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Meyers Leonard Among “Long-Shot” Center Trade Prospects this Summer
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Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale lists Portland’s little-used pivot as an unlikely, but possible, trade target.
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Dave Deckard@DaveDeckard Jun 5, 2018, 11:34am PDT
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Portland Trail Blazers are likely to be active in the NBA trade market this summer, looking to acquire talent and drop expensive salaries. Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale suggests that
Meyers Leonard might be on the move in that process.
Favale lists Leonard—along with
Kevin Love,
Tyson Chandler, and
Marc Gasol, among others—as a “long shot” candidates for the trading block.
He suggests that other pieces will be necessary in order to bait the hook for a Leonard deal:
Greasing the wheels of a Leonard salary dump is Portland’s bookkeeping middle ground. Al-Farouq Aminu (one year, $7 million) and Moe Harkless (two years, $22.3 million) are more valuable as assets at their respective price points. Moving Evan Turner helps the cause, but it will likely cost two first-round picks (or prospects) to lop off the $36.5 million he’s owed through 2019-20.
Granted, shipping out Leonard’s contract is no walk in the park. He finished the season behind Davis, Nurkic and rookie
Zach Collins in the big-man rotation. And the Blazers would sooner turn to smaller lineups with Aminu or Harkless at the 4 before giving him minutes at power forward.
After discussing Leonard’s attributes, Favale suggests that while unlikely, the chances of a Leonard trade aren’t zero. Meyers may have suitors:
Still, other teams will talk themselves into Leonard. He doesn’t turn 27 until February and won’t break the bank at about $11 million annually. He’ll be worth the gamble to rebuilding types if attached to a protected first-rounder. The
Atlanta Hawks,
Dallas Mavericks and
Orlando Magic immediately spring to mind. So, too, do the
Miami Heat if the Blazers are interested in expanding to a bad-salary swap for
Hassan Whiteside rather than straight-up savings.
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