Trade for Anthony Davis?

[OneSport3]

Let me preface this by saying that I have little knowledge on the CBA/cap issues. So I have no idea of what would be allowed/disallowed.

Could we trade Eric Bledsoe/TPE/1st round pick(s) for Anthony Davis? The Lakers are stuck paying AD, LeBron and Westbrook $120M so they have no room to improve. The only assets they have are LeBron and AD.

 

[SwissBlazer]

No we can't

 

[KSF-ERIC]

LMAO!!! Only way they give us AD is for Dame. Which is not a horrible deal for us since it balances out the roster. Simons/Hart/Winslow/AD/Nurk is a good team.

 

[BBert]

Fuck A.D.

 

[Scalma]

An aging injury prone big man what could go wrong

 

[KSF-ERIC]

An aging injury prone big man what could go wrong

Would you do it for one healthy playoffs and a title though? Like we got out of Walton. Simons/AD is a filthy combo.

 

[Mediocre Man]

No

 

[oldmangrouch]

Trade him back to the Pels. He and Zion can sit in their rocking chairs and tell everybody how great they woulda-coulda-shoulda been.

 

[Strenuus]

LMAO!!! Only way they give us AD is for Dame. Which is not a horrible deal for us since it balances out the roster. Simons/Hart/Winslow/AD/Nurk is a good team.

Because it makes sense to trade the face of the franchise for a guy, a center, coming to Portland, with very known injury history.

Like, come on man. Lol. This ain't no Walton situation.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

AD is absolutely a game changer (when healthy). He would make the Blazers an instant contender (when healthy). He has one of the best over all skill sets of any big man in the league (when healthy). The Blazers could win a title if they could find a way to trade for him (and he stayed healthy).
You see where I'm going with this right?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

AD is absolutely a game changer (when healthy). He would make the Blazers an instant contender (when healthy). He has one of the best over all skill sets of any big man in the league (when healthy). The Blazers could win a title if they could find a way to trade for him (and he stayed healthy).
You see where I'm going with this right?

 

[RR7]

Let me preface this by saying that I have little knowledge on the CBA/cap issues. So I have no idea of what would be allowed/disallowed.

Could we trade Eric Bledsoe/TPE/1st round pick(s) for Anthony Davis? The Lakers are stuck paying AD, LeBron and Westbrook $120M so they have no room to improve. The only assets they have are LeBron and AD.

Unfortunately we can not combine the tpe with any contracts.
I think our best chance of getting the $$ to work is signing the two lottery picks, and combining them with Bledsoe and likely one other small contract.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Perhaps the OP, and others, should consider what the Lakers gave up to get him. The Lakers GM would be crucified for such a trade, whether it makes sense or not.

 

[Fitz303]

Unfortunately we can not combine the tpe with any contracts.
I think our best chance of getting the $$ to work is signing the two lottery picks, and combining them with Bledsoe and likely one other small contract.

This is exactly it. Financially, the trade would have to be Bledsoe, Winslow, Blazers 1st rd pick, Pelicans 1st rd pick. That's a huge gamble

 

[Fairly-Hard]

This is exactly it. Financially, the trade would have to be Bledsoe, Winslow, Blazers 1st rd pick, Pelicans 1st rd pick. That's a huge gamble

If that's all it would cost? That is no gamble at all IMO. If you can get that deal you do that in a heartbeat.

 

[RR7]

This is exactly it. Financially, the trade would have to be Bledsoe, Winslow, Blazers 1st rd pick, Pelicans 1st rd pick. That's a huge gamble

If we assume that we get, say, picks 8 and 10, going off of the 1st year salaries of this year's 8 and 10 picks, we could sign those 2, combine them with Bledsoe, and then Didi would be enough salary to match Davis.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

This is a perennial All-Star and future Hall of Fame talent. Yes he does get injured but if all it casts is Bledsoe and a couple picks from a questionable draft? You do that all day long.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Lets not act like Anthony Davis isn't worth it. It's more about the Lakers would never take that deal.

 

[Scalma]

This is a perennial All-Star and future Hall of Fame talent. Yes he does get injured but if all it casts is Bledsoe and a couple picks from a questionable draft? You do that all day long.

That’s literally how Portland ended up with Lillard. Nets didn’t think the draft class was good so they dealt their pick for a good but injury prone player. Obviously Wallace isn’t AD but it’s the same line of thinking that I’d rather avoid.

 

[BBert]

That’s literally how Portland ended up with Lillard. Nets didn’t think the draft class was good so they dealt their pick for a good but injury prone player. Obviously Wallace isn’t AD but it’s the same line of thinking that I’d rather avoid.

This. We are trying to build for the future, not the past.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

No. Can't stand AD.

 

[oldmangrouch]

This is a perennial All-Star and future Hall of Fame talent. Yes he does get injured but if all it casts is Bledsoe and a couple picks from a questionable draft? You do that all day long.

Strongly disagree. Gambling on injury plagued players rarely work out.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Strongly disagree. Gambling on injury plagued players rarely work out.

Kawhi Leonard

 

[illmatic99]

Kawhi Leonard

When did AD become a has been? Dude was the best big in the leagur like a yr ago.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Going into this season, AD had played in something like 63% of possible games. That actually understates the negative impact since losing a star is worse than losing an average player for the same amount of time. On top of that, you need to consider that AD sucks up a high percentage of your cap AND the acquisition cost. Take what you consider his value, discount it by half, and you could still be over-paying.

As for Toronto - good for them. Enter enough 3-legged horses in the Kentucky Derby and eventually one of them might finish in the money. Still a foolish risk.

 

[oldmangrouch]

When did AD become a has been? Dude was the best big in the leagur like a yr ago.

Last season? 36 games. 2nd lowest scoring average of his career and his worst rebounding average. His last 3 seasons have been his lowest rebounding numbers since his rookie year. From 13-14 to 18-19 he was a double digit rebounder. Since then, single digits. What does that say about his decreasing athletic ability?

Last season was also his 2nd worst PER - but I know many don't care about that.

 

[illmatic99]

Last season? 36 games. 2nd lowest scoring average of his career and his worst rebounding average. His last 3 seasons have been his lowest rebounding numbers since his rookie year. From 13-14 to 18-19 he was a double digit rebounder. Since then, single digits. What does that say about his decreasing athletic ability?

Last season was also his 2nd worst PER - but I know many don't care about that.

No one is saying he isn't injury prone.

But he just finished a finals series in Oct 2020 (1.5 yrs ago) averaging 25/11 on 57/42/94 shooting splits.

The obvious injury risk is why you don't give up Dame or your entire war chest of assets. But if he were completely healthy, he would be impossible to attain.

And this decline you hint at is overstated. The guy is still 28.

 

[oldmangrouch]

No one is saying he isn't injury prone.

But he just finished a finals series in Oct 2020 (1.5 yrs ago) averaging 25/11 on 57/42/94 shooting splits.

The obvious injury risk is why you don't give up Dame or your entire war chest of assets. But if he were completely healthy, he would be impossible to attain.

And this decline you hint at is overstated. The guy is still 28.

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It's not a question of age - it is a question of all those injuries eroding his body!

 

[Fairly-Hard]

That’s literally how Portland ended up with Lillard. Nets didn’t think the draft class was good so they dealt their pick for a good but injury prone player. Obviously Wallace isn’t AD but it’s the same line of thinking that I’d rather avoid.

Like you said "obviously Wallace isn't AD"

 

[Scalma]

Like you said "obviously Wallace isn't AD"

And like I said, that’s not the point. Also it doesn’t matter how much better Ad is if he isn’t on the court.