My scenario is we take Scoot at 3 and if Brandon Miller is there and Scoot goes to Charlotte, we trade 3 to Orlando for 6 and 11.West Texan said:Guitarsoup said:I like the framework for sure, but I think Portland values Sharpe a lot and they need to send out more salary to bring in Brown. Nurkic almost certainly has to be traded, which is fine b/c Portland is way down on him.AggieEP said:
At some point if you are Boston though you cannot do that, 50 million for Tatum and 50 million for Brown ties up 100 million in essentially the same position and really limits how you build a team around those guys. They are close to winning right now because they can afford to have Horford, Smart, White, Williams and Brogdon complimenting Tatum and Brown.
If I were them, I'd be exploring how to ship Brown to Portland. Maybe a 3 team trade that sees Brown go to Portland in exchange for Shaedon Sharpe + bad contract to make the numbers work, the #3 pick plus a future first is a deal that Portland could make. Then (to make it Spurs related) Boston ships the number 3 pick + Sharpe + a bad contract to San Antonio in exchange for Keldon and either the Chicago or Toronto future pick.
So:
Portland gets Jaylen Brown to pair with Dame and try to win now and gives up Sharpe , the 2023 #3 pick + 1 future first. A lineup of Dame, Brown, Grant and Jurkic should make them more competitive on paper and satisfies their need to put a star with Dame.
Boston ends up with Keldon and future 1st from Portland plus a future 1st from either Toronto/Chicago. Keldon replaces much of what Brown already gives and is on a value contract for the next 4 years of the Celtics championship window. The Celtics also have would get two additional 1st's in this scenario to continue to upgrade around Tatum. The Celtics don't necessarily get market value for Brown, but they get some flexibility to replace his production and do not tie up 40-50 million per year with him.
Spurs end up with the number 3 pick and Shaedon Sharpe in exchange for Keldon + either the Chicago or Toronto pick. It's a small sample size, but at the end of the year when Sharpe got starter minutes, he averaged 23/6/4 on decent shooting. Now your future lineup can be
Starters:
Amen Thompson (19)
Devin Vassell (22)
Jeremy Sochan (20)
Victor Wembanyama (19)
Zach Collins (25)
Bench:
Shaedon Sharpe (20)
Malaki Branham (20)
Doug McDermott (31)
Bad contract guy
That's obviously a team that is going to lose a lot of games next year being that young, but it's the purest version of finding out what you really have and letting the young guys explore how to develop their games. Perhaps, fill out the team with a couple more veterans that can help mold the young guys into winners and the future looks really bright for that core.
How about expanding this way:
Portland gets:
#33 pick from the Spurs
Jaylen Brown from Celtics
Bassey from Spurs
Boston gets (I think they need more here, throw in some seconds?)
Two First Round Picks
Keldon Johnson
Nurkic
Spurs get:
Rob Williams from Boston
Little from Portland
Sharpe from Portland
#6 from Orlando
#11 from Orlando
Orlando gets
#3 from Portland
We bring in Orlando because we don't want Alabama players implicated in major crimes, assuming Scoot goes #2.
At 6 we can pick up Black or Ausar or Hendricks and at 11 we can get Walker or Wallace.
Or maybe we trade 11 to Utah for #16 and #28 and pick up Bilal Coulibaly and Andre Jackson Jr or James Nnaji.
I sure wouldn't be upset to end up with Wemby at 1, Black at 6, Bilal at 16 and Nnaji at 28 with those moves.
Still have some money to go get someone like Bruce Brown
Collins/Rob Williams/Nnaji
Wemby/Doug
Sochan/Bilal/Little
Vassell/Sharpe/Branham
Black/Brown/Wesley
Fultz, Suggs, Cole Anthony, and Scoot is a lot of young PGs for Orlando.
Wendell Carter
Paolo Banchero
Brandon Miller
Franz Wagner
Anthony/Fultz
