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Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
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Sides still working out details on sign-and-trade agreement, but momentum for it to be completed soon.
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
Toronto is finalizing a sign-and-trade with Indiana to move Cory Joseph for CJ Miles, league sources tell ESPN.

Oh well. Trade Cole for someone under contract on a team that wants cap room next summer.

Another thing about what could of stopped the wolves doing the trade minus the pick. Is all SnT have to be 3 year deals

Hey, but we still have that 1st round pick! ;-)

Thank goodness now we can move on and keep our pick.

Good move for the Raptors they need a wing and got one back for a reasonable price and used the depth at PG to do it. Pacers get a nice player on a good contract in Joseph.

The Pacers have less cap space now and one less roster spot to fill.

CJ Miles is not the type of player you trade a 1st round draft choice for. Good for Thibs for holding on to a valuable asset.

It would have been nice to have a guy who shot 40% from 3 on the squad, but he would be a bit redundant with Crawford in other ways. So, who are some guys to try to get for the vet minimum? I'm thinking we could still use a versatile defender, preferably one who can hit a few 3s. Presumably, some of these guys might not accept the vet min., but the money is drying up everywhere, so we could probably add somebody off of this list. I moved guys a like closer to the top of the lists and vice versa

Bigger Guys
Ilyasova-should have gotten paid more money this summer, he's a solid defending stretch 4.
LRMAM-very good defender, can defend multiple positions, had a good year shooting the 3 last year (39%), but it was kind of an anomaly
Tolliver-again, another versatile defender who can stretch the floor a bit, lunch bucket kind of guy, good fit with Thibs
Dante Cunningham-has stretched his shot the last couple years and has always been a pretty good, long defender
Mirotic-another stretch 4, had his best season under Thibs, flip side is he hasn't been as good the last couple years, and he's not as good a defender as Ilyasova
Udoh-seems like he'll get more than the vet min, but you never know, he'd be good insurance if we traded Aldrich in particular

Smaller Guys
Afflalo-Can defend and also hitting 3s at a decent clip, he might make the most sense
Sefolosha-a good defender who can switch and guard 2s and 3s well, as well as 1s, picks up steals at a decent rate, doesn't need shots to be effective, relatively efficient.
Tony Allen-the yin to Crawford's yang, a great on-the-ball defender, great fit for what we need in a defender who doesn't need offensive touches
Jason Terry-ok I know he's not a great defender, but he'd probably give us 40% 3 point shooting, which is nice
Bazz-seems crazy, but who else is going to pay him?
Brandon Rush-he's probably gettable for the vet min! And I felt like he wasn't horrible filling in for Zach at the end of last season.
Reggie Bullock-seems like he could potentially be a 3 and D guy

Rush, Terry, Allen, Bazz, Afflalo, Sefolosha. Rush likely would take the vet. min. Pray at least one of the other guys would as well. Hope that we can sign 2-4 guys from summer league or elsewhere that can be our diamond in the rough. There really are not many options for us now.

Miles shot 41 percent last year but is a career 36 percent shooter. Hell even ervin johnson, the center shot 100 percent from three for one year.

Still would be a fan of Udoh!