newyorker4ever wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:He was selected 23rd in this draft by the Raptors and as we all know, they will have a financial crunch this offseason trying to retain so many free agents. Would they be interested in giving up the rights to Anunoby and a future 2nd round pick if we agree to take DeMarre Carroll and the 2yrs/$28 million left on his deal? Would you all be interested in making that type of deal?

I'd probably do that deal. I'd prefer a future #1, but we do need wings. We're thin if Holiday leaves.

I was thinking that as well but I don't see the Raptors relinquishing any future assets to accomodate his salary. But they do have a bevy of young bench players (Norm Powell, Delon Wright, Jakob Poetl, Lucas Noguigero and Bruno Cubuclo) already on the team. Maybe they would come off that 2018 as well, albeit highly protected.

The Suns are supposedly still trying to trade B.Knight and attaching something with him to make it right for the team taking on him and his contract. Now his contract is around 3 more years and around $45 million so that would have him coming off the books with Noah in 3 years. Hornachek knows what this guy has in him since he coached him in Phoenix but he really fell off last year so JH would have a big say in bringing him on but he's had some good seasons in the NBA so i wonder what happened to him last year.

I may actually be ok with this. I was never a Knight fan, but he is youngish, reteaming him with JH and maybe getting a guy like Williams as the sweetner would be nice (although i gotta be honest, i dont see the use for Williams on our team...as you can probavly guess, i would prefer a package of Knight and Warren.

newyorker4ever wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:He was selected 23rd in this draft by the Raptors and as we all know, they will have a financial crunch this offseason trying to retain so many free agents. Would they be interested in giving up the rights to Anunoby and a future 2nd round pick if we agree to take DeMarre Carroll and the 2yrs/$28 million left on his deal? Would you all be interested in making that type of deal?

I'd probably do that deal. I'd prefer a future #1, but we do need wings. We're thin if Holiday leaves.

I was thinking that as well but I don't see the Raptors relinquishing any future assets to accomodate his salary. But they do have a bevy of young bench players (Norm Powell, Delon Wright, Jakob Poetl, Lucas Noguigero and Bruno Cubuclo) already on the team. Maybe they would come off that 2018 as well, albeit highly protected.

The Suns are supposedly still trying to trade B.Knight and attaching something with him to make it right for the team taking on him and his contract. Now his contract is around 3 more years and around $45 million so that would have him coming off the books with Noah in 3 years. Hornachek knows what this guy has in him since he coached him in Phoenix but he really fell off last year so JH would have a big say in bringing him on but he's had some good seasons in the NBA so i wonder what happened to him last year.

I'd be okay with Knight being our stopgap at PG. The Suns would need to accomodate us either with a sweetner or take back a bad contract of ours to consummate the deal though. Given their official shift to rebuild, I think they'd be opposed to surrendering any assets and conversely can't see them taking on any of our bsd contracts, which would make a deal tricky.

I do regret the Clippers adding Jerry West to their front office. In light of CP3s and JJ Redick's departure, I could easily have seen them taking a package of Courtney Lee and Joakim Noah in exchange for those non-guaranteed contracts they got in the HOU trade and Jamal Crawford. After all, Courtney Lee is a former player of his- filling a position of need- and Joakim Noah was a former playoff nemesis i.e. types that Doc Rivers has shown an affinity for in the past. But if Jerry West has any say in the matter, I'm sure the matter would be D.O.A.

TheGame wrote:With the Raptors at the tax line, I would approach them about a trade of lance who is on a relatively cheap deal, for OG. I would even give them a second round pick too.

...that increases their cap by $7 million per year. Why do that if they are already exceeding the luxury tax?

TheGame wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

TheGame wrote:With the Raptors at the tax line, I would approach them about a trade of lance who is on a relatively cheap deal, for OG. I would even give them a second round pick too.

...that increases their cap by $7 million per year. Why do that if they are already exceeding the luxury tax?

We could take back Corey Joseph and it gives them an experienced SF at a failure low salary. I would even give them a second round pick.

What is the benefit for the Raptors? They are giving up the better player with a shorter contract and a first round pick. Doesn't make sense from their perspective.