01-19-2021, 12:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2021, 01:02 PM by SkenfromLMF.)
(01-19-2021, 01:15 AM)cow Wrote: Can't trade '25 without removing protections on '23 that is owed to New York.
Sure you can, you just put a provision on it like we did the picks to NY being contingent on the pick to Atlanta -
The '25 pick is contingent on the '23 pick being conveyed, and if not they move back a year.
(01-19-2021, 02:41 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Can't see ORL investing in Drummond with Vucevic still on the roster. I do think that the Mavs wouldn't mind consolidating/replacing Powell/WCS into Vucevic. He's not the above the rim player like those 2, but he's still darn good.
Maybe a revised trade where:
Cavs get: Powell/WCS/Terry
Magic: Drummond/THJ
Mavs: Vucevic/Fournier
Mavs also give up 1 first pick and whatever 2nds they have left to sweeten the pot. I doubt the Magic would be for such a trade. And CLE would be eating Powell's salary for not much incentive. Also because of trade rules WCS wouldn't be able to be traded until March 1st, which is a long ways away.
Don't think of it as an investment in Drummond... Think of it as getting the 2 picks for Gordon and Brunson for Bamba with a salary match which creates cap space next summer.
I think the odds of Orlando taking on Drummond are MUCH GREATER than the odds of them trading Vucevic. I doubt seriously they want to move on from Fournier, unless they feel he is walking to a giant offer in the summer - in which case the Drummond contract provides them more room under the TAX to be competitive in the market for him this summer. I propose this based on the single largest motivation for Orlando being getting Brunson (position of need), a 2nd and 2 1st rd picks for Gordon in this process.