Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[mvossman]

The thing that I'm most interested in is the THJ for Bojan part of this.  I don't want to pay an unprotected first for that, but if I can fill another hole simultaneously, I'm willing to talk.  Someone like Stewart at age 22 gives you someone who will still be contributing when that pick is made (Bojan won't, but he'd help tremendously in the here and now).

As I was reading what you wrote above I was thinking that the same could be largely said about GWill.  People cite him as a small-ball five, but he's not a rim protector and not great on the perimeter defensively either.  If you consider Williams and Stewart to be a wash defensively (and I'm not sure that's true) you are basically trading Stewart's rebounding and beef for GWill's higher 3%.  

I'm not saying you are wrong.  In fact, your last sentence is well put.  We just won't know what he looks like here until he's here.  The stink of being on a Detroit team is pervasive.  Stewart is rated as a good defender and his first two years he had a block rate higher than Maxi's best two years (and we consider Maxi a rim protector).  If he can hit 37% of his 3's, he can absolutely play next to Lively.   But, I'm not paying an unprotected pick for Stewart.  I'm paying the pick because I get the Bojan upgrade AND Stewart.

I'm with you on the Grant comparison.  He appears to be a tweener as well.  No rebounding or rim protection as a PF, but not defensive quickness you want from a SF.  I think your push GWill to the bench plan is probably the route to go.

We are on different pages on the Timmy for Bojan deal.  Part of it is that you are more about this season and I am more about the future, but I'm not even that much of a fan for this season.  Bogan is a better offense player and would make the offense better, and he is bigger and we need more size, but what we really need is defense and rebounding and Bojan doesn't really provide either.  I mean I would be fine with swapping the two, but I'm not interested in sending out significant assets to do it.  We would still be a very good offensive team that has major issues with defense and rebounding and not that much closer to contending.