Tag: Mock Trade

Mock trade has Nets trading Ben Simmons for Doug McDermott

According to a mock trade by Bleacher Report, the Nets would have to give up a lot just to get rid of Ben Simmons.

The Brooklyn Nets are one of a good amount of teams in the NBA that will have important decisions to make once this season is over. Even though the team already has a bright future with players like Mikal Bridges, Nic Claxton, and Cam Johnson along with a significant amount of draft capital to use for additional moves.

Brooklyn has had to change the direction of its franchise in a short amount of time because of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant wanting out. Once those two were traded away to the Dallas Maverick and Phoenix Suns, respectively, the Nets had to change their mindset from a contending team to a rebuilding team in a sense.

While this new roster of players hasn’t exactly been the smoothest combination because of the lack of chemistry (9-13 record in the past 22 games when the new roster is set), it’s clear that the Nets have some talented players. With that being said, there is one player that the team has to figure out his fit on the roster and that is Ben Simmons. Bleacher Report has one way to addressing it:

Mock trade: How Chiefs can land LT Terron Armstead in trade with Saints

Negotiating a trade for Terron Armstead with our friends at Saints Wire.

The Kansas City Chiefs are in the market for a new starting left tackle after releasing former 2013 No. 1 overall draft pick, Eric Fisher.

There are a number of ways the team can go about acquiring a new left tackle, but we all know that Brett Veach is not afraid of being aggressive when it comes to acquiring players in a trade. One player that could be available given salary cap restraints is New Orleans Saints LT Terron Armstead.

The 30-year-old perennial All-Pro tackle is entering the final year of his contract after signing a 5-year $65-million-dollar extension back in 2016. He is due over $16 million against the 2020 salary cap for New Orleans. The Saints are hard-pressed for cap space and trading Armstead could save them over $6.6 million against the salary cap. He’d cost the Chiefs $11.6 million against the cap in 2021, a number that can easily be handled once the team restructures a few contracts.

New Orleans can move Ryan Ramczyk to the left side, where he’s played in the past and pursue a new right tackle in free agency or the draft. Meanwhile, the Chiefs can sign Armstead to a multi-year extension and lock up the blind side of Patrick Mahomes for the next several years.

In order to work out a mock trade for Armstead, we enlisted the help of our friend John Sigler at Saints Wire. Sigler played the role of Mickey Loomis, while I played the role of Brett Veach in order to negotiate the trade.

Here’s a look at how our negotiations went and the final deal that we settled on: