Trading our pick at #6

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We know virtually nobody in here wants to trade #6 for Jerami Grant, that's been made abundantly clear. I know that many would like to keep the pick, and add some young talent to the roster, and make trades with any other assets/cap space. But let's eliminate keeping it, who WOULD you trade the #6 pick for, or what package of players from a team do you think we can get? Preferably reasonable options, we'd all move it for top stars.
 
RR7 said:
We know virtually nobody in here wants to trade #6 for Jerami Grant, that's been made abundantly clear. I know that many would like to keep the pick, and add some young talent to the roster, and make trades with any other assets/cap space. But let's eliminate keeping it, who WOULD you trade the #6 pick for, or what package of players from a team do you think we can get? Preferably reasonable options, we'd all move it for top stars.
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Siakam, Ben Simmons (potentially), there aren't a lot of options for a starting 4.
 
RR7 said:
We know virtually nobody in here wants to trade #6 for Jerami Grant, that's been made abundantly clear. I know that many would like to keep the pick, and add some young talent to the roster, and make trades with any other assets/cap space. But let's eliminate keeping it, who WOULD you trade the #6 pick for, or what package of players from a team do you think we can get? Preferably reasonable options, we'd all move it for top stars.
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Id trade #6 for the right 3/4 - 4/5 veteran player or rising star
 
If the Lakers blew it up, I'd gladly trade that pick and a package of players for AD, even with his injury history. John Collins would be a good get. Siakam? Maybe. Sabonis?? There just aren't many good options out there at PF.
 
This is a really fun question, so thanks. The problem is we don’t really know who is realistic and or available

So I will say that the type of player I’d trade it for is a young, long, athletic freak that plays the 3/4, and has a high motor but no major injury history

I still think Ben Simmons would be a Godsend
 
The thing I keep coming back to is the idea that if Cronin is still in charge during the draft we might trade our pick should it land 6-8 to the Hornets for the 13th and 15th. Then Cronin would trade one of those two picks for Grant and use the other to draft a promising forward with the other pick.
 
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wizenheimer said:
I'd do #6 & the Milwaukee pick + Bledsoe for John Collins
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I mean, I guess I'd possibly be willing to do that but we're giving the Hawks a ton of cap relief after this upcoming season and if they like the player available at 6, 7 or 8 I don't know why we'd have to add a future first to that cap relief and a top ten pick. If we're sending Bledsoe's contract out with our pick I think it's important to keep future draft assets available so we can still take advantage of the ~21M TPE.
 
My response here:

illmatic99 said:
Was trying to take a break from posting until the lotto, but still can't get over how hasty and bad those trades were, especially when we don't have a finite plan in mind to convert that flexibility into talent.

That said, the only way to salvage value from what we just lost is to luck out in the lottery and/or trade back into the draft for an asset we can move for talent.

Ideas/scenarios:

- OKC has #4 + #12. If we jump them and they drop, we can try to get two picks for one.
- CHA has #13 + #15. Can try to get both for our pick.
- Spurs have #9, #20, #25. Can try to get all three of their picks for ours if we land high enough for a player they are targeting. (recall we traded #15 + #20 for #10 in the 2017 draft... ugh).
- Houston has their own pick + #17. Another potential trade partner depending on how the lottery goes.

All of this obviously depends on the results of the lottery. If we are in position to draft Paolo/Jabari, I don't want to bother trading back.

What a freaking blow this is to lose a major asset before we even start our summer.
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I don't think any players of commensurate value will be available. Especially considering the max salary they can really make (for us to take back with the TPE) is ~21 mil.
 
I might look to move slightly back if there was a player we could land with our TPE. Something like 6 and 36 for Barnes and 7, or 6 for Avidja and 10. 6 for Randle, Reddish and 11. I'd want more back from Charlotte than just 13 and 15. PJ Washington and Jalen McDaniels as well?
But, ideally, it is for a clear starter at the 3/4, like others have said.
 
Mediocre Man said:
This is a really fun question, so thanks. The problem is we don’t really know who is realistic and or available

So I will say that the type of player I’d trade it for is a young, long, athletic freak that plays the 3/4, and has a high motor but no major injury history

I still think Ben Simmons would be a Godsend
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I can still see us trading Lillard for Simmons (particularly if the Nets get bounced by the Celtics), but maybe not until midway through next season.
 
Minor point, but we are also > 3x more likely to drop to #7 than keep #6.

Statistically speaking, our most likely pick following the lottery is #7, by a substantial margin.

~30% shot at #7
~20% shot at #8
~10% shot at #1, 2, 3, 4, 6
~4% shot at #9
< 1% shot at #10
 
I'm pretty sure Indy would be tempted to give us Myles Turner for the #6.
 
SAC is hellbent on making the playoffs or play-in but they're so far away.

How about...

Bledsoe + Keon + 36 for Barnes.
our pick + TPE for Sabonis.

Dame/Ant/Barnes/Sabonis/Nurk

with Hart/Nas/etc off the bench

(Sabonis has shockingly decent defensive metrics)
 
illmatic99 said:
SAC is hellbent on making the playoffs or play-in but they're so far away.

How about...

Bledsoe + Keon + 36 for Barnes.
our pick + TPE for Sabonis.

Dame/Ant/Barnes/Sabonis/Nurk

with Hart/Nas/etc off the bench

(Sabonis has shockingly decent defensive metrics)
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Why would Sacramento give Sabonis up for so little?
 
13&15 - Charlotte

9&20/25 - Spurs

10 + Future FRP

11 + Future FRP
 
illmatic99 said:
Minor point, but we are also > 3x more likely to drop to #7 than keep #6.

Statistically speaking, our most likely pick following the lottery is #7, by a substantial margin.

~30% shot at #7
~20% shot at #8
~10% shot at #1, 2, 3, 4, 6
~4% shot at #9
< 1% shot at #10
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You left out the scenarios where we jump up to top 4.
 
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