Boogie Back!

Three seasons ago, Sour Snails and Team Thien partnered up for a trade that sent DeMarcus Cousins from Sour to Thien. Now, just one day before the 2019 playoffs start, it looks like Boogie is coming back home to Snails! All the other big names from that trade are gone from the two brothers’ rosters, such as Hassan Whiteside, Bradley Beal, and Rudy Gay.

Trade ID#98:

• Sour Snails receive DeMarcus Cousins, Gary Harris
• Team Thien receive Kemba Walker, Nerlens Noel

This bolsters Trieu’s frontcourt even more as even Warrior Boogie is averaging 15.5 PTS, 8.7 REB, 1.4 STL, 2.1 BLK and shooting at a 44.1 FG%. Gary Harris seems like a throw in at this point, which is a dramatic fall from grace for one of last year’s fantasy gems. Maybe Harris puts it back together for the post-season run but probably not? This does mean that Trieu’s pre-draft trade off of Damian Lillard has now turned into Cousins and Zach LaVine.

As for Thien's Do the Tango, adding Kemba Walker gives them the John Wall replacement they’ll need for a Toilet Bowl run. While Thien can’t actually win the first or second overall pick, getting another young talent could really bolster their return to contention. The trio of Walker, Jimmy Butler, and Mike Conley are solid backcourt veterans and with Lauri Markkanen manning the frontline, this team will hope to make some noise after dipping down to their first ever sub-0.500 record. What happens to John Wall now though? Is there room for the ACL injured guard on Thien's keeper squad? Our deepest condolences to Thien, who has suffered two devastating ACL injuries to their two best players in two successive years. Ouch!

Oh right, and Nerlens Noel exchanged hands too. But I refuse to talk about his upside potential anymore because Nerlens will Nerlens.

Trade ID#97:

• Sour Snails receive Marc Gasol, Dario Saric, 2020 RD2, 2020 RD3, 2021 RD3 (2020 RD2 protected from ID#90, draft slot swap with Fob Stars)
• IL Conceived receive Julius Randle, Caris LeVert, Montrezl Harrell, 2020 RD3 (Squirtle Squad 2020 RD3 from ID#95a)

And let’s not forget Trieu’s trade from three weeks ago, which featured him dumping off three reserve pieces for future picks. Gearing up for a Toilet Bowl run, IL Conceived moved some of his dispersal guys, along with three future picks, for the short-term rentals of Randle, LeVert, and Harrell. Randle and Harrell are FG% machines and should bolster the offense quite a bit, as they have combined for almost 40 points per game over the past month. LeVert is still recovering from injury but could play a role in the coming Zion sweepstakes if he starts to round into shape. It’s likely one or two of these guys won’t make the keeper cut though, so this is really an all-in move from Frank for the 2019 Toilet Bowl.

From Sour’s perspective, losing three pieces obviously hurts their depth but the emergence of rookie block machine Mitchell Robinson made some of their bigs expendable and they get to cash in now on semi-keepers they would’ve had to sell during the off-season anyway. Win win!

Trade ID#99:

• Another Bad Creation receive Evan Fournier and Kent Bazemore
• Funk Coalition receive Dwayne Wade

Sneaking under the wire, our twelfth and final trade of the 2019 season was a swap of Dwayne Wade for two slightly younger assets. Wade is in his swan song year -- averaging 14.2 PTS and 4.3 AST. Fournier is right around those averages with better 3PT, and there's a chance Bazemore still has some 3-and-D to his game this season.