The Bucks could take CP3, but it would mean losing a bunch of their contracted players. Hill, R Lopez, Bledsoe, Ilyasova would work. Can't see OKC wanting any of them so likely a 3rd (or more) team would need to be involved.

It would leave the Bucks with a team of something like:

CP3, Divincenzo, Middleton, Giannis, B Lopez, and then hope they can sign their free agents to cap friendly deals, Matthews, Connaghton, Brown.

Can't really see it happening.

I think a more likely outcome would be the Sixers entering desperation mode, acquiring CP3 for a package around Horford and some of their young assets.

Yeah I definitely agree it is in the Thunder's best interests to try to move Paul, Adams and Gallo for young players and picks.

There's only a few teams that can legit deal with Paul's contract and have any interest in it though, so they might just need to take whatever they can for him.

With a number of other job's opening up he supposedly sort clarity from the team on the direction they were going in and was told the rebuild will begin next season and guys like Paul, Stevens & Schroder will be traded so it pretty much was his decision as he's not interested in the losing seasons ahead being on his resume.

The talk is they're looking seriously at Kenny Atkinson who has a proven track record with rebuilding teams and that Donovan is interested in the Bulls job.

First move should be Paul to anywhere. LeBron would find a way to have a trade made. Because he is the rules. perhaps a 4 or 5 team trade is made to land LAL Paul with Kuzma going to OKC and a flurry of others caught in the crossfire going wherever. Salaries would have to match also.

Adams and a pick or two from all the picks acquired should go to Sacramento for Buddy Hield. Sacramento had an interest in Adams last year, to fix their torrid depth at C, with him being a clear upgrade over Holmes. Holmes and Giles off the bench can provide depth to Adams and Bagley and Giles will of course be able to develop and learn under an excellent bloke in Stevo, though theyre polar opposites. Hield came from the Bahamas or Jamaica straight to OU, spent 4 years there and loved it.

Gallinari a FA. Most likely wouldnt stay. Watch him go to Miami if they cant strike gold elsewhere on trades/FA stars.

OKC start a rebuild with a starting 5 of something like Shai, Hield, Dort (yes, they always start a defensive guy who cant shoot), Bazley and Noel or a decent FA Center with Kuzma as a 6th man, you;ve probably got 25 wins in the West which is what they want. Hield, Gilgeous, Bazley andd Kuzma could be the store brand attempt at a Russ-Harden-KD-Jeff Green type thing again. bu, full well knowing its not gonna reach that peak.

I'm predicting that roughly 0% of the above actually happens.

^ yep.

Thats life.

OKC have been a historically (well, for 11 years) unpredictable team. Any time theyre set to keep someone, they lose them or trade them, any time they find their footing, they slip and any time they make a trade they seem to get another hall of famer on the roster.

They do a good job of keeping their fans on their toes, but this time, seems like they are genuinely gunning for a rebuild, as in lose 50+ games next season, draft inside the top 10 and have a bunch of kids play. 2008 OKC anyone?????

We all remember how that went.