12-20-2022, 12:50 PM
As many have talked about the best option for us at this time is a soft rebuild, or transactions that take us a small step back this season to help future seasons.t team. I would consider trading for PJ Washington or Rui Hachumira before the deadline. They can be rotation players on a winning team, and have room to develop in a good situation. They are both RFA and unlikely to be offered big deals from the current team Essentially buy-low candidates.
The UFA that we think could be long term fits ie.. Myles Turner, Fred Van Vleet, Gary Trent Jr, Bogdan Bogdonvic, Kyle Kuzma should all be at least inquired about. Your using the leverage of the upcoming FA and hopefully Nico/agent discussions to find one of these guys who wants to be here. As we get closer to the deadline teams realize they aren't getting a haul from a team who knows they arent re-signing the player, and you scoop in with a Wood/Bullock/ Protected 1st package and a handshake agreement on a new contract with the targeted player.
The UFA that we think could be long term fits ie.. Myles Turner, Fred Van Vleet, Gary Trent Jr, Bogdan Bogdonvic, Kyle Kuzma should all be at least inquired about. Your using the leverage of the upcoming FA and hopefully Nico/agent discussions to find one of these guys who wants to be here. As we get closer to the deadline teams realize they aren't getting a haul from a team who knows they arent re-signing the player, and you scoop in with a Wood/Bullock/ Protected 1st package and a handshake agreement on a new contract with the targeted player.