2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Smitty]

This is great! I’d love to have that lineup too. The issue is with how you get there. If Holmes and PJ are upgrades to Maxi and Powell, what are you willing to give up to get them, cause I’m pretty sure the teams they’re on now know the on court value those players bring, and they are not in the gift giving business.


Are you willing to do Maxi for Holmes straight up? What if it takes more to beat other offers? How high are you willing to go in order to put your starting lineup vision together?

I posted a trade earlier, admittedly without much thought put to it, but one I think is “legal”. Idk the value of Holmes or Washington, only that they were both rumored to be shopped at the TDL. Many here believe THJ and Holmes have similar trade value, so…

Our 2022 FRP + TPE for PJ Washington
THJ for Holmes (willing to add a heavily protected future FRP that likely becomes a SRP?)

That leaves resigning Brunson at ~20M

Luka - Dinwiddie
Brunson - Green
DFS - Bullock
Washington - Maxi
Holmes - DP



With that kind of depth, at next years TDL, you can then use Brunson’s new contract and positive value players, Bullock and Maxi plus future draft capital to bring in any star available (Lillard)

Brunson 20M + Maxi 9M + Bullock 10M = 39M
Lillard 39M

Lillard - Dinwiddie
Luka
DFS - Green
Washington - Bertans
Holmes - DP

I used Lillard because of the moves the front office just made there and his relationship with Nico. Plus Brunson is a nice get in a Lillard trade, if POR is forced to do so.