07-28-2023, 11:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2023, 11:12 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-28-2023, 09:51 PM)F Gump Wrote: EVERYONE will be pissed ("annoyed") by 2029 over the pick being traded? Sure, anything is possible. But I doubt that one by a lot.
What you obviously don't want to consider is that (a) the pick may be total crap, and (b) the results of Kyrie being here (both on and off the court) can easily turn out to be a huge plus. Either or both of those things (which have all kinds of likelihood) would make a huge difference in how fans see the trade. You can pretend they don't matter to people, but they do. 100%.
Not only did I consider those things, I explicitly said so in the post. The part in parentheses. You guys don’t have to agree, but I believe there is going to be endless bitching and moaning during the summer when that pick gets made.
I think it was a dumb trade. It won’t keep me from enjoying Kyrie’s time here if it goes well, but I think it would have been smarter to build a plan around another star on Luka’s timeline, and possibly someone with less overlap in skill set (though that part doesn’t really worry me).
I’m annoyed at the situation right now with that outstanding pick to NY for Porzingis. We all thought that was a no-brainer at the time (including me), but I’ll be damned if they aren’t having to work around a pick owed long after the guy is even on the team. To me, that’s a real drag. They might’ve been able to get in on Siakim, who I feel is a much better fit with Luka than Porzingis or Kyrie, if not for that issue.
….and that Kyrie pick is UNPROTECTED. Much more valuable than anything they sent to the Knicks. There’s a chance it’s really gonna hurt. Even if it doesn’t play out that way, but at some point between now and then it SEEMS likely that it will, BRK will have the option to move it at a high value point for something even better.