07-25-2022, 03:37 PM
(07-25-2022, 03:15 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Observations:
Everyone to the left of the 3C line has a teammate who is also left of the 3C line except Luka. Some have two teammates. Hard to quantify chicken and egg here, but how much better does having a great teammate make an already good player. Where Jrue and AD ranked when they played in NO? Where was Bam pre Jimmy. Even Paul wasn’t exactly lighting it up before he got better teammates around him.
How much respect should Luka get for being this good without a great teammate?
Left of 3C is 23 players on 12 teams. Who would make the list on the other 28 teams. Gobert? Mitchell? Trae? Towns?
What player is good enough to satisfy you when the Mav’s finally get around to doing “THE” trade. Does it have to be someone left of 3C? Or, can it be someone to the right of 3C who is brought left by getting to play with Luka?
It's obvious that Morant is very underpaid (but that will change after next season) and Westbrook is very overpaid (although Tobias Harris is out there as well).
I don't think you can arbitrarily use a grade as a mark because that assumes you agree with this parsing. I'm not sure Jimmy Butler, Chris Paul or Paul George are "THE" trade targets, even if they are all on a top 12 team. I know it would be a lot noisier, but the question would be better answered if the entire league was listed. I would suggest that we would find "THE" trade by plucking a high performer, looking to play for a ring, from a tanking team more often than from another contending team.