02-09-2024, 11:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2024, 12:13 PM by KillerLeft.)
(02-09-2024, 11:47 AM)mvossman Wrote: I can definitely see the argument of not doing the PJ deal. Hold onto that first round pick for the offseason and hope that GWill figures out how to be useful on the court. Its a risk. I'm 50/50 on it, mostly because I am glad to be off that GWill contract. I definitely like the trade we did vs a one for one with Green. It would have been a mess having both GWill and PJ on the roster.
See, for me, and I know before even typing this that it’s not gonna be popular, but…
I think I would have skipped the Gafford deal without a second thought, because that pick swap in ’28 (which could be the Mavs swapping out the #1 pick for one in the late 20’s) is just overtly too damn much to pay for a back up at any freaking position, especially center. And before anyone says it, I don’t care about the cost of dumping Holmes, because I believe his expiring could have been useful over the summer or this time next year. I was actually kind of looking forward to having it, truth be told.
The PJ Washington deal I might’ve still done, but (and here’s where everyone will really hate me) I think I would have preferred to use Hardy or *gulp*…even Green instead of a TOP TWO PROTECTED (!!!!) first the year AFTER Luka’s contract is up. Sure, it makes the move less impactful now, but this team is not going to win a championship, and it probably won’t even win a playoff series. So, who cares? And hey… If Charlotte wouldn’t have done it for Hardy, and the Mavericks decided they liked Green better than PJ Washington, no worries! Live to fight another day!
All that matters is where you are going, not where you are, and where are you are should be fashioned into the best path to get to where you are going.
(02-09-2024, 11:50 AM)omahen Wrote: Just for clarification. There is a slight difference between picking in the top five or bottom five. Which is a possible consequence of a pick swap. Especially picks after Kyrie and Luka current deals.
Yeah, taking Luka out of it completely, Kyrie will, for sure, be gone when all of these consequences come to. That’s just a fact. One more reason why I think this path is a little crazy.
AND I LIKE THE PLAYERS THEY GOT! My goodness, what happens if one or both of them are disappointing?