If we had to trade I would give up this year's first plus Dallas 2 first rounders. Frank, lantern, mudiay, maybe Robinson

dwiley20 wrote:I love the thought of a top 5 player in the NBA Draft with signing 2 max guys with role players like Knox, Frank, Robinson and DSJ around.

If we had to trade I would give up this year's first plus Dallas 2 first rounders. Frank, lantern, mudiay, maybe Robinson

This year top 1 protected, Dallas 1-5 protected and 1-10 protected.
No Mitch, no Knox, no Frank preferably. The rest up to their choosing.

dwiley20 wrote:I love the thought of a top 5 player in the NBA Draft with signing 2 max guys with role players like Knox, Frank, Robinson and DSJ around.

If we had to trade I would give up this year's first plus Dallas 2 first rounders. Frank, lantern, mudiay, maybe Robinson

The problem with doing that is unless we sign major free agent/s this Summer, AD leaves in the summer of 2020.

smackeddog wrote:Don't want to trade for him- we need our you players and draft picks to fill out the roster. Why give them up for AD when you might be able to add a different star player for free as a free agent and keep all that stuff? Not repeating the Melo debacle again, thanks!

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StarksEwing1 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Don't want to trade for him- we need our you players and draft picks to fill out the roster. Why give them up for AD when you might be able to add a different star player for free as a free agent and keep all that stuff? Not repeating the Melo debacle again, thanks!

Obviously I would LOVE to get him but their asking price is astronomical. I mean the Lakers are willing to give basically everyone not names Lebron,take back a contract,and at least two unprotected firsts and they still said no. Can imagine what it would cost us lol.

They are doing that purposely because that's where he would prefer to go, and the lakers want him badly..

4 1st rnd picks

all of their young good players

plus taking back the worse contract the pelicans have..

I mean they aren't even using vaseline..lol

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I'd honestly rather have KD and Kyrie or even Kemba plus Knox, mitch and our first round pick this year, than KD, AD and nothing

martin wrote:It's insane to think that Pelicans would trade AD to the Knicks today, right? We all on the level with that?

Cause that 2019 #1 slot today would go to caca just as soon as AD starts playing, right?

Pelicans would just wait til offseason when Lakers, Knicks, Boston trip over each other all day long to trade AD

Correct, though I don't think we'd win that many games with just a roster of AD, Trier, DSJ, Dotson and DeAndre Jordan.

Apparently the Nuggets offered the Pelicans:

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(he's the guy that people doubted, but broke the KP trade a few hours early, and said we had been exploring Tim Jr and Frank for Wes and DSJ, a few weeks before.)

Timeline is we go thru lottery, then draft, then Free agency. AD should be wary of Lakers as its him and Lebron basically with not much else. I fear the same if we trade for him.
AD can say he only signs with Lakers, but something changed to allow others. Maybe league would come down hard on lakes via tampering. Its ugly.

I'd like a long sustainable era to partake for the knicks. Things we can't see unfolding but I hope if we built on Kawahi and Kyrie we'd have few years to get it together. KD might be ok with not wining a chip in year one or two.
Im ok with making the playoffs and progression. some by fA's, trade and youth.
If there is a path to sustainability with AD that's cool
Starphuchs bore me.

SupremeCommander wrote:nothing - I would just pitch him when he is a UFA. I have no interest in Melo pt II

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martin wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:nothing - I would just pitch him when he is a UFA. I have no interest in Melo pt II

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yup yup

StarksEwing1 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Don't want to trade for him- we need our you players and draft picks to fill out the roster. Why give them up for AD when you might be able to add a different star player for free as a free agent and keep all that stuff? Not repeating the Melo debacle again, thanks!

Obviously I would LOVE to get him but their asking price is astronomical. I mean the Lakers are willing to give basically everyone not names Lebron,take back a contract,and at least two unprotected firsts and they still said no. Can imagine what it would cost us lol.

I don't think that package from the Lakers is anything close to astronomical though. It's just big, like a pupu platter. I think this is where we disagree on things in general going back to the KP deal. All those guys in the Lakers deal are replaceable. Nothing special is in there, and the 2 1sts would be coming from a team that starts with LeBron and AD - not good picks.

The Pels are actually being realistic in their asking price, which is that they want 1 big-time quality asset to be the centerpiece, like a top 3 pick or Tatum. Something they can potentially build around.

I think we would have a legitimate shot at him with that top pick. I wouldn't trade it if it's the #1, but just about anything else I would and that with the Dallas 1sts and if DSJ can pump up some value could be closer than people think. I would take that over the Lakers spare parts offer because it at least gives them a shot at a franchise type player in the draft.