12-17-2023, 08:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2023, 09:27 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(12-17-2023, 08:06 AM)Jason Terry Wrote: Mavs get: J Grant and RW3
Blazers get: THJ, Holmes, Maxi, Omax, Hardy, 27 FRP unprotected
Lively/R Will/Powell
Jerami/G Will/Maxi
That would be about as ideal of a frontcourt as we could draw up. Elite two way starters. Bostons old elite defensive frontcourt as our backups. Our old starters as the 3rd team. Perfect combo of size, skill and depth
If RW3 didn't have that constant injury history, you'd have to consider that. Grant/Grant signed for years to come mitigates the need for OMax (especially if you are keeping DJJ, Exum and Green). If I were Portland, I wouldn't trade Grant. Simons and Sharpe are pretty good and if you give Scoot another year or so, you might have four pretty strong pieces to build around.
I was playing around with something similar yesterday. At its core it is THJ for Bojan (which I get is O for O). But, Bojan can run the Offense so that two of Luka/Irving/Bojan can be on the floor at all times. With two of those three on the floor you have plenty of scoring. You can run a defensive center who is a vertical lob threat and two defensive wings who can hit 3's at all times (as Iztok suggests).
The RW3 part of the deal is Isaiah Stewart and brings in Holmes the unprotected 2027 and possibly other stuff into the deal. Speaking of "force". Stewart can back up Lively at C, but hit enough from distant that he could also play alongside Lively. Detroit has lots of bigger guys and sooner or later needs to thin the herd. Alas, l can see Detroit giving up Bojan and even taking our salaries back. But, I think it would take something more than I'm proposing to get Stewart. I'd add Hardy, but he's basically a clone of what they already have in Ivey.
Ball handlers: Luka/Kyrie/Bojan
D-Wings: Exum/DJJ/GWill/Green/OMax/(Stewart)
Centers: Lively/Stewart