2024-25 Trade Rumors Thread
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He's also made two finals in the last 4 years
PHX is falling apart and we need them to beat MIN in the standings. What can we do?
Not really a malcontent, he just doesnt like to play for ****** teams.
If you are a contender and you get him, you are getting a guy who is going to perform like a top 10 player in the playoffs.
They dont really have anything to offer and their contracts arent super tradeable.
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On teams no one thought had a chance too
If he gets to Memphis they would be Finals favorites in the West IMO.
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I would agree.
Butler still worth a ton. He would make Memphis a finals favorite in the West. Depending on Miami's preferences for win now vs future assets, a 3rd team would have to be involved.
I guess what I'm saying is that for a player as good as Jimmy Butler, he won't get that much. Like Collins+Sexton might be the best win-now package they can get. If we added Sexton -> MIA and D.Robinson -> UTA, that would be a really good trio for MIA. Brooks, Sexton, Collins....I'm not sure that there's a version of a trade that gets MIA more good players than that. Regardless of specifics, I think a MIA-UTA-HOU three way trade is somewhat realistic.
MEM has good, but not great win now players and I'm not sure how interested MIA would be in them just throwing more picks into the deal. It's never really been Reilly's way. MEM package would be some combo of Smart, Clarke, Kennard, Laravia maybe? Not super appealing but Butler must be traded and it's going to be soon IMO.
I think they can still get a good return as long as more than one team really wants him. He's the only true needle mover fully on the market.
Pat Rilely is also DA coded, so he isnt going to rush for a mediocre return.
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Who does? Well, Lauri maybe, but you get my point.
Jimmy is no victim. He's a diva.
Why do people believe Jimmy is somehow impervious to father time?
He's nowhere near the player he was 4-5 years ago and it's only gonna get worse.
Diva or not, if you put him on a good team where he's happy he plays his *** off.
Why do we want MPJ over Sexton though? He seems super redundant to Lauri and he's on a massive contract with injury concerns.
I’m kind of over undersized guards. I think we can load manage MPJ rest of year. I also really like MPJ so that might just be a personal preference of mine. He is similar to Lauri for sure but I’m not sure that’s a bad thing.
I still maintain that my focus in trades would be to improve our picks, not add picks (though if possible, certainly add), so look at trading up from the Cavs pick by swapping the Cavs pick with another pick in 2025 along with our player assets.