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sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

So are Gorgui and Teague. Thompson fits what we need more, so we are swapping one bad deal for another, but it also allows us to dump Teague's deal in the process. I don't see anyone giving up good shooting for Teague's deal. Cleveland is looking for a PG, at least that is what the rumors say.

sjm34 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

So are Gorgui and Teague. Thompson fits what we need more, so we are swapping one bad deal for another, but it also allows us to dump Teague's deal in the process. I don't see anyone giving up good shooting for Teague's deal. Cleveland is looking for a PG, at least that is what the rumors say.

Dieng is better than Thompson right now. We would be doing the Cavs a huge favor.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

So are Gorgui and Teague. Thompson fits what we need more, so we are swapping one bad deal for another, but it also allows us to dump Teague's deal in the process. I don't see anyone giving up good shooting for Teague's deal. Cleveland is looking for a PG, at least that is what the rumors say.

Dieng is better than Thompson right now. We would be doing the Cavs a huge favor.

Not sure why you say that?

Thompson was a victim of the Lebron soap opera and didn't take it well when he was cast aside. I think a change of scenery would do him well. He is a much better defender than Gorgui imo, and won't be taking those long 2pt shots. He also gives us a little more beef down low, which is something we need.

sjm34 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

So are Gorgui and Teague. Thompson fits what we need more, so we are swapping one bad deal for another, but it also allows us to dump Teague's deal in the process. I don't see anyone giving up good shooting for Teague's deal. Cleveland is looking for a PG, at least that is what the rumors say.

Dieng is better than Thompson right now. We would be doing the Cavs a huge favor.

Not sure why you say that?

Thompson was a victim of the Lebron soap opera and didn't take it well when he was cast aside. I think a change of scenery would do him well. He is a much better defender than Gorgui imo, and won't be taking those long 2pt shots. He also gives us a little more beef down low, which is something we need.

FYI Dieng is making over 50% on those long 2's this year. TT basically never shoots outside of 10 feet from the rim. Personally I would probably rather have TT but Dieng's range has its value. Replace him with TT there would be even less spacing than there is now.

Also I'm not a fan of rolling with a Tyus an Brooks. I don't think Tyus is ready.

I agree that the team functions well with Tyus Jones running the show, but I'm not ready to say that Jeff Teague should be on his way out. I think that undercuts his ability and value here. Sure, he's overpaid a bit, but we are a much more dangerous team, in my opinion, when he's another scoring option.

Im not teagues biggest fan, but his skill set, ability to attack the rim, and experience will be an asset in the playoffs.

Tyus and teagues minutes should be staggered a little more so tyus gets minutes wth the starters and not solely with the bench.

Dieng is the odd man out. Unfortunately, i think he will be hard to move unless we attach patton or the pick.

Best course of action would be to find another wing in the gleague or wait to see who's bought out.

Playoff teams don't look to the G-League for a source of production down the stretch and into the playoffs. That's just not how that normally works. They pick a guy up, let's say Amille Jefferson for kicks, keep him with the NBA team for a season or two for development at a higher level and then work him into the rotation to see if he can play at this level and hope he sticks. Maybe they're lucky and catch lightning in a bottle -- ie. Jeremy Lin with New York.

More often than not, though, the player flames out and is either back in the D/G-League, overseas, or out of basketball entirely. I think some of you have hopes and dreams of unearthing the next J.J. Barea or Hassan Whiteside, but the reality is that most of those guys are closer to being unemployed than they are making a career out of basketball.

We need legitimate NBA production from proven guys in the league. That's going to cost something and it comes down to whether you think we're in "win now" mode or if we're still playing the long game despite some aggressive moves this past off-season.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

sjm34 wrote:I offer up Teague and Dieng to Cleveland for Thompson and either crowder, shumpert or frye. We can get by with Tyus and brooks, and it gives us a better fit with Thompson, while also unloading Gorgui and Teague's deals.

Thompson has been terrible this year. He is way overpaid. Move Teague for some shooting.

So are Gorgui and Teague. Thompson fits what we need more, so we are swapping one bad deal for another, but it also allows us to dump Teague's deal in the process. I don't see anyone giving up good shooting for Teague's deal. Cleveland is looking for a PG, at least that is what the rumors say.

Dieng is better than Thompson right now. We would be doing the Cavs a huge favor.

I agree with you, Cool! That would be a bad deal for the Wolves. If we're going to trade Gorgui it should be for a wing who can actually move the needle for us. To do that, we need to find the a mirror image -- that is, we need to find a team (1) with a wing version of Gorgui at around Gorgui's annual salary, (2) that would prefer a PF version of their wing -- i.e, someone like Gorgui in exchange for someone like Bazemore.

Is Will Barton a realistic target? Good defender, cheap salary and shoots the ball reasonably well.