(01-25-2020, 12:15 PM)omahen Wrote: Sato, as good as he is, can't replace this. I see him more as a replacement for Wright or even Curry role. OPJ is extreme risk. Injured all the time, huge contract. I am not really sure we need to take this risk to get Young and Sato. I am talking OPJ only if Markannen is on the table.Sato may need more room to shoot, but he is the guy that takes a good amount of usage% off of Luka, which I think is needed and is not what THJ can or is providing. The other thing is Sato can drive and be a playmaker similar to Luka when the defense isn't giving him the space he needs to shoot the 3. I think the positives outweigh the negatives in that respect. Its kindof like a marginal difference that will make a major impact on a full season and playoff run IMO.
I share your sentiments about OPJ's health history, I myself am thinking up trades I'd do using KP due to the uneasiness I feel about his health. OPJ's contract ends next year though, so it's a way to see if he can get healthy under a good medical staff with a coach that listens to that medical staff and stays mindful of minutes played for his players. If that can happen, we have a player that is relatively young and can be pretty elite in his role for many years. If he passes that test, we then can give him a contract that is on par with his resurgent showing. If not, we have a $28M expiring contract for the 2021 off season.
After writing this down and thinking about it, we might be giving up more than we should. I don't think it's so much more that a couple seconds or a first from Chi doesn't bridge that gap though. The other idea might be that a 3rd team is brought in to extract that needed value. So many ways to skin a cat, so many, BTW, who is skinning cats that that phrase because a thing?