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11 games against Houston, Phoenix, GS, Lakers remaining on the schedule. Lots of must win games.
 
Before the season, I felt this season probably wouldn't live up to the (start of the) previous one, but who knows. Then after a couple of nice games, we had this horrible stretch of misery and I thought it was going to be a tanking year, but now it's picking up steam again and I think it can be great fun. In particular if DA & co feels a) the draft is sub-par anyway and b) we'll probably end up giving up the pick so there is no real incentive to give up good pieces.
 
NAOS_pt2 said:
<Looks at trade deadline>
"I still have lots of control over our destiny this year."
-Ainge
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Yeah... I am not sure what his desires are. Some say they want to convey the pick this year but who knows. I'm not sure if he pulls the plug on something this year's draft is the main motivation. I could see him not seeing the return for KO and JC being all that great and just decide to wait until the offseason to do moves.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
At this point my price from the Warriors would be Moody and a first if they want KO and JC.
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That would be awesome

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Elizah Huge said:
Clarkson is probably worth more than some deals that are getting thrown out there. His contract will be extremely team friendly the next couple of years.
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Ya for this reason KO is who I would want to trade first. Clarkson contract is sweet. Might want to keep him around for when we are serious. Cheap contracts and guys who out play their contract are always nice to have around.

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Elizah Huge said:
Clarkson is probably worth more than some deals that are getting thrown out there. His contract will be extremely team friendly the next couple of years.
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I was worried his early slump was a bit prolonged and thought maybe he was slowing down a bit. It'd be hard to trade him while on a heater but we have to remember the JC cycle. If you didn't have Collins and a Lauri renegotiate and extend on the table this offseason then the 14M next year really wouldn't matter to us... but if you are keeping Tech and KO while doing an extension for Lauri then JC needs to go most likely... similarly if you are keeping JC then KO likely isn't coming back.

JC and KO are in that zone where they are definitely worth more than a couple/few seconds but likely not dragging in a first on their own. I'd see if I could get a late first this year or a pick swap for next year... but if all you could find is an expiring and 2-3 solid seconds I don't think you are hurting yourself all that much by settling. Detroit owns Washington's second rounder this year... so it will be 32 or 33... Get that and another second for JC? Something in that value window would make sense to me.
 
A GS swap with either pick we own Cavs and Wolves next year is something I could see being appealing for both parties. May have to top 4 protect the swap but its not so far out that GS would be really nervous and they could talk themselves into it being almost nothing... then if there is an injury we are looking at moving up 10+spots in a good draft.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I was worried his early slump was a bit prolonged and thought maybe he was slowing down a bit. It'd be hard to trade him while on a heater but we have to remember the JC cycle. If you didn't have Collins and a Lauri renegotiate and extend on the table this offseason then the 14M next year really wouldn't matter to us... but if you are keeping Tech and KO while doing an extension for Lauri then JC needs to go most likely... similarly if you are keeping JC then KO likely isn't coming back.

JC and KO are in that zone where they are definitely worth more than a couple/few seconds but likely not dragging in a first on their own. I'd see if I could get a late first this year or a pick swap for next year... but if all you could find is an expiring and 2-3 solid seconds I don't think you are hurting yourself all that much by settling. Detroit owns Washington's second rounder this year... so it will be 32 or 33... Get that and another second for JC? Something in that value window would make sense to me.
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I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.
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Would be nice. It’s been deemed a sellers market for a while though… like since the play in became a thing. There also just aren’t a ton of firsts out there since so many teams have moved them or are limited by the Stepien rule.

We also don’t have like an open spot for a prospect we like to play a bunch. If we got Moody do you put him in KOs minutes… tech and Ochai get less minutes? Some of that stuff hurts two teams finding the right type of deal. Good news is we basically have zero seconds so if we got like 3-4 seconds it would be a good thing to replenish that supply. Not like OKC where they have like 2-3 a year and getting another one or two really doesn’t matter much at all.

If we hang out a little longer there may be an injury that opens something up for us too.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I was worried his early slump was a bit prolonged and thought maybe he was slowing down a bit. It'd be hard to trade him while on a heater but we have to remember the JC cycle. If you didn't have Collins and a Lauri renegotiate and extend on the table this offseason then the 14M next year really wouldn't matter to us... but if you are keeping Tech and KO while doing an extension for Lauri then JC needs to go most likely... similarly if you are keeping JC then KO likely isn't coming back.

JC and KO are in that zone where they are definitely worth more than a couple/few seconds but likely not dragging in a first on their own. I'd see if I could get a late first this year or a pick swap for next year... but if all you could find is an expiring and 2-3 solid seconds I don't think you are hurting yourself all that much by settling. Detroit owns Washington's second rounder this year... so it will be 32 or 33... Get that and another second for JC? Something in that value window would make sense to me.
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If it's between Clarkson and KO then you gotta keep Clarkson. (Maybe you meant Collins when you said JC though?)
At the bigs we have Lauri, Kessler, and Collins and I would like to see Hendrix play someday. We are pretty deep there.
If Clarkson is gone then we have ochai and ........ That's about it and ochai isn't very good yet. Super thin there.

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fishonjazz said:
If it's between Clarkson and KO then you gotta keep Clarkson. (Maybe you meant Collins when you said JC though?)
At the bigs we have Lauri, Kessler, and Collins and I would like to see Hendrix play someday. We are pretty deep there.
If Clarkson is gone then we have ochai and ........ That's about it and ochai isn't very good yet. Super thin there.

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Figure Key and Sexton could up their minutes. Ochai too. I think there are options either way we go.

Depends on what’s out there in trade.
 
After the Lakers finish getting blown out by Phoenix this evening, they'll be tied recordwise with the Jazz. That makes this weekend's matchup in SLC more interesting. Would be cool if we could beat the Raptors and Lakers back to back.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.
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the play-in tournament creates more buyers as 4-6 more teams have playoff aspirations.
 
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