Trade & FA 2023-24: Sexton On the Market? | ORL Likes Hartenstein?

[DanSchwartzgan]

I like the Sexton idea where DJJ signs the 1 + 1 , followed by THJ, Hardy, 2025 FRP for Collin Sexton. In that deal I would ask for a pick in return, 2024 low 1st or early 2nd. Utah has more picks this year than they can use, and not sure Sexton (with that contract) is worth all that.
 

FWIW:

Sexton signed a Nike endorsement as a rookie.  He wears Kyrie 7's (it seems we always hear stories of how Nico has known the guys he's traded for/drafted for years before getting them)

His coach at Alabama was Avery Johnson

Dallas (Nico) reportedly pursued a deal for Sexton when he was RFA in the summer of 22.  We didn't have much to offer and he eventually was part of the Donovan Mitchell deal.

I have liked Utah's early 2nd as a way of inexpensively filling a roster spot while also generating some value back for our 2025 first.  The front office has done much more of this kind of value realization lately (where they exchange picks rather than just give them away).  The interesting question will be the protection on our first.  From Utah's perspective, that future pick from us is a much better trade asset than their current pick.

Sexton is not a starting guard on a good team.  The question is whether he knows that yet.  He can certainly put up numbers as a starter on a bad team.  But there comes a point in people's careers where they have to decide if they want to adapt their game to win or just take lots of shots and make lots of money.  

His downhill style fits well with how Luka and Kyrie dominate the ball and attack the basket to create.  He's also above average as the Pick and Roll ball handler.  Off the ball, he is very good from the corner (which is traditionally only 20% of his 3's) and hit 44% of his catch and shoot threes.  He would bring a lot of energy to a second unit and reduce the regular season workload on Luka and Kyrie.