02-14-2024, 06:02 PM
(02-14-2024, 01:28 PM)The Jom Wrote: Don’t think your memory is quite right here. Mine—faulty though it is—says they were trying to get GW without using the MLE cause they thought they could get an RFA with the MLE. In fact, didn’t they sign Thybulle and then Portland surprised everyone by matching?
Good and valid point. It still was a poor use of assets.
A 2030 pick swap for the rights to secure Grant Williams to a fair market value contract and take a shot that the Trailblazers wouldn't match a below MLE contract on Matisse Thybulle. That didn't seem wise at the time and now it seems even worse.
I don't have a problem with Grant Williams. I just think we have a long history of being careless with draft picks. This was another example.