08-13-2023, 01:55 PM
(08-13-2023, 11:55 AM)29 mvossman Wrote: The evidence for the opposite conclusion is less about Capela potential decline and more about the many what ifs adding up to a very high unlikelihood this team will be able to contend next year, with or without Capela and regardless of whether he is on the decline.
If we protect that pick at all (using a 28 second) then 29 is off the table as well. Sending out an unprotected first for Capela is a significant overpay in my estimation.
The bottom line is you and I disagree on how close this team is to contention this coming season and how much Capela would impact that. I would not mind getting Capela, but I don't want to overpay or too negatively impact our future options to do it.
29 already went for Irving. Trading 27 doesn't change the picks we can trade next summer in any way, other than of course 27 itself. They can trade 24 or 25 and 31 next summer.
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