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Re-tool, not a rebuild.

Bucks receive:
PG Chris Paul

Thunder receive:
PG Eric Bledsoe
C Brook Lopez
SG Donte DiVincenzo
PF Ersan Ilyasova (non-guaranteed deal worth $7 Million so easily cutable)

-Renounce Sterling Brown's rights along with any other cap hold we may have.
-Draft Desmond Bane with the 24th pick in the 2020 draft.
-Robin Lopez and Wes Matthews exercise their player options.
-Sign Aron Baynes using the BAE
-Sign Marco Belinelli and Marvin Williams to vet minimum deals.

PG Chris Paul | George Hill
SG Wes Matthews | Desmond Bane
SF Khris Middleton | Marco Belinelli
PF Giannis Antetokounmpo | Marvin Williams
Aron Baynes | Robin Lopez

There's your 10 man playoff rotation, at most. The rest doesn't really matter. Would prefer a better 5 man and backups but who knows. The idea remains the same. Ring chasing vet minimums to fill out the roster and use the BAE/MLE on a center that fits. Doesn't have to be Baynes, Belinelli and Marvin specifically.

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3 hours ago, beekay414 said:

Re-tool, not a rebuild.

Bucks receive:
PG Chris Paul

Thunder receive:
PG Eric Bledsoe
C Brook Lopez
SG Donte DiVincenzo
PF Ersan Ilyasova (non-guaranteed deal worth $7 Million so easily cutable)

-Renounce Sterling Brown's rights along with any other cap hold we may have.
-Draft Desmond Bane with the 24th pick in the 2020 draft.
-Robin Lopez and Wes Matthews exercise their player options.
-Sign Aron Baynes using the BAE
-Sign Marco Belinelli and Marvin Williams to vet minimum deals.

PG Chris Paul | George Hill
SG Wes Matthews | Desmond Bane
SF Khris Middleton | Marco Belinelli
PF Giannis Antetokounmpo | Marvin Williams
Aron Baynes | Robin Lopez

There's your 10 man playoff rotation, at most. The rest doesn't really matter. Would prefer a better 5 man and backups but who knows. The idea remains the same. Ring chasing vet minimums to fill out the roster and use the BAE/MLE on a center that fits. Doesn't have to be Baynes, Belinelli and Marvin specifically.

Why would the thunder do this? 

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6 hours ago, beekay414 said:

Re-tool, not a rebuild.

Bucks receive:
PG Chris Paul

Thunder receive:
PG Eric Bledsoe
C Brook Lopez
SG Donte DiVincenzo
PF Ersan Ilyasova (non-guaranteed deal worth $7 Million so easily cutable)

-Renounce Sterling Brown's rights along with any other cap hold we may have.
-Draft Desmond Bane with the 24th pick in the 2020 draft.
-Robin Lopez and Wes Matthews exercise their player options.
-Sign Aron Baynes using the BAE
-Sign Marco Belinelli and Marvin Williams to vet minimum deals.

PG Chris Paul | George Hill
SG Wes Matthews | Desmond Bane
SF Khris Middleton | Marco Belinelli
PF Giannis Antetokounmpo | Marvin Williams
Aron Baynes | Robin Lopez

There's your 10 man playoff rotation, at most. The rest doesn't really matter. Would prefer a better 5 man and backups but who knows. The idea remains the same. Ring chasing vet minimums to fill out the roster and use the BAE/MLE on a center that fits. Doesn't have to be Baynes, Belinelli and Marvin specifically.

If those guys aren’t getting the job done for MIL, why would OKC want them?

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20 hours ago, J-ALL-DAY said:

To get rid of CP3's contract and possibly even get a pick or two from the Bucks. 

If they traded for Lopez/Bledsoe/DiVincenzo they'd have $32.6M tied up into them next season, $36.1M tied up into them in '22, and $33.2M tied up into them in '23. So they'd only really save $8 in cap space over the next two years but then would be paying a 32 year old Bledsoe and 34 year old Lopez $33.2M in 2023, the year CP3's contract comes off the books. 

As a small market team they're not going to attract top tier FA talent either way and a couple of late first round picks really don't justify giving away the best player on a playoff team. 

The only way I'd even consider it is if the draft picks were 2022 & 2024 unprotected 1st round picks. In hopes that Giannis bolts after next season and they go into full tank mode.

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