AD will not sign extension and has requested a trade.

[shopson67]

They'd definitely need someone else to match salaries as far as I can tell. AD makes 25 mil, Lonzo+Kuz+Ingram make 13-14 mil.

KCP.

 

[shopson67]

post 3 only explains they could not move Kyrie....doesn't mean they could not trade for AD. And I doubt NO would even want Kyrie now with no assurance he'd stay.

...and a ton of money already invested in Jrue, meaning they likely wouldn't invest in Kyrie to stay regardless.

 

[bksballer89]

post 3 only explains they could not move Kyrie....doesn't mean they could not trade for AD. And I doubt NO would even want Kyrie now with no assurance he'd stay.

Why the Celtics can't trade for Anthony Davis unless they deal Kyrie Irving | Boston.com

 

[flyerhawk]

Zublocka is actually playing very good since he's gotten consistent playing time. He might be part of the trade but what you proposed isn't nearly enough.....


It's going to take all 3 plus other pieces and that's not a bad thing at all. AD is 25 and in his prime.

Yup.

IMO, just about every team in the league is going to want to take a swing at AD. They may not have the pieces to make it happen but you never know.

The Trailblazers may be willing to give up Dame.
The Knicks could give up all sorts of stuff.
Of course the Celtics have a ton of assets, although many of them may be as good as people are saying right now.

So much will depend on how far various GMs will go to get him

 

[msgkings322]

It will be difficult for the Celtics to make a trade for AD. Not sure what the Lakers could offer but there are several teams I could see get involved in a trade for AD and offer something as good as the Lakers could

Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, and Cedi Osman book it

Nah just kidding, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, and Jordan Bell

 

[dtgold88]

Why the Celtics can't trade for Anthony Davis unless they deal Kyrie Irving | Boston.com

Thanks for the info......maybe if he knew AD was coming Kyrie would sign a deal now if that's allowed? But who knows with Kyrie...he might think of it as being second fiddle again.

 

[dtgold88]

Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, and Cedi Osman book it

Nah just kidding, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, and Jordan Bell

Times like these I wish the Cavs could dangle Ira Newble in a deal.

 

[DJ]

Yup.

IMO, just about every team in the league is going to want to take a swing at AD. They may not have the pieces to make it happen but you never know.

The Trailblazers may be willing to give up Dame.
The Knicks could give up all sorts of stuff.
Of course the Celtics have a ton of assets, although many of them may be as good as people are saying right now.

So much will depend on how far various GMs will go to get him

Portland with AD and without Lilliard doesn't make sense.....you'd WANT THEM TOGETHER IMO.

The Knicks don't have much of anything to offer.....unless you think their 1st rounder and Hardaway is getting it done.

 

[DJ]

Times like these I wish the Cavs could dangle Ira Newble in a deal.

He's retired.

 

[DJ]

AD probably won't get dealt before the deadline but this just made the next 10 days a lot more fun.

 

[DJ]

is there a sarcasm emoji though didn't think it was needed.

Green font.

 

[flyerhawk]

Portland with AD and without Lilliard doesn't make sense.....you'd WANT THEM TOGETHER IMO.

The Knicks don't have much of anything to offer.....unless you think their 1st rounder and Hardaway is getting it done.

Portland with McCollum, Nurkic, and AD sounds pretty good.

The Knicks have Knox, Ziggy, and a top 4 pick almost certainly.

To be clear, I have no idea what teams will offer for AD but it will be a lot.

 

[trojanfan12]

I'm pretty sure there are quite a few teams who can put together a better package than the Lakers if they're willing to accept the fact that AD may not resign in 2 years.

Yeah, it'll be interesting. The Lakers can put together a package that would be perfectly acceptable and not be a ripoff.

However, there are at least 2 or 3 teams who can put together better packages.

The faster it happens, the better chance the Lakers have to get him because it would remove the Celtics from the conversation.

Imo, for it to happen, it would have to happen quickly. Also, Rich Paul will need to do some serious poisoning of the well and put it out there that he will not re-sign with any team not named the Lakers. But as you point out, there may be a team that decides that a season and a half of AD is better than not getting him at all.

It may also depend on the relationship between AD and the Pelicans. If the relationship is similar to KG and Minny when they traded him to the Celtics, that could help as well.

Having said the above, unless the Pelicans just want to move on asap, they have him under contract for 2 more years. So, they can be patient and sit back and wait for the offers to come in.

 

[trojanfan12]

It will be difficult for the Celtics to make a trade for AD. Not sure what the Lakers could offer but there are several teams I could see get involved in a trade for AD and offer something as good as the Lakers could

I believe that the current rumor is pretty much all of the young guys and KCP, plus a couple of future firsts.

 

[trojanfan12]

1) There's no guarantee the Lakers even want to give up Kuzma.

I expect they'll try to keep him. But if the Pels insist...they'll include him.

 

[trojanfan12]

They'd definitely need someone else to match salaries as far as I can tell. AD makes 25 mil, Lonzo+Kuz+Ingram make 13-14 mil.

That's why they'd include KCP, he makes the salaries match.

 

[Shanemansj13]

You could even argue there are better offers than the LA offer even if they did give up all 3 players: Ball, Ingram and Kuzma. Kuzma is obviously the best player they would give up, but Ingram is way too inconsistent and same with Ball.

 

[dtgold88]

Portland with AD and without Lilliard doesn't make sense.....you'd WANT THEM TOGETHER IMO.

The Knicks don't have much of anything to offer.....unless you think their 1st rounder and Hardaway is getting it done.

In addition, they have Holiday so not sure they need Dame as their biggest need.

 

[DJ]

In addition, they have Holiday so not sure they need Dame as their biggest need.

Yep.....good point.

 

[Mecca]

Posted this in the other thread.

Davis requesting a trade isn't a surprise.

Wanting it done now excludes the Celtics because they have to include Kyrie.

Hopefully the Lakers aren't stupid enough to do the Low Ball offer thing again.

Lonzo and Ingram are the only guys on the books next year, outside of LeBron, that will make more than 2 mil.

Just give them everyone and have enough room to sign another max guy next summer.

Or, risk the Paul George situation again.