12-25-2021, 03:28 PM
(12-25-2021, 10:03 AM)RedFlag41 Wrote: What about trade KP, Moses Brown for Gordon Hayward.
I think KP and Hayward has about the same value. Both have injury issues, both have been an All Star once. KP is young and has upside while Hayward has playoff experience. Hornets has a need for center. Moses, as a young center with upside, is a thrown-in to add value to KP.
In Hayward, the Mavs will have a second banana scorer and playmaker. Can play SG, SF, PF. Can run the offense through him, can facilitate, can get his own bucket if needed.
KP will be the PF/Center that Hornets need.
I also imagine the Mavs trading THJ, Brunson and picks for Jerami Grant.
Grant can defend and score.
I imagine a starting line up of:
Pg Luka
SG Hayward
SF Grant
PF DFS
C Maxi
Hayward will play SG on offense but will defend forwards on defense while Grant and DFS will be the primary perimeter defenders. Maxi will sread the floor as a stretch 5 and must play the roll-man on offense.
That line up can play a switching defense if the like.
I was all for trading KP for Hayward in the offseason. Then its a no brainer to sign Holmes as the center and you still have 20 mil. Knowing this FO it would still be THJ, but a Holmes/DFS/Hayward/THJ/Luka starting lineup would be really good.
However as I look at it now, Hayward has never been close to the player he was prior to the injury, has had availability issues nearly as bad as KP and is 31. I wonder if we wont be saying the same things about him as we do about KP soon after we got him.
If you are trading KP, you need a center. Maxi is a good small ball center, but he does not have the durability to be a full time starter at center and the options after that are bleak.