Collins has been shockingly good and consistent. I almost always think its going in when he is open. Super cool teammate and player to watch. I wouldn't trade him just to trade him. It will get a little goofy when I want to see more Flip tho.
All those weirdo dribble drives where he jumps high and shoots like a 5 foot bank shot that missed last year and always led to me saying "why?" seem to be going in too. I don't think we have a route to cap space that we really want to use or that limits us really... so unless I got a younger player I liked or some seconds with the expiring salary I'm likely just cool standing pat. This all assumes the tank is still rolling without much harm. I have fallen victim to the dreaded Dant Exum principle that @infection invented.
I mean… an unprotected pick from a team with no talent and unable to add talent would be crazy juicy. ‘31 from Phoenix would be like our crown jewel asset until/unless we actually secure and successfully develop a blue-chipper.
In 2031 we will be in the second reign of the alien cyborgs who overtook our AI overlords to free us... only to enslave us again.
Maybe. Right now the tank is tanking tho. We will never catch the Wiz. 2nd and 3rd worst is pretty similar. I think we out tank NO but it could be close. I'm not particularly worried about the East teams as I think they cannabilize themselves. Porty has already doubled up our wins. Moving Walker might just be the diff between 2 and 3 and it just isn't worth it to me.
I wasn't advocating for this. I am just looking at what would actually work. Trading with the suns is hard.
OK, lets do some math. Lets make a rather rosy assumption that in 2031 the Suns are most likely to finish with the 5th worst record. The odds of them getting the top 3 pick is 31% and the relevant compilation of stats gives about the 53% chance that the drafted in the top 3 player will be an All Star later in their career. That means that you are ready to trade Kessler for the 16% chance (1 out of 7) that this pick years later (10-12 years from now?) may become an All Star.
Nah... no way on the Cleveland thing. Even if Phoenix struggles there is infinity time for them to reload... especially if they don't have their picks they can go get FA and disgruntled mid tier stars. Its a really attractive FA market. There is also a time value of picks type of thing here. If I gave you a pick in the 10-20 range in 2025 is that worth a pick that has a 50% chance to be a top 10 pick in 7 years? Obviously it has trade value all the way through to 2031. I'm not saying it isn't but to say its worth more than 3 firsts is rich to me.
