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Camden0916 wrote:Wolves: SG Bogdan Bogdanovic, SF Trevor Ariza

Kings: PG Jeff Teague, SG Treveon Graham, 2020 2nd-round pick

Trade can't be made until December 15th and would require re-signing Bogdan Bogdanovic after the season as a restricted free agent. I would put an offer sheet of four-years, $60M in front of him. Wolves could even get cute and put $1M annual incentives in his deal if he eclipses 200 three-pointers made.

To replace Graham's small ball presence in the rotation, I'd offer Jabari Parker a three-year, $27M deal. He's been great early for the Hawks and I think there's high-upside talent that can be unlocked with even more opportunity. The further he gets from his injury-riddled past, the better and better he's been. If Wolves management wants to continue this high-pace oriented attack, having a forward that can grab a rebound and start the fastbreak on his own should be a priority. Parker excels in uptempo environments.

monsterpile wrote: Cam you are gonna need to add something more to that trade because it's basically a 2nd round pick in terms of long term value for the Kings.

Q12543 wrote:How is Bogdan's defense?

We need shooters for sure, but we can't give it all back on the other end.

Camden0916 wrote:

monsterpile wrote: Cam you are gonna need to add something more to that trade because it's basically a 2nd round pick in terms of long term value for the Kings.

My hypothetical trade frees the Kings from $12.8M of Ariza's deal, gives them a 26-year old rotation player in Graham to audition to essentially replace Bogdanovic, and a second-round pick for their troubles.

That's not too shabby of a haul for a player that is as good as gone next summer.

You could argue that the Kings should try to fetch a first-rounder for him, but what playoff contender -- or team that is going to be aggressive enough to be in the market -- is going to deal away a first and then commit that much long-term money to Bogdanovic? I don't think he could command a first unless he was on a Robert Covington or Josh Richardson type contract.

Q12543 wrote:Our old buddy Ricky Rubio off to a nice start in Phoenix. The dude just plays plus-level basketball wherever he goes.

sjm34 wrote:I am not a big fan of Parker because he seems to wear out his welcome quickly with teams, but Bogdanovic certainly intrigues me. Not sure that we can afford to spend that kind of money on a bench player unless we are moving on from Covington. We need to build the surrounding cast mainly through the draft to keep our salary cap down.