This time of year is just a ton of fun, and the NBA Trade Machine ends up getting a ton of use. I for one love playing around with it and seeing what works. These are a couple of the craziest ideas I've come up with, please feel free to post your own ideas here as well, and no idea is too crazy.
The Bulls get tons of salary relief in the form of Gallo and Amir Johnson along with dumping Rondo and Gibson and some prospects and picks (Something like the Minnesota 2017 2nd rounder, Brooklyn 2018 first, Boston 2019 1st) Boston has more if needed.
The Celtics get Butler and Gibson who is essentially a cheaper Amir Johnson for them.
The Nuggets get Crowder, Rubio, and a back up Center in Zeller. Pekovic gets flipped right away or just glued to the bench.
The Wolves dump Rubio, Pekovic, and Jordan Hill's deals, take on and then likely waive Rondo. Add Chandler and Jameer.
Celts run Thomas, Bradley, Butler, Horford, Olynyk
Bulls don't care about their lineup this year
Wolves transition to the young point guards and use Chandler as a Veteran presence potentially starting with Wiggins at the 2 in Lavine's absence.
Moving onto another deal, that would also move some high profile players.
I believe we'd also have to send our 2017 first to New York so they take Pekovic's contract.
New York moves on from Melo, adds Rivers (who they want for some reason), Johnson, a pick and get cap space giving them some pieces to start using to build around Porzingis.
Clippers add Melo and depth to their front court, plus have always played about as well with or without Griffin provided Paul is healthy. They can then start Paul, Redick, Melo, Arthur, and Jordan and have a bench of Felton, Barton, Aminu, Faried, and Speights.
Denver ends up with a Rotation of
Rubio/Mudiay/Murray
Harris/Murray/Crawford
Crowder/Crawford/Juancho
Griffen/Juancho/Hill
Jokic/Zeller/Hill
We manage to both get better now (in all likelihood), keep our young talent and even clear more minutes for them to be able to develop.
I mean who says no to any of these deals (Besides Chicago and LA)?
