02 Mar 2016 18:15:53
Pelicans Offseason

Trade 1st round pick and Asik to 76ers.

Sign Nick Batum 4 yr/ 72-80 million

Trade Tyreke Evans to ATL
Receive Al Horford S&T.

Resign Eric Gordon to 1 yr/ 10 million.

MLE: Hopefully could get Jared Dudley.

PG: Jrue Holiday
SG: Eric Gordon
SF: Nick Batum
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Al Horford
6th: Jared Dudley

(This is a dreams scenario for NOP, they could also trade Ryan Anderson in a sign and trade and get players or picks in return)

1.) 02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016 18:41:34
Players/ teams aren't incentivized to do S&T anymore since a player cannot sign a 5 year deal in any S&T like they use to be able to do.

The only scenario it makes since is if the player only wants to go to a specific team that cannot sign him because they're over the cap and his former team wants a player the new team is willing to give up in the S&T. All 3 parties have to agree and be on board.

Tyreke doesn't fit the system ATL plays which is 3 point shooting, moving the ball, and defense.

2.) 02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016 19:04:36
Additionally, the sixers are fine with taking bad contracts for picks. But asik is beyond even the sixers threshold. Taking him on is conceding the next 3-4 years to failure. His contract is simply unmovable.

3.) 02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016 19:13:26
Asik contract is horrendous, but giving away very high pick just to get rid of him is even worse; there'll be very fine players in top 10, and influx of youth, especially since they are locked in on decent contracts for a long time, is invaluable to NOP.
Rather look to move Ajinca along 2nd rounder, it would be lot less long term damage, and would also offer some cap relief (5, 5 mil
in last year; same one in which Asik contract becomes unguaranteed) .
Still have room to move for one big time FA (Batum, Barnes, Parsons, Bazemore, Fournier they are probably going after wing player) ) .
And depending on lottery, but they'll be able to get someone from Bender, Brown, Dunn, Murray, Hield; who'd all fit well, improve position and be building stone along Davis. (the other position they try to fill through free agency or trade - Evans the most likely candidate)

Least ambitious:

TOR-NOP: Evans - Carroll (? maybe)

sign Bazemore

pick Murray

Davis-Carroll-Bazemore-Murray-Holiday

(there's still cap left; it all depends on pick, since draft comes first)

4.) 02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016 19:16:25
@knicks, I agree to some degree, but for very high lottery, I think 76-ers agree to this. Any team basically, it's just too high pick. And Asik can be decent sub - ridiculously overpayed, but still, I'd say worth getting potentially top5 pick.

5.) 02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016 23:09:37
That's a really bad contract. I agree with RealEast on this one. He's got 6 fouls to give. He rebounds. Did I say he has 6 fouls to give? Oh my. He's only a 55% FT shooter. But a top 5 pick is a top 5 pick. I'd have to do this and hold my nose.

6.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 08:55:15
I think it's a FAIR TRADE.
Sixers take his OUTRAGEOUS CONTRACT and in turn get another top5-10 pick.
If we are start we don't wait for him to settle in, we rid ourselves of him from the start. Push idea of him playing for a contender and BUY HIM OUT.! 14-17million$ buyout. He falls off the cap the following year.
But with the pick we could make something special happen. That pick could get us a Barnes or a Beal or how about a Teague or Bledsoe.?

7.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 12:59:48
He will never accept that buy out. It's a joke. Dude isn't giving up like 43 million guaranteed for a 15 mill buy out. Makes no sense.

I also don't think the pick is that amazing. It isn't too 5. And based on the close standings, could be close to 12-15 by years end. Would you make that move for the 12 th pick in a weak lottery? By the time the contract is off the books you would be resigning he rookie for that much. It's just an awful plan.

8.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 14:26:20
It's at no. 6 at moment, much closer to top 5. And there is around 15 decent prospects this year who'd be contributors right away at NOP since they don't have even a decent starting five, after holiday, evans (who don't fit well together) and davis; due to this they aren't particulary attractive FA destination, and cap space isn't if much use; I am glad to take any of these along Asik, rather than to give up both for cap space I won't be able to use properly
(its funny since this is davis 3rd season, but NOP doesn't have any decent drafted prospects besides him. You can't build team like that)

9.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 15:06:39
Sixers can waive asik when time is right and stretch the cap hit over twice the remaining years plus 1.

10.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 16:17:34
Asik's deal isn't anywhere bad enough to trade a lottery pick to unload it. The cap is booming. Teams will struggle to hit the cap floor. This isn't a joe Johnson franchise killing contract. It's a moderately bad contract at a GREAT time to have terrible contracts (because they won't look as bad in 2 years)

11.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 17:18:37
Real East, did you really suggest a Carroll for Evans trade? Raptors hang up laughing.

12.) 03 Mar 2016
03 Mar 2016 18:07:38
It was from top of the head, first idea while writing, and as it can be argued that there wold be some sense to it, I agree that Raptors wouldn't be too thrilled.
But let's try something like this, if it makes sense:

NOP-MIL
Evans, Cunningham
Monroe

NOP-BKN
Evans
Young

They got options, draft wing (Luwawu), sign wing, extend Gordon on lesser contract. change at one point (draft pick) leads to different strategies in trades and in FA.