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2026 NBA Trade Discussion Thread

Handlogten's Heros said:
It sounds like the price is still the DPOY price. If it was more like the Bane price I could see it.

I also just think he lacks something mentally (toughness or IQ) that just prevents him from the issues he seems to have that are preventable.
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My intrigue with JJJ starts with the premise that he comes cheap. What I heard is that he wouldn't cost that much, but the intrigue stops there if he isn't actually available for cheap.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Maybe being in a new environment that isn’t built by Dillon Brooks and led by Ja Morant could make a big difference.

That being said, I agree that JJJ is quite overrated and I’m not paying a premium price for him. If it’s basically Walker (and dead-ish salary?) straight across… maybe that’s something to think about. Some kind of youth consolidation trade for him that is minimal on draft compensation.
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think Walk to a third team for draft stuff that goes to Memphis would be a start. I think its multiple firsts one way or another and some young players (non-Ace or Key division).
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Memphis isnt going to want Walker that much.
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Right. Edey.

On paper for us, Lauri makes more sense (evens out the defense/offense balance), but I don’t think either side would be interested. Lauri is too important to the culture/tone here, and that would kinda just be a lateral deal for Memphis without a 3rd team anyway.
 
JJJ is just 26 years old. He's having a down year and he was probably overrated in the first place, so I think it's totally fair to question him. But I also think it's fair to question if/how he could fall off so much based on one season. He's only one year removed from being an all star and it doesn't seem like this MEM situation is the greatest.

This summer would have been an awesome buy low time for any team trading for Lauri if they were able to pull it off. Not saying JJJ is guaranteed to bounce back in the same way, but it is possible for a player to bounce back after a bad year. If MEM is pulling an Ainge and expecting premium value as if he never fell off than it's a no go. But if MEM wants to go another direction and he's on the cheaper side I am intrigued. If we trade for JJJ, it likely means that WK is a goner though. Too much future salary.
 
KqWIN said:
JJJ is just 26 years old. He's having a down year and he was probably overrated in the first place, so I think it's totally fair to question him. But I also think it's fair to question if/how he could fall off so much based on one season. He's only one year removed from being an all star and it doesn't seem like this MEM situation is the greatest.

This summer would have been an awesome buy low time for any team trading for Lauri if they were able to pull it off. Not saying JJJ is guaranteed to bounce back in the same way, but it is possible for a player to bounce back after a bad year. If MEM is pulling an Ainge and expecting premium value as if he never fell off than it's a no go. But if MEM wants to go another direction and he's on the cheaper side I am intrigued. If we trade for JJJ, it likely means that WK is a goner though. Too much future salary.
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I wonder if the lotto holds and we have #6 and they have #11 and they love Brown Jr. or Fleming and we don't want a guard if a swap of 6 and 11 can be a big part of the value we send out. Timing would be weird to make salaries work but I'm sure we could all figure it out. Likely adding a prospect (Taylor, Brice, Cody variety) and another pick so that they can get a "haul". Something along those lines would be tolerable. Depending on how the draft plays out I'd likely just pass on that type of deal but would be fine with that type of price.
 
JJJ feels like a really nice fit for a team with a clean cap sheet (eg, a team with a star on his rookie contract) and is a little awkward otherwise..

Not too many great fits right now, but I could see a team that gets a top 3 pick going hard after him to pair with Boozer/AJ/Peterson. The Nets have to try to win next year so they're an obvious landing spot.
 
I'd make a call on Austin Reaves, obviously with his salary we wouldn't be able to send a lot back but we could entice them with draft capital if Reaves is willing to extend with us.
 
How about this summer we ship Kessler to Minnesota in a Sign & Trade to get Rudy back? Rudy would instantly fix a lot of our defensive issues and his salary will not be a problem for us in the two years he will have left on his deal.
 
YoungJefe said:
I'd make a call on Austin Reaves, obviously with his salary we wouldn't be able to send a lot back but we could entice them with draft capital if Reaves is willing to extend with us.
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You really think we need another "all offense, zero defense" guy? We are one of the better offenses in the NBA despite having pretty meh role players.

Key, Reaves, Lauri feels like a poor mans version of Kyrie, Harden, KD. They have to share one ball so they cant all be superheros at once, but you can bank on Key/Reaves being one of the worst backcourts defensively.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
How about this summer we ship Kessler to Minnesota in a Sign & Trade to get Rudy back? Rudy would instantly fix a lot of our defensive issues and his salary will not be a problem for us in the two years he will have left on his deal.
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Why? It's not like we have Kessler and he is underperforming. By next season we have him back, and even at 80% the total defender of Rudy, he is a decade younger and a better overall offensive player, roughly equal rebounder when he applies himself. I see zero problems this "fixes" and many it creates. I would love to have Rudy back on an end of career cheap contract to bolster the bench unit perhaps, just because I always loved Rudy, just as I wanted Ingles back the same way, for nostalgia, but otherwise, from a basketball standpoint, it is a net negative at this point.
 
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