Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[DanSchwartzgan]

Alright, wise guy. There's a difference between having a trade where the CENTERPIECE is a 20 yo who didn't get minutes in the seven game series (in his second year), and a trade where someone like Beringer (a rookie) would be the sweetner behind McDaniels. 

You're doing mental gymnastics to justify a trade idea that's been panned everywhere. No one is arguing that 20 year olds can't improve. But they gotta have shown something if they're the headliner.

Let's flip it around: are you getting KD if the centerpiece is Christie? Christie, Gafford and 30? I think Houston would laugh at that.

If Christie was the 5th overall pick instead of the 35th and if Gafford was as good as Stewart (Killer thinks Stewart is better) and if 30 was 21, you’d be close.  

BTW, the most recent haul for Durant (and Capella) was Brooks (is that similar to Stewart?), Malachi (who only got 11 minutes a game in 4 playoff losses), Green (who people generally feel is overpaid) and some seconds.  Not exactly a kings ransom.