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They apparently have offers in to Flip. Anyone guess what they are offering?

That was Brian Windhorst on Sports Center speculating on teams that may make offers if Love isn't traded by the draft. I believe if Phoenix is involved it will have to be before the draft.

I'm not sure Phoenix can make a trade work salary-wise before the draft. They could agree upon a deal, but it wouldn't take place until after July 1st. In my mind, Dragic would be the featured player coming back.

That could be Tim but I can't see the Suns becoming a contender after the draft, like this guy says, after their picks have been made. The Wolves need to be making those picks.

I don't think the Suns are going to trade Dragic, Bledsoe is looking to get paid soon so he'd be more likely to be part of any package. Bledsoe, Markeiff Morris, Emeka Okafore's expiring contract and picks for Love and filler?

For atl I could see millsap, lou williams, shrorder (spelling), rights to nouguira (spelling) and their pick

kekgeek1 wrote:For atl I could see millsap, lou williams, shrorder (spelling), rights to nouguira (spelling) and their pick

Yuck.

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:For atl I could see millsap, lou williams, shrorder (spelling), rights to nouguira (spelling) and their pick

Yuck.

I agree, but don't think it would be terrible, millsap is an all star on a great contact, we get a backup combo guard, potential in schroder and nougeria, and there pick could ends up being payne, not saying it is a great deal but not terrible in my opinion

kekgeek1 wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:For atl I could see millsap, lou williams, shrorder (spelling), rights to nouguira (spelling) and their pick

Yuck.

I agree, but don't think it would be terrible, millsap is an all star on a great contact, we get a backup combo guard, potential in schroder and nougeria, and there pick could ends up being payne, not saying it is a great deal but not terrible in my opinion

Millsap is an expiring contract and I really doubt he'd stay in Minnesota after next year. Sure, $9.5M is a good value money-wise, but we'd have him for one year. Might as well just keep our own rental.

I like the Atlanta trade more than any GS trade that sends us Lee. Millsap is a very solid player and Williams is the perfect combo scoring guard to come off the bench that we lacked last year. Schroeder is a good prospect, but he will need a lot more time to develop. Ricky would be a good player for him to study. I would probably let them keep Nogueira. I don't really see him as a successful NBA player, but he could be. There'd be some risk with Millsap being an expiring, but I'd be comfortable giving him up to 12 million a year on a new deal if that's what it took to keep him (hopefully we could get him for 10). He averaged 19 PPG, 11 RPG, 3 APG, 2 BPG, 1.5 SPG in the playoffs last year. That would be a great proven player to get for Love. Not to mention he is also able to stretch the floor out to the 3 pt line (36% on 3 attempts a game last year) and he is a solid defender. We'd have 13 and 15 to shore up the depth.

Klay is a good player, but I think it is a bad idea to take him and Lee in the same deal because Klay is going to get the max and Lee is still going to have another year at 15 million with Pek at 12 and Ricky due an extension. That is a lot of money for a team that will not make the playoffs because of defensive deficiencies and Lee is going to be even harder to watch on the defensive end than Love. If I thought Klay was going to be a all-star, it'd be a no brainer, but I don't see him as a guy that will ever make an all-star team because he doesn't pass, doesn't get to the line and is not very good at creating a shot off the dribble yet. Keep the splash bro's together and get the solid players from ATL that they always seem to churn out even with not much star power. I think ATL would be willing to do the deal also because a year of Love, Teague and Horford might be enough to keep him, but at worst you lost 2 expiring deals anyway, a PG prospect not ready for regular minutes yet and a middle range pick in the draft. I think that is a pretty good deal for both teams pending we keep Millsap for a few more years.