(04-19-2023, 04:13 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: IGT is my buddy, but I don't know what's crazier: how misguidedly cheap he is on Wemby's value or how misguidedly steep he is on Claxton/Gafford's? Most days I think he'd deal Claxton/Gafford straight up for VW, but only if Wemby's team threw in ALLZZZZZZZZ DA 2nds.I really think he’s gonna come straight out of the Zion playbook of being injured more than playing. If teams are willing to go that all out on him, there’s no reason to not capitalize on it. In no way do I think an established generational type package (Luka/Giannis/Jokic) is what he should get. Teams get crippled from those type deals.
Bridges was more of the value out of the Nets deal, but Claxton is young and an all defensive C (maybe future DPotY even), add in the fact that I think very little of McGee, THJ and Bertans, and for whatever reason I have s weird obsession with ONeal on top of my obsession with getting our own picks back and there you have the thought behind that trade. After that trade the Nets would be left with SD, DFS Wemby, #22 and ghe picks from the Suns trade. Not a ton to build off of.
My Gafford obsession is in how perfectly fit to play the Zubac role in this new age of C play in the NBA. Play 25-30 mins throughout the season and 1-2 round then be a token starter. I think Hartenstein is another of those types. That trade I previously proposed was more about what I think Avdija will be when he escapes the pit that is Washington.
Edit: Also, we don’t trade for seconds, we have a weird need to add a second to every trade!