07-30-2022, 05:34 PM
Not to mention Boston is a good young talent and Coffey has turned into a decent 3-D guy for them. They are so deep they can really afford to rest KL & PG and remain competitive. I wouldn’t say one of the best teams ever though. It’s two great players and a lot of really good role players. That trade with Portland for Powell and Cov really bothered me at the time (rich get richer AND the pitiful return for Portland) and I was reminded of it when we lost Brunson; the disparity between Ballmer and Cuban desire/ability to spend. It was just Keon Johnson, Winslow and Bledsoe as salary filler and a second round pick or something, right? About as close to free as it gets for two top 7 rotation guys. If we could’ve made that deal and afforded to pay JB we’d be looking at a potential Wood, Cov, DFS, Brunson, Luka lineup. With McGee(or equivalent), Maxi, Bullock, Norm Powell and Din off the bench. Green& Frank, THJ routed to another team, and multiple second round picks? Portland may have preferred Keon to Josh and maybe we can’t painlessly re-route THJ? Lot of maybes. I remember we tried to deal the 18th pick for Covington at that draft but Portland gave them 2(!) first round picks for him.