(12-03-2025, 01:39 PM)mvossman Wrote: Its not. They would have to go all in on a Jrue Holiday like player to make this roster contention worthy. That would be a huge gamble when you are betting on AD/Kyrie health for a one or two year window, especially when you have a potential young superstar that you are going to want to build around for years to come. I think that idea died with Nico, which means now it should be about maximizing AD trade value.
Agree, and I didn't even mention Kyrie's health which is another point we haven't addressed.
This team will never be bad enough to be Houston three years ago or OKC six years ago. We aren't going to lose our way into high draft picks. So we are going to have to trade our way into some youthful talent and draft picks to be a real contender - in my mind anyway.