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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 3500198, member: 1674"] No we are way over. I do expect Milwaukee to pursue Chris Paul. I would imagine a third team like the Knicks would need to be involved. OKC is most likely trying to get cap savings or young talent and Milwaukee can't really offer either of those things (or at least very minimal in terms of young talent). I would guess if it happens, it's something like Bledsoe, Hill, and Ilyasova to the Knicks, Robin Lopez and DJ Wilson to the Thunder (expiring contracts and some semblance of young talent), and then Milwaukee and OKC provide some sort of incentive probably in the form of draft picks to get them to take those contracts into cap space. The Knicks are one of the very few examples that would theoretically work with but of course that changes if they end up deciding to make a serious run at expensive free agents this offseason. If it's only a two-team trade with Milwaukee and OKC it gets a lot more difficult because I think Milwaukee will be very hesitant to offer too many future draft picks when they aren't sure of Giannis' plans yet. Not to mention they'd theoretically be trading like a 2024 first round pick for a guy that will at best be gone years before that pick conveys. I don't know; we'll see what happens there. Based on Billy Donovan leaving, it seems like OKC plans to blow things up a bit and I think they'd probably like to do CP3 a solid if the value is okay. Not many teams can offer CP3 a chance to contend while also theoretically making sense as a trade partner. It's pretty much Milwaukee and the Lakers IMO. I know some Bucks fans are also hopeful that Utah might be interested in Bledsoe because their VP said anyone with defensive integrity that is an active and athletic defender is someone Utah will be interested in this offseason...Bledsoe certainly fits that criteria. Things might become a lot easier financially if it's built around CP3 to Milwaukee, Conley's expiring deal to OKC, and Bledsoe to Utah. Edit: The one that works financially speaking is: Utah gets: Eric Bledsoe, George Hill, Ersan Ilyasova OKC gets: Mike Conley, DJ Wilson MKE gets: Chris Paul [/QUOTE]

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