12-13-2023, 07:58 PM
(12-13-2023, 06:53 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I will say that finding the right deal is kind of difficult. Some of what we've talked about in recent days (more theoretical than specific players):
1. If the target is a center (like when we pursued Naz), he can't be too good or too expensive. Lively is the starter now and in the future. I get that, but he's vulnerable to foul trouble and I hate to put a series on the back of Holmes/Maxi/Powell. I actually like the Hartenstein idea, but that is probably a summer deal and we don't have a path to the MLE right now.
2. When I brought up some centers earlier, people told me we need a PF over a center. But no one seems to really like any of the choices (even all-NBA guys get a thumbs down from some). If I understand right, what I'm hearing is don't spend assets here because GWill is good and OMax is coming. Personally I think either could play next to a J. Grant or Siakam type and the other one back up both spots, but that's me.
3. Some designate this need as a big wing rather than a PF. The nuance is somewhat lost on me as GWill, DJJ and OMax are all probably best at guarding big wings. Is this really the spot of greatest need? OG is the poster child here, but I don't think we play that game until the summer (if then), so he's not really on my radar for an in-season trade.
Do you put any stock in the thought that the difficulty in reaching a consensus argues for delaying any transactional pursuit?