It was basically nothing. Sixers melted down more than anything. They’ve done absolutely nothing since.
Okay, well anyone else is welcome to blow their wad on a player type whose apex in the history of the league is getting spanked in the finals and never sniffing them again.
idk if that's a premium.
Yeah, that's kind of what I come back to.
Yeah, and none of the premium picks (the future wolves picks, the late Cavs picks)
The heart of the problem is he can’t exist within an offense, he has to be atop it; and that he makes it impossible to play elite defense.
Luka has some of same warts, but if you’re a red giant level star then it can work. It’s also a lot easier to hide a 6’ 8” dude on defense or for him to step up on that end and for him to be generally very effective for a very long time. Trae is not at fault for being tiny but it also doesn’t change the fact that it’s a serious problem (especially with the way that he plays).
That seems like a stretch.. how did each of those tenures end on Danny’s teams? Saying he likes or would still like those kinds of players doesn’t feel like an assumption we can still make.
He likes value… trade one pick for IT on a bargain contract, 1 pick a broken player and a role player for Kyrie, Kemba was a FA signing.
Lauri is a perfect fit with like every player though.
It's not that much of a stretch. It's DA going after 3 small scoring/ball dominant guards in a relatively short stretch. I've seen people make a lot bigger stretches over DA's preferred player type.
*next to a high-level rim protector
I’m mostly saying I wouldn’t. Because I wouldn’t. And if I were to backtrack, I would only do so under the idea of flipping him.
