02-08-2023, 12:06 AM
(02-07-2023, 10:27 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Between the two deals being presented here (Ayton and Crowder or Collins and Bogdan) I think I like the Atl trade more. Thinking of Ayton on the team, our offense would change quite a bit to accommodate for his need to post up a decent amount per game. That as opposed to Collins where we can keep on keeping on with outside shooting and pick n rolls. Difference is we would have guys who are much better at attacking the close out.
I say that and in my mind I think, Collins MAY be a better defender than Wood, but I’m not so sure the difference is as pronounced as it has been made out to be here. He also hasn’t shown to be a better offensive player than Wood, and if he was as good as is being touted, the Hawks would be in a much better spot, wouldn’t they?
I don’t know what to think about all that honestly, I just know there are so many doubts in my mind with Collins at this point, where there were few a couple years ago.
This leads me to other options. I know I keep harping on this, but I really think the Cha or NYK trades are potentially better options to fill up our roster with good and age appropriate (to Luka) players.
Getting Rozier/Hayward/PJ/McDaniels for THJ/Bertans/Wood/McGee/27 gets us 4 rotation players for 2.
Getting Hartenstein/Toppin/Fournier/Rose/Reddish for Levert/Wood/Bullock/McGee could get us a possibility of 5 rotation players for 3. Pretty confident NYK would not take THJ back.
I also think these deals are closer to getting done than the other 2 deals, just my opinion though.
I don't think that Charlotte deal is worth a pick. Hayward is a negative asset. I think Hayward/PJ for Wood/Timmy is about right. That means you are spending a very valuable pick to dump salary and add Rozier/Mcdaniels. I don't want to waste assets on dumping salary, especially one as important as that.
I think if the Levert deal was a possibility it would have already been done by now. I would also suggest that Rose, Fournier and Reddish are not rotational level players right now and Hartenstein is really struggling.