11-13-2025, 06:27 PM
(11-13-2025, 05:45 PM)mvossman Wrote: It was quite good. Brief synopsis:
He was pretending he was new GM and what he would do:
Have a conversation with Kyrie about what he wants to do and act accordingly. If he wants to stay, then keep him.
Have similar conversation with AD letting him know we are not doing an extension (or at least not max extension).
Trade Klay ASAP.
Prefer to hold onto guys like Max, PJ and Lively but move them if blown away by offer.
Talk to Charlotte about getting our 27 back (or at least improving protections) especially if sending Kyrie and AD out. Maybe Naji?
It has some quality humor mixed in as well.
I can see that like suggesting to give AD any sort of extension. You have to be a moron to extend him (early), which also might be a huge stumbling block in the trade. Who in their right mind wants to go longer and higher than $62M for 35 year old AD. That is mental. Who is the last center getting paid at that age? Vucevic, Horford and Lopez made in the $25M range at age 35 and then it dropped quickly to MLE money.
Also I don´t need the Mavs 2027 pick back necessarily. Charlotte has their own and the Orlando pick in the draft this year. Charlotte will very likely be in the lottery this year.
Bulls have their own and the Blazers pick, if they make the play-offs. The only problem I see is that you can´t be sure the picks will be really high or converting at all. Charlotte could also make the play-offs, very small chance.
The Pelicans pick is realistically the only pick that we could get that is guaranteed to be bottom seven in odds. So I´d do more or less any deal with the Hawks.
Let´s say John Wall is right. LOL. The Bulls packages are not all that great. Best one is probably something like
White
Vucevic
Collins
Okoro
Essengue
+ Bulls + Blazers 2026 picks
for
AD
Martin
Powell
Exum
I liked Essengue going in the draft. He had a nice G-League debut with 28/8. Assuming they not giving you Giddey or Buzelis, I´d be most interested in Dosunmu and Essengue. Dosunmu is 26 already and needs to be paid just like Coby White, so probably better to keep it cost-controlled.