NBA Rumors: One Trade That Every Team Should Make On Draft Night
By Mason McFee
Memphis Grizzlies
You are about to witness a 4-team trade (Not actually, but boy would this be something).
BOS gets: Marc Gasol
BKN gets: Amir Johnson
MEM gets: Jonas Jerebko, Paul Millsap
ATL gets: Thaddeus Young, Z-Bo
Forget draft picks for a minute. Forget the fact that this makes little sense for Brooklyn, and just appreciate the chaos that would ensue.
Boston gets their rim protector and scoring-alleviator for IT.
BKN gets an instant fanbase favorite and someone to help sell tickets. Every team would have to send a draft pick to Brooklyn, Boston especially; but that the multiple draft picks may help convince Sean Marks to make the deal.
Memphis doesn’t have a lot of trade assets, but with Mike Conley potentially leaving this offseason, they need to just start over. The ‘Grind’ part of ‘Grit-n-Grind’ is over. Now the Grizzlies need to ‘Grit’ their teeth and hope they find success in the draft/free agency. Human Swiss-army knife Paul Millsap helps bring in a new era of Grizzlies basketball, and Jerebko is a poor man’s Millsap that helps add a scoring punch to their bench unit.
ATLaaaast. With Al Horford most likely departing in the offseason and Paul Millsap now gone, they trade for two veteran stopgaps in Z-Bo and Thaddeus Young to be their front court for the time being. Maybe they go super-big and start Young, Splitter, and Z-Bo. Who knows? Budenholzer is an offensive genius.
Go nuts, reader.
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