The Official Rate My Trade Thread

[mrmazzle]

Re: The Official Rate My Trade Thread

Playing with the LA Clippers.
I will say that I boosted Griffin's rating some (speed/quickness, ball handling, dunking, rebounding, etc). Just slight boosts for the most part.
I also made Arron Afflalo a better shooter. He shot like 44% last year from 3PT, and is doing even better this year (yes I know it's early).

I traded and now my team is:
PG Jose Calderon
SG Thabo Sefolosha
SF Josh Smith
PF Blake Griffin
C Chris Kaman
6th Man Arron Afflalo
Eric Bledsoe
Deandre Jordan
Brian Cook
Craig Smith


It may not look great, but the philosophy is as follows:
1 scoring/rebounding big man (Griffin)
1 defensive/rebounding (Kaman, plus he can score)
1 solid back up defense/rebound big (Jordan)
AT LEAST 1 lock down defensive SG/SF combo (I have two; Sefo can't shoot well, but Afflalo is getting me 20 ppg).
A pure pure pure PG who can pass, dribble and shoot 3s. I dont care about his defense because if I face a tough PG, I put Afflalo on him and Calderon on the SG (like Westbrook and Harden I swap defensive assignments).

Josh Smith plays SF, when Griffin goes out he swaps to PF and Sefo comes in at SF. Calderon gets 30-32 and Bledsoe 16-18 (I really enjoy Bledsoe's speed and ball handling).

Brian Cook occasionally comes in for me and he just sits at the top of of the arc and nails threes when I drive and dish it back.

The team is so money. I got rid of Baron Davis because I hate his 67 rank 3pt, and i'm not great at creating with the dribble yet (plus on ball defense is better this year).

It's so nice having Thabo, Josh Smith and Afflalo. I can shut down (and i mean shut down) even the best guard/forward combos. If a big man starts dominating me, i just attack him on the other end with Griffin to get him into foul trouble (Duncan was destroying me and this worked).

Thoughts?

[matthewj]

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Well I did a "mock" trade and came up with Ellis and Adrien for Stuckey, Prince, and a 2nd Rd pick.

If I move Stuckey to the 2 his natural position he should be a lot better. Plus I rent Prince for the year to strengthen my overachieving bench.

Everyone wins in this deal to me. Detroit gets Ellis who can be there psuedo pg they lack with Stuckey. They also get someone who can create offense for himself to take the burden off of Hamilton. He's still young with potential so giving up a big expiring is worth it to get a top flight scorer.

Ironically when I run a Pistons franchise id be willing to make this trade and I did make this trade in 2k10. But I've never really looked at it from the Warriors position of wanting Stuckey.

[thaone08]

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Well I did a "mock" trade and came up with Ellis and Adrien for Stuckey, Prince, and a 2nd Rd pick.

If I move Stuckey to the 2 his natural position he should be a lot better. Plus I rent Prince for the year to strengthen my overachieving bench.

Everyone wins in this deal to me. Detroit gets Ellis who can be there psuedo pg they lack with Stuckey. They also get someone who can create offense for himself to take the burden off of Hamilton. He's still young with potential so giving up a big expiring is worth it to get a top flight scorer.

Ironically when I run a Pistons franchise id be willing to make this trade and I did make this trade in 2k10. But I've never really looked at it from the Warriors position of wanting Stuckey.

you loose alot of speed and offense by tradin ellis though. like wat do your team need cause if only thing u need is someone who can stop the other team scorer go get thebo from the thunder.

[matthewj]

The deals you made with the Clipper make sense half the battle is having a philosophy with what your doing on the floor. Having too much defense I never bad as long as you have enough offense to supplement then defensive outlook. My concern would be if Griffin got into foul trouble who becomes your goto weapon. Afflalo may be getting you 20 a game but I assume that is off of Griffins interior play. I like the approach though.

[matthewj]

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I need a bigger guard and yes I would lose Ellis quickness but having a 99 quickness at the 2 is almost overkill. Stuckey is underrated athletically and offensivly the only thing Ellis truley does better is shoot the three. Stuckey at the 1 is overmatched but at the 2 he is pretty much on par with the rest of the leagues 2s. This is a tough decision as I really am a fan of Ellis.

