09-15-2020, 12:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-15-2020, 12:50 PM by StepBackJay.)
@"omahen" you are being borderline ridiculous. I agree that the Bucks will not take a talent hit to shed Bledsoe but if he gets moved to OKC they might have reasons to move him elsewhere as they are rebuilding. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. They are pretty smart with asset management. CP3 was untradaeble last year and this year he is going to fetch likely an asset from somebody.
The hypothetical trade for Bledsoe is Wright + Jackson. Bledsoe has 18 mil guaranteed in 2021 and another 4 or so guaranteed in 2022. Wright only has 8.5 left in 2021. So if OKC wanted to shed some salary it's an option. I don't think that's crazy at all. It doesn't matter if Wright and Jackson aren't as talented. In fact, if OKC wants to tank next year (maybe they will or won't) then they would actually want to get worse not better in the short term.
You are acting like there's no way that could ever happen. It's not like I am saying we are trading for LeBron. Bledsoe's stock is down and the book on him is that he doesn't play well in the playoffs. He's also 30 years old. So if you are a good team wanting to take on his salary you presumably are trying to make the playoffs or do well in the playoffs. So ya maybe he could fetch something or maybe he can't.
My whole point was just IF the Mavs could get a talented, albeit flawed player like Bledsoe for only filler, would ppl here do it? There are plenty that wouldn't even take a "free" Bledsoe but it's an interesting hypothetical to me that isn't far-fetched. We will see what happens bc he is likely to get moved this offseason.
To clarify, maybe the confusion is around Bucks and OKC. I never meant to say the Bucks would dump Bledsoe for our garbage. My whole point is that the Bucks are heavy favorites for CP3 and if they did get him OKC may not have use for Bledsoe. If I confused the issue sorry about that but this is really a OKC/DAL hypothetical built around the idea that Bledsoe for CP3 is a real possibility.
The hypothetical trade for Bledsoe is Wright + Jackson. Bledsoe has 18 mil guaranteed in 2021 and another 4 or so guaranteed in 2022. Wright only has 8.5 left in 2021. So if OKC wanted to shed some salary it's an option. I don't think that's crazy at all. It doesn't matter if Wright and Jackson aren't as talented. In fact, if OKC wants to tank next year (maybe they will or won't) then they would actually want to get worse not better in the short term.
You are acting like there's no way that could ever happen. It's not like I am saying we are trading for LeBron. Bledsoe's stock is down and the book on him is that he doesn't play well in the playoffs. He's also 30 years old. So if you are a good team wanting to take on his salary you presumably are trying to make the playoffs or do well in the playoffs. So ya maybe he could fetch something or maybe he can't.
My whole point was just IF the Mavs could get a talented, albeit flawed player like Bledsoe for only filler, would ppl here do it? There are plenty that wouldn't even take a "free" Bledsoe but it's an interesting hypothetical to me that isn't far-fetched. We will see what happens bc he is likely to get moved this offseason.
To clarify, maybe the confusion is around Bucks and OKC. I never meant to say the Bucks would dump Bledsoe for our garbage. My whole point is that the Bucks are heavy favorites for CP3 and if they did get him OKC may not have use for Bledsoe. If I confused the issue sorry about that but this is really a OKC/DAL hypothetical built around the idea that Bledsoe for CP3 is a real possibility.