02-08-2024, 06:52 PM
(02-08-2024, 06:27 PM)omahen Wrote: Interesting, how quickly you changed your opinion from just a couple of days ago, when you were firm in the "wait for the summer" camp. If I remember correctly. What made you change your mind?
I said before TDL - I don't want to spend a FRP for PJ and I don't want to spend assets for a back-up centre. I am certainly giving the team a chance to prove me wrong, but I am pretty scared about the future outlook. Geting a little bit better is not the end goal here.
I thought the most likely trades were going be for Kuz or Wiggins. I was worried that Kuz would be exposed here as an empty numbers guy who does not contribute that well to competing team and of course the Wiggins concerns are obvious.
I really like Gafford as a player. I don't know how much sense he makes on this team long term, but I think he can be flipped for what we paid for him when needed (although I liked this whole thing a lot better before the pick swap).
We paid a lot for PJ, but I am very happy to get off that GWill contract. He was a big negative even in the second unit. I have concerns PJ is what we are looking for as a starter, but I believe at worst he can provide useful rotational minutes. I'm expecting him to revert back to what he was prior to this year, which would make him another asset we can flip later as needed.