Draft Night Trades Scenarios

Yesterday I took a look at some players I would like to see the Pacers draft now we are going to look at some deals that might just make them happen.

Pieces the Pacers would be willing to part with:

Danny Granger

Missing all of this past season and the team was still able to take the Heat to Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals, he becomes an expendable piece. With one year remaining on his contract he could provide if a healthy a 20 point a night threat and will take 14 million off any teams book at the end of the year.

Gerald Green

The man the front office thought was going to be that spark off the bench turned into a dud. Played sparingly and aside from his high flying dunks really doesn't bring much to the table with a limited offensive game and no defense he really doesn't fill our need coming off the bench.

Tyler Hansbrough

Inconsistent. When he starts he plays great averaging close to 15 points a game this season when David West was out. Coming off the bench he brings energy and a whopping 6 points a game. Tyler has what it takes to be a starter on a mid to lower level team. He is a restricted Free agent so we would be able to complete a sign and trade deal with him to move up or get more picks.

Possible Trade Scenarios with these players

Gerald Green and the 23^rd Pick to the Clippers for Eric Bledsoe.

Gerald Green could fit in with the up and down fast paced offense the Clippers play and could become the next member of Lob city. The Pacers would get an explosive backup point guard that is able to initiate offense, something our bench desperately needed last season.

Tyler Hansbrough and the 23^rd Pick to Golden State for Carl Landry

Carl Landry is a proven bench scoring big man who has been a spark off the bench for every team he has played for something that the Pacers have been lacking with Hansbrough. The Warriors would benefit by getting some more chippiness on their roster because it is a lot of finesse on the team not a lot of grit and if Hansbrough brings one thing to the table every night its grit.

Danny Granger, 23^rd Pick, and the 52^nd Pick for the Number One Overall Pick

It seems a little far-fetched but the Cavaliers are not going to be a team competing for a title and could use a veteran to help mentor and train some of their young players and would love to have as much cap room after next season as possible to bring Lebron James back having 14 million dollars come of the books for the Cavaliers would give them the money to bring back their guy. With the number one overall pick the Pacers would select Otto Porter Jr. out of Georgetown. A 6’9” small forward who can score he would provide great depth to our bench and give us a point forward option similar to Paul George coming off the bench. If this trade happened I would not be surprised in the slightest.

What do you think leave your comments below and tell me some trades that you think the Pacers should try. 

What Can the Pacers Do On Draft Night to Turn Heads

The NBA draft is this Thursday and the Pacers hold the 23rd pick and the 52nd pick and many wonder what are the Pacers going to do to make it to the NBA Finals next year. I have a couple ideas some realistic and some are a little more of a reach.

The Pacers have the best starting lineup in the NBA hands down. Nobody will argue with you on that David West is going to be back next year and will be destroying the paint with Roy Hibbert yet again. George Hill is a very solid point guard there is room to improve but the same with everyone. Lance Stephenson has a lot of room to improve on his jump shot but give him an off season to prepare this kid is for 2 years in a row going to turn heads. Paul George will be working again this summer with the US National Team which will help his growth he will be talking to stars around the NBA that will help him grow into the next superstar.

What needs improvement is the bench the whole bench except for Ian Mahimi and Orlando Johnson need to get a good power forward because Hansbrough is gone, DJ is gone, Green is a wild card who knows what we will get from him. I say our needs on the bench include point guard, back up small forward, and back up power forward. We can at best fill one of these needs at the draft.

Option 1

We can stay with the pick we have and get a player like Shane Larkin or Eric Green. Both of these players would be an upgrade to what we had last year. Eric Green will bring an offensive threat to the bench will help a helpless second unit score and force an offensive tempo. Shane Larkin is a sharp shooter that the Pacers needed last season too get the open shot hit the open shot. Both I wouldn't mind seeing either of these guys in a Pacers uniform next season.

Likelihood: Highly Likely

Option 2

Pacers trade first round and Danny Granger to an owner of a top 5 pick and draft a guy who will make this team as long as know big time injuries a early favorite to make it to the Finals. Otto Porter Jr., he his a big small forward who can come off the bench and just flat out score this would be the dream pick for the Pacers. There is a chance it happens the Cavaliers have voiced some interest in Granger a veteran who can score he should be fine coming off injury. Another option if we still make a trade to move up but Porter is not available would be to draft Cody Zeller a big guy who can learn from West and Hibbert and imagine Mahimi and Zeller coming off the bench two 7-footers off the bench that's scary.

Likelihood: 50/50

Those 4 players would make an immediate impact for a team ready to take the next step from surprise Eastern Conference Finals to favorite to reach the NBA Finals. We shall see what happens soon enough!