I was pushing a Philly-NO trade before the draft: basically Noel, Okafor AND the #1 pick for Davis. I think that might've been fair. But now Philly fans have got all excited for Simmons, it likely won't happen.

Other teams that could do it (perhaps):
Boston (include Brooklyn's pick)
Minny (imagine KAT and Davis playing together! It would be Duncan/Robinson 2.0, only with a young David Robinson) - Dunn and Wiggins and Lavine or maybe Dieng. Man, that's actually feasible. Don't you think Thibs would salivate at that?
 
Without a doubt, Olshey is stockpiling assets to make a move later in the year. I think it will be for a player who will be a free agent next summer and the team who has that player currently thinks they won't be able to re-sign the player. I wonder if Neil might go after Blake Griffin as he has a player option for 17-18, will only be 28, and he has a connection with Olshey.
 
OK, OK, I'm gonna give up my favorite player on the Blazers, CJ. Now it's CJ (maybe extend him first to bring the salaries in line, can that be done in-season?), Vonleh, Plumlee, Harkless plus two draft picks and we take back Asik also? You tell me that wouldn't tempt them?
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Well, he is semi-healthy; he plays about 60 games a year. What if we signed Harkless for about 10 million, added him and agreed to take back Asik's bad 4 year contract? If they weren't doing well, wouldn't they be tempted?
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None of the guys you're sending are even close to impact players. They're far better off hoping he does stay healthy. Last season was "disappointing" for him and he still put up a 25 PER, with strong defensive numbers. Basically, the only thing that made his season disappointing was that his TS% went from great to good. And that might have a lot to do with the Pelicans not surrounding him with much, especially with all the injuries they had.

If he ever stays healthy, he's a perennial top-tier MVP candidate. And he's not a Greg Oden--he is playing, just 10-15 games less per season than ideal. If I were the Pelicans' GM, I wouldn't trade him even for Lillard.
 
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