02-02-2023, 10:43 AM
(02-02-2023, 10:09 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I agree. I will gladly take a top 20 player to pair with Luka, but I hope that isn't the only plan. Lets find some dawgs and tough guys who can play in important games. Maybe 3rd best players on a team. If you add two of those guys, this team is much better. How would we look if we added a JET, Matrix and Chandler to this team? All have warts but all were championship players. Luka can bridge the gap if you find the right kind of players...even if they are really #3 type players. They need to be the right type of players though.Exactly, I myself didn’t want to pay Brunson his extension last offseason, but I myself am not paid to get that right. I don’t get to watch him day in and day out either.
Another example, Bojan was traded for Kelly Olynyk this offseason. Two years ago, Lauri was traded for a late first and Derrick Jones. How about finding those type of deals over the next 12 months?
I also would argue that the Wood trade was one of those good deals. Add JB to this team (at his max extension) and we do look a ton better right now, no doubt in my mind we’d be sitting comfortably in HCA territory. If we still didn’t think JB was the right player, he’d have a ton of value in this current environment in trade. JB would be a great start to a package for Siakam AND FVV for instance.