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Millsap for Bledsoe?

From Sheridan Hoops' - Deals that Make Sense:

https://www.sheridanhoops.com/2013/02/18/bernucca-why-the-lakers-have-to-trade-dwight-howard/2/

3. Clippers trade Eric Bledsoe and spare parts to Jazz for Paul Millsap

This deal is nowhere near as simple as the previous two. Bledsoe is still on his rookie contract and is making $1.7 million while Millsap is an impending free agent making $7.2 million, so some creativity is required.

Without engaging a third team under the cap or with a trade exception, the Clippers could package Bledsoe with Willie Green ($1.375 million) and Grant Hill ($1.957 million), use the 150 percent window and get to just under $7.4 million.

Before the deal could be done, the Jazz would have to waive two players. Or they could add Kevin Murphy to the trade and waive just one player – like Raja Bell, who hasn’t played this season.

It would be a tremendous dice roll for the Clippers, who haven’t gotten Chris Paul’s word that he will re-sign with them this summer and would be trading away his young, extremely promising insurance policy. They also would be getting back another impending free agent in Millsap.

But if the Clippers are serious about winning a championship, they have to fill their biggest need, which is a scoring big. DeAndre Jordan protects the rim but is an intentional foul target late in games. And for all his versatility, Lamar Odom has scored in double figures once this season.

In the offseason, the Clippers can decide whether to keep Odom or Millsap, then use the savings on a backup point guard if Chauncey Billups isn’t brought back.

The Jazz would have a point guard with All-Star potential to team with fellow youngsters Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter, who will play more in Millsap’s absence. Utah takes on an extra $2 million for Hill next season but still has phenomenal flexibility as incumbent point guards Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley and Earl Watson all have expiring contracts.
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It's an option we haven't discussed here yet. They get to keep Odom. Millsap can play with Jordan when Blake sits. Finish the game with Blake, Millsap, Odom, Crawford, CP3. That's a pretty good offensive team when you need a bucket. It'll also be able to rival the Heats.
 
Tidbits from ESPN's article today:

Amid all the crazy scuttlebutt going around the league, there emerges a rumor that makes sense: Eric Bledsoe to the Utah Jazz; Paul Millsap to the Los Angeles Clippers. In this case, you have two teams motivated by very different things, or at least they should be.

First, the rumored Clippers-Jazz trade can't happen in its most basic form. Millsap makes $6.9 million more than Bledsoe, and both teams are well over the cap. In fact, the Clippers are hard-capped at $74.3 million. A package of the Clippers' lesser contracts would gut the roster and really, the only player that makes sense is Caron Butler, who is due to make $8 million this season and next season, and is expendable.

Utah can easily absorb Butler's dollars if it means landing its point guard of the future. And the Clippers are covered at the 3 with Grant Hill, Matt Barnes and even Millsap in stretches. The move keeps the Clippers under the hard cap and even reduces their tax bill a bit, so that's the deal: Bledsoe and Butler for Millsap.
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Adding Paul Millsap would likely enhance the Clippers' chances of keeping Chris Paul long-term.
We start with the Jazz, because if this deal is really on the table, it's a no-brainer from Utah's perspective. The move allows the Jazz to balance a frontcourt-heavy roster in the long term, while plugging a big hole at point guard. The Jazz currently roster three veteran point guards -- Jamaal Tinsley, Mo Williams and Earl Watson -- and all those deals expire after the season. They've got recent lottery picks at each of the other four positions on the floor. Bledsoe is already better than any point guard on the Jazz. The fit is almost too good to be true.

The Jazz could be looking at a young lineup of Bledsoe, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Favors and Kanter, with Evans off the bench. All of those players are on rookie contracts or, in the case of Evans, a cheap second-round pact. Other than that, you're obligated only to Butler and Marvin Williams, who has a player option for next season. The Jazz could have more room under the cap than any other team in the league while still featuring a full lineup of promising young players.

On top of all that, the Jazz will likely have two first-round picks in the coming draft, its own and Golden State's. For years, the Jazz have been accused of being willing to settle for a place in the league's upper middle class with winning records and playoff berths ensured but championships out of the realm of possibility. This is Utah's chance to escape that cycle.
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There have been and will be other trade whispers about Utah, involving Millsap, Jefferson or both. However, no team can offer the Jazz an asset more exciting and more fitting than Bledsoe. With or without a Bledsoe trade, the Jazz can complete the makeover former general manager Kevin O'Conner started by dealing Deron Williams to the Nets two years ago. There is virtually no way they can make a bad trade, especially since no trade at all is a viable option. There is no downside to acquiring Bledsoe.

Why would you want to mess with that? In the long term, there is concern over the large contract that Bledsoe will eventually earn. That's not going to come until the summer of 2014, when he hits restricted free agency. While Bledsoe's trade value may be at an apex right now, there is also a possibility that it's going to go even higher after a high-profile playoff run.

