Sunday, January 11, 2015

Rose for Lawson



Chicago gets: Ty Lawson, Danilo Gallinari
Denver gets: Derrick Rose, Doug McDermott, 2015 first round draft pick (best available between Sacramento top 10 protected or pick swap rights with Cleveland, both acquired from Luol Deng trade)

Valid in trade ESPN machine:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ky3pbmk


Why Chicago would do it:

They get a near All-Star caliber starting point guard and makes them clear favorites in the Eastern Conference. This ends the multi-year drama of Rose's health problems and gets them a proven player to help them make a championship run.

Why Denver would do it:

Getting one lottery pick (McDermott) and a second pick likely in the top 20 is a pretty good haul for Lawson. Rose gives them an outside shot at having a super-star on the roster, and even if it is a very small chance Rose's contract is onerous, but it isn't much different than Lawson and Gallo combined.