(04-15-2023, 05:20 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: These 1 frp for Turner trades kinda baffle me when they were asking for 2 when he was expiring. I understand it’s a #10 pick, but now that he’s a multi year contract they have got to be asking for more, right? If in fact they are actually looking to trade him, which I don’t think is likely.
Gafford seems like the best, most available option out there to me.
Did they get the two 1sts? There is at least a world, where this handshake agreement between the Pacers and Turner exists, because it was mutually benefitial. Pacers have to hit the salary floor this season and instead of losing Turner for nothing in the summer they extend him on a tradeable contract to extract some value. Turner gets additional secure money and a trade promise. There is a chance this happened, but that does not mean, that we´d be Turner´s preferred trade destination.
I like Gafford. I already liked him, when the Bulls gave him away for nothing. Was another of those "nothing"-moves people here always say don´t matter.
Just like to point out that tonight.
Capela 12/8/0, two stls, minus 8
Claxton 5/10/0, three blsk, minus 20
Reed 11/4/0, two stls, plus 5
Now by no means am I saying that Reed is as good as Claxton or Capela, who started the games, but from a pure asset management/roster construction standpoint, it´s simply not worth to lose first round picks for the salary and production difference between Capela/Claxton and Reed. Claxton would cost at least two 1st round picks and Capela is an expiring contract in six months.