Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I think guys are their most valuable when they play the biggest position they can handle defensively.  Part of what makes Flagg so special is that he can play the 4 defensively but offensively he can play 1-4.  Aldama is his most valuable playing at the 5 (when he can handle it) because his offensive skillset is more valuable at the 5.  I think PJ is a 4 defensively (he can even play 5 at times).  Given that mindset they have Lively, Gafford, Rez, Aldama, PJ, Flagg who are all best at the 5 or 4 and all deserve/expect mid 20s to mid 30s in minutes.  That is a logjam to me.  Even with Lively injury its a logjam when everyone else is healthy.

I think there's more case-by-case nuance of combinations involved, but in a general sense this is my thinking, too.. Very efficiently and clearly articulated.