The Definitive Trade Ideas Thread

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Originally Posted by ziggy

For God's sake, please don't tease my like this. The Thunder couldn't possibly give us a haul like that for Sessions could they?

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Bible said JJ Barea's name referring to the Lamb/Jones/Maynor package. IMO, Sessions is a better option that Barea and has the versatility to play both guard positions. Lamb hasn't gotten much time this year and PJ3 seems stuck at the end of the rotation. Maynor is seems to no longer be a factor in OKC due to the emergence of Reggie Jackson, so if they could turn those three into Ramon Sessions (who they would also have under contract for next year) I don't think they would hesitate doing the deal if they feel that Sessions could be that push to get them their championship. Let's not forget they will have two 1st rounders in this draft (including one that could be a top 10 pick) and two picks in next year's draft. They will have plenty of opportunity to replenish and possibly even upgrade their roster with those picks. The trade might actually make more sense than people think as the Thunder would be taking three non-contributors and turning it into someone who would be a major part of their rotation.

This is a best writer, if you ask Geoff Petrie you would get a different answer.

Why would it matter what a Kings executive has to say about a deal between us and the Thunder?

Not sure what it would take from us but Im pretty sure we could get Timofey Mozgov.
...Idk what yalls opinion of him is but a 7'1 fluid, coordinated athletic center at a low cost is exactly what this team needs IMO And he seems available pretty cheap. Also Dunlap's freindship with the nuggets may help pull it off?:g:

Yeah, can't explain that one... Just thought he was the Thunder GM for some weird reason, my bad.

Presti and Petrie sound very similar. I assume that's the cause of the mix-up.

If you'd asked me, I would say there is no way the Thunder is interested in Sessions. Maynor is a good guard, but the main reason for the Thunder to keep him is that he brings something else to the table than Westbrook does. Westbrook, like so many point guards in the league, is a score-first point guard; he is quick, he can drive through the lane, he has an O.K. shot and doesn't pass the ball as much as he should do (don't let his assist numbers fool you). does this remind you of someone? Maynor fits Oklahoma perfectly; he has the tendency to pass the ball more than Westbrook does, but that's about it.. And to everyone who thinks Ramon's got the edge because of his playoff "experience": Maynor played 11 more playoff games. To even think that Oklahoma would trade Maynor along with two of this years first round draft picks (Lamb and Jones) for just Sessions is crazy talk.

Well lets not confuse ourselves here. Just because Maynor plays for OKC doesn't mean he's good.

He has a career fg% below 40 and a dismal 31.3 this year. He's also not a particularly good shooter from range and plays around 10 minutes a game so it's not like his tendency to pass is going to manifest itself into any real tangible value to the team because he's simply not good enough to be out there long enough to display it.

Sessions is a clearly better PG so that upgrade would be a no brainier. The question comes in with adding guys like Lamb and Jones, which certainly does skew the value back in our favor.

If we offered up something like Sessions and one of the picks we own for Maynor and Lamb, they might consider it. They don't necessarily value developing youth like we do and they still own Toronto's pick (top 3 protected) that could be used on a guy like Marcus Smart.

If they trade Lamb it's going to be for a guy who excels playing off the ball, like a Jason Terry or Avery Bradley, because Westbrook is going to play 40 minutes a night in the playoff and he's always going to be OKC's best guard. They aren't taking the ball out of his hands to give it to Sessions.

Just for the f*ck of it: Byron Mullens shot a career average of 0.340 from the floor (16 of 47) when we acquired him, so that don't have to mean anything. What's more interesting is that Maynor shoots 27% of his shots from 3-point range (230 out of 855), that's a lot compared to Sessions' 8% (256 out of 3,366). That's not only a reason for Maynor's below average shooting percentage, but it also shows that he is confident in his 3-point shot (a career average of 0.348 isn't bad). Also; Maynor gets 10,6 mpg this season, on a team that will contend for the title, as Russell Westbrook's backup. If that doesn't say he's good, I don't know what will.