Dude that was before the protection and the 2nd rounder conversion clauses were added.
Next to the Sixers pick this season it's probably our worst 1st round pick asset if we had to rank them.
So who is on that playoff team? Lauri, Kessler, Sexton, Ochai, three rookies... and?
I'll hold off on this until the deadline passes.
Biggest thing we traded away wasnt a player on the field.. it was our team leader. Someone else needs to step up now. The other guys we traded away were not even worth first round picks... otherwise we would have traded them elsewhere for better picks. We know that, since we flinged them all as trade bait for nearly two weeks and got just trash offers.
It is one that I think you hold... in a trade the floor of the pick would be given too much weight. The reality of where the pick will land is pretty good. If a team wasn't valuing it similarly to the Minny Cavs picks in a trade... then I would move those instead. We have inventory so I think I'd just earmark that one as a hold unless I get the right amount of value back for it.
Problem with that logic is that if Lakers do end up sucking real bad by 2027 that pick becomes untradable and we have to see it through all the way.
Why is that a problem lol... I literally said we should hold it and that it isn't a problem to hold it. We've done it before and netted AK47 and Gordon Hayward because of it. We won't trade 14 firsts in the next 3 years... some of these picks will be used.
So, who's on the playoff team next year?
If we didn't make the trade we did who is on the playoff team next year? If we can't replace Mike/Vando/Beasley with what we get from 3 first rounders and like $40M in space then DA is really incompetent. If we take on ****** deals and suck for a year and miss the playoffs it will be intentional.
Yeah we definitely aren't a playoff team next year. I think this will be an 18 month rebuild. Next year our pick is top 10 protected and I fully expect to keep that pick. Next year will be a pretty heavy youth movement because I expect us to use all 3 of our 1sts and Ainge won't bring in many vets to get in the way because he won't trust Hardy not to play them. Like you mentioned we have 4 guys right now that may be viewed as long term pieces. Possibly 5 if THT builds some consistency with heavy minutes the rest of the year. I think with our pick we are likely looking at one of Amen Thompson, Jarace Walker or Brandon Miller. With the wolves pick I really want Cason Wallace and I'd be willing to combine a future pick to make that happen. I would also kill to come away with one of Jordan Hawkins, Brice Sensabaugh, Taylor Hendricks, Fili and GG Jackson.