[thaone08]

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The deals you made with the Clipper make sense half the battle is having a philosophy with what your doing on the floor. Having too much defense I never bad as long as you have enough offense to supplement then defensive outlook. My concern would be if Griffin got into foul trouble who becomes your goto weapon. Afflalo may be getting you 20 a game but I assume that is off of Griffins interior play. I like the approach though.

yeah i agree cause when you think about the spurs and pistons of the 2000s they always had defense and enough offense to go with it. i had the same problem u having and iam the wizards. the trades i made was gettin andre iguodala casue he play defense, cory maggette to come off the bench and josh smith at small foward. i also got keyon doolin with the maggette trade so that made my defense better.

[thaone08]

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I need a bigger guard and yes I would lose Ellis quickness but having a 99 quickness at the 2 is almost overkill. Stuckey is underrated athletically and offensivly the only thing Ellis truley does better is shoot the three. Stuckey at the 1 is overmatched but at the 2 he is pretty much on par with the rest of the leagues 2s. This is a tough decision as I really am a fan of Ellis.

well are you makin this trade for defense or offense? if so for defense i can help you with some trades so you wont have to trade your stars

[Ferrari997]

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If you include Boozer, i think Denver would jump on that trade even in real life. But there is a reason CHI signed Boozer even when they had Gibson, the help was needed. If you do the trade i would find a way to upgrade the position, even its a stop gap. I would find a way to include Kenyon in the trade as well, with both Boozer and Deng moving on i think it would work. Plus his contract is expiring, so you would have some cap room next year.

that's true. I probably would try to get Kmart from them, and maybe Affalo too if I give them Brewer as well. The only problem with this trade is that I would have to trade override it to make it happen I really hate the feeling of doing that...makes it seem cheap as fair/even the actual trade is.

[matthewj]

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Well I wanted a fair shake on both ends its for "defense" but I don't need a lock down defender just a larger one that Kobe won't shoot over for an entire game.

I've worked out a trade to add an unhappy Terrico White with Prince, Stuckey and the 2nd so I think I'm gonna cut the deal. As I really like Whites Potential as a 6th man in this game.

[UndeniableSkillz9]

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i need a guard had to trade thorton away from hornets
got ton of draft picks
my lineup is

cp3
green
ariza
love
emeka

6th man is kurt thomas
need a good sg with B potential
also want to get rid of ariza as he can't score an he doesnt slow no body down

[matthewj]

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Pistons have a goup of guards to choose from. Ariza would net you any of them. Maybe Dahntay Jones of the Pacers....he can't shoot the three at all. Maybe the Blazers or go after Childress of the Suns....I dunno. SG are the toughest I usually have to settle for a weaker overall to get the type of player I want.

[thaone08]

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you can get jones from the pacers but wouldnt have to give up much. he right when he said ariza would get you any guard from the pistons cause they always offer me bynum and stucky sometimes

[x_NBA_x]

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Currently the Chigago Bulls and made these two trades at the beginning of the season.

Bulls trade: '11 1st round pick, '12 1st round pick, Keith Bogans.
Timberwolves trade: Wesley Johnson.

I understand that Wesley was the 'Wolves first round pick but giving up the next two years I think did it justice.

Bulls trade: Ronnie Brewer, Omer Asik.
Rockets trade: Courtney Lee, Brad Miller.

Got this one via the trade finder, I hate Brewers shot and I love Lee and the fact he is an absolute machine from beyond the arc.

Line-up now;

PG - Rose,
SG - Lee,
SF - Johnson,
PF - Boozer,
C - Noah.

6th Man - Deng.

Role Players - Gibson, Korver, Thomas, Watson, Miller.

[thaprodigyisback]

Re: The Official Rate My Trade Thread

Kings(Me) Get:
O.J. Mayo

Grizzlies get:
Demarcus Cousins

[thaprodigyisback]

Re: The Official Rate My Trade Thread

Kings(Me) Get:
O.J. Mayo

Grizzlies get:
Demarcus Cousins