Jazz could sign Draymond to then trade him mid-season.
Hmm.. I always bought he was for sure leaving GSW with all the Poole drama.It will be hard for a team to sign him outright... that he would want to go to. Maybe Houston gets wild with an offer but if he opted out I always thought that was a sign he would return to GS. Might even do like 4/100 and take a little less the first year to ease the tax.
If I’m Houston I’d pair Harden and Green, draft Cam, and that’s a nice team.It will be hard for a team to sign him outright... that he would want to go to. Maybe Houston gets wild with an offer but if he opted out I always thought that was a sign he would return to GS. Might even do like 4/100 and take a little less the first year to ease the tax.
Don’t think Walker moves the needle for them as a contender though.Read that the Blazers want to move Nurkic and get a defensive center that can help protect Lillard. Hello, Walker + Sexton for Nurkic...maybe we do get the three. What defensive is better?
Give them the Lakers pick and they can still make another win now move but at least they address a major flaw.Don’t think Walker moves the needle for them as a contender though.
I’d give them 28 for 20. That’s still a future pick from that vantage point.According to Wasserman at BR, Houston would like to move #20 for a future, protected pick. That would be a nice spot to pick up a shooter (e.g., Jett or Sensabaugh) or someone who is slipping (e.g., George). Also a good spot to pick up Lewis, Cissoko or possibly Leonard Miller for you Miller stans.
I’d give them 28 for 20. That’s still a future pick from that vantage point.
I'd even give them that pick unprotected.I’d give them 28 for 20. That’s still a future pick from that vantage point.
I’d do even better than that. They get that pick if it’s top 28. If it doesn’t convey, they could have all of the Minnesota and Cleveland picks.I'd even give them that pick unprotected.
And if those don't convey they can have Markkannen, his son Markannensen, and his grandson, Markannen son of Markkannensen the third. Top that. Yes I like Brice that much.I’d do even better than that. They get that pick if it’s top 28. If it doesn’t convey, they could have all of the Minnesota and Cleveland picks.
If they weren’t then the market for stars just got corrected hard and that is good for us.
They would not been in that position if they had traded him early like we did with Gobert. I agree he had all the leverage at that point but they compounded their mistake of not trading him earlier by signing him to that crazy contract. So at that point he had all the leverage but the franchise could have let him walk.lol He forced them to pay him just like every first option on any roster does, with the threat of walking leaving them nothing but space. Of course at that point they were not letting him walk, so the leverage was his all along. So they needed to get out from under his thumb is the motivation and pay someone cheaper via draft to do the same thing he was doing and have flex with other roster spots so they continue their pathetic treadmill game plan. They will never tank imo, and they will never be a contender either.
Washington is a joke org. But in this case the Suns are fools, I don't care what anyone says.
They are not a smart org, but this trade was not dumb. There is little chance they would ever get more for him than they are, and it's more than the nothing they would get had they not signed himThey would not been in that position if they had traded him early like we did with Gobert. I agree he had all the leverage at that point but they compounded their mistake of not trading him earlier by signing him to that crazy contract. So at that point he had all the leverage but the franchise could have let him walk.
Side note: Nets are collectively the most aroused group of people thus side of JazzFanz.Chris Paul just had a quote about the trade where he said Matt and Isiah Thomas just want to go a different direction... and it all made sense. suns going full Isiah Thomas mode... Steve Francis/Stephon Marbury/any big contract with a name.... pray for Phoenix.
Probably wont tank, but they arent going to go all out to make this year's team as best as possible. Think overall this will be another discovery focused year.The Jazz do not want to be bad this coming season. We have no point in trying to tank with 0 picks. We're going to be very active this offseason