The Clippers may be poking around the trade market just to send this message to Paul: They are doing everything possible to win now. Veteran players love other veteran players, and maybe L.A. sees a high profile acquisition like Millsap as a way to enhance their chances to keep their best player.
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Millsap and Murphy for Butler and Bledsoe. Clippers end up getting a 2nd-round prospect. Give them another 2nd-rounder if they insist.
The real question would be if they wanted a first-rounder or Demarre Carroll instead of Murphy. I'd probably tell them they could have the lesser of the Utah and GS picks, but Caroll is off limits. Jazz need to re-sign him next season. Of course, with Butler AND Williams on board, maybe Carroll wouldn't even want to come back to the team.
 
MoTown16 said:
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Millsap and Murphy for Butler and Bledsoe. Clippers end up getting a 2nd-round prospect. Give them another 2nd-rounder if they insist.
The real question would be if they wanted a first-rounder or Demarre Carroll instead of Murphy. I'd probably tell them they could have the lesser of the Utah and GS picks, but Caroll is off limits. Jazz need to re-sign him next season. Of course, with Butler AND Williams on board, maybe Carroll wouldn't even want to come back to the team.
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I think it's the fillers they have to think about here. Is it Butler? Is it Odom? Or is it Green & Hill?

Personally I think it's Green & Hill. They already have Barnes as the back up SF. Millsap & Odom can fill in at the SF if need be.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
I think it's the fillers they have to think about here. Is it Butler? Is it Odom? Or is it Green & Hill?

Personally I think it's Green & Hill. They already have Barnes as the back up SF. Millsap & Odom can fill in at the SF if need be.
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Problem with that is then it becomes a 3 for 1 and the Jazz have to waive Murphy and Bell. Jazz might not like giving up Murphy since he can't be re-signed this season and likely gets picked up by someone else. Also limits what they can do if they're looking into a Jefferson deal as well. Then they would pretty much be out of options to clear roster space unless they waived Evans. Well, I guess if they're getting a PG, Watson could be released.
 
MoTown16 said:
Problem with that is then it becomes a 3 for 1 and the Jazz have to waive Murphy and Bell. Jazz might not like giving up Murphy since he can't be re-signed this season and likely gets picked up by someone else. Also limits what they can do if they're looking into a Jefferson deal as well. Then they would pretty much be out of options to clear roster space unless they waived Evans. Well, I guess if they're getting a PG, Watson could be released.
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Holy hell. If they want five Murphys thrown in, then do it. Who gives a rats *** about a D league bound scrub. If Murphy is the hold up the Kevin needs to find a different job.
 
Hey guys, new here. When this rumor hit I was desperately searching for any kind of info about it. Which led me here, I've been reading pretty much all of this conversation. Finally decided to make an account. I was so hyped when I first heard about this potential trade, I think Bledsoe is a perfect fit for our team. But it's been over 24 hours since anything new has been leaked, which is getting me pretty discouraged. Anyone have any new info? (Maybe that Kentucky guy?)
 
MoTown16 said:
Problem with that is then it becomes a 3 for 1 and the Jazz have to waive Murphy and Bell. Jazz might not like giving up Murphy since he can't be re-signed this season and likely gets picked up by someone else. Also limits what they can do if they're looking into a Jefferson deal as well. Then they would pretty much be out of options to clear roster space unless they waived Evans. Well, I guess if they're getting a PG, Watson could be released.
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Give them Watson and Waive Raja - would that work?
 
MoTown16 said:
Problem with that is then it becomes a 3 for 1 and the Jazz have to waive Murphy and Bell. Jazz might not like giving up Murphy since he can't be re-signed this season and likely gets picked up by someone else. Also limits what they can do if they're looking into a Jefferson deal as well. Then they would pretty much be out of options to clear roster space unless they waived Evans. Well, I guess if they're getting a PG, Watson could be released.
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Please tell me your not serious.
 
Jazzfan0124 said:
Hey guys, new here. When this rumor hit I was desperately searching for any kind of info about it. Which led me here, I've been reading pretty much all of this conversation. Finally decided to make an account. I was so hyped when I first heard about this potential trade, I think Bledsoe is a perfect fit for our team. But it's been over 24 hours since anything new has been leaked, which is getting me pretty discouraged. Anyone have any new info?
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Actually, if anything I think that's a GOOD sign. We all know how KOC is about people leaking info. If this is the real deal, and someone on the Clippers leaked it, then KOC probably called them up, chewed them out, and told them that if anything else gets out the deal's off. So no news is exactly what I'd expect at this point if things are moving forward.

Or so my "half full" personality wants to think.

Also, the deal itself probably won't be finalized until the last 24 hours before the deadline. Just not much incentive for anyone to agree to anything before then.
 
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