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Damian Lillard is the answer to our problem

Elizah Huge

Elizah Huge

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I have come up with the perfect three-way trade.

Jazz out: Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley, Rudy Gay
Jazz in: Damian Lillard, Marcus Morris, Josh Hart

Blazers out: Damian Lillard, Josh Hart
Blazers in: Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gay, Rodney Hood

Clippers out: Marcus Morris, Rodney Hood
Clippers in: Mike Conley

This trade works under the cap. Picks could be included. All three teams have motive to do it.

We avoid having to tank and have a real shot at contending next year.

PG - Damian Lillard
SG - Josh Hart
SF - Bojan Bogdanovic
PF - Marcus Morris
C - Rudy Gobert

Jordan Clarkson / Royce O’Neale / Jared Butler three headed monster off of the bench.
 
Might be the best trade idea we've seen yet. Definitely a win-now move for us and a future move for Portland, which fits their timeline well. Not sure if this is a clear-cut winner for the clippers but they could see it as a move to add some veteran leadership. I could get behind this trade. Frankly dame is who we hope Mitchell becomes so why not get the real thing now?
 
What’s our net salary difference on this deal?

ETA: looks like an almost dollar-for-dollar wash. Would be a huge win to sneak Udoka or NAW into that deal. Maybe ironically do so by including Ingles as a sign-and-trade, just for giggles.
 
infection said:
What’s our net salary difference on this deal?

ETA: looks like an almost dollar-for-dollar wash. Would be a huge win to sneak Udoka or NAW into that deal. Maybe ironically do so by including Ingles as a sign-and-trade, just for giggles.
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Portland has enough room in this deal to take Udoka and NAW both. Hell, they have enough room in this deal to take Royce AND one of Udoka/NAW.
 
I’d do it but I’d be terrified of the Dame contract extension… his last year you can write off as injuries but it was rough… if it was age regression then it gets ugly.

@infection will sign off on any trade that gets us Marcus Morris.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I’d do it but I’d be terrified of the Dame contract extension… his last year you can write off as injuries but it was rough… if it was age regression then it gets ugly.

@infection will sign off on any trade that gets us Marcus Morris.
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I’d build on this. Trade Quin to LAL for an asset and then go try to get Smart.
 
Could be a Win win. My favorite player to watch goes to the city I live in, and my 2nd fav goes to the team I root for.
 
If it doesn’t work - especially if Dame is really on the decline now - this is the most catastrophic route imaginable. Then a looong, painful rebuild becomes an absolute inevitability.

And I don’t think it fundamentally changes the Jazz’s fortunes for one or two seasons.

Nah.
 
Just a season ago DM averaged 32ppg on 45% shooting in the playoffs and in 2020 he averaged 36ppg on 52% shooting. Including one game which he dropped 57, 3rd most points ever scored by a player in a playoff game. Yet the Jazz still lost the series.

Could Dame have possibly given us more than Donovan in those games to push us to the top?

Of course Donovan has his shortcomings but it's not like Dame is exactly strong in areas where DM's been lacking.
 
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