12-22-2023, 09:19 AM
(12-22-2023, 01:55 AM)sefant Wrote: Reddit had a good suggestion for once. Goga had a DNP with WCJ back. Thats is your natural backup target with Isaac maybe. Only 24 yrs old, also eastern european, tho probably a good chemistry fit with Luka.
They are kinda stacked on bigs as well with Mo Wagner, who always killing it from the bench with multiple 20 PPG+ games. They ain't trading Wagner because of Franz.
He is expiring.
Goga 6th best D-EPM in the league, higher than Gobert/AD/Mobely. He is sandwiched by KP/Edwards on EPM
I have a moonshot bet on the Magic to win the NBA championship so I'm a Magic fan this year as well as the Mavs. I've watched most of their games..
Goga has been awesome this year. and has been one of the best defensive centers in the NBA.
It's difficult to determine his value but I think he would also also require a first round pick to acquire. Teams like the Pelicans and Thunder really need another center and can casually offer a first plus some additional assets.
Also, I believe if we did trade for him we would only have his early bird rights. My understanding is we would only be able to offer him the league average salary this coming summer which seems to be around $10 million per year. I believe he'd receive offers elsewhere on teams where he could start and make significantly more money.
We'd likely be renting him for just this season. As I don't think we're a contender here, I probably wouldn't offer a first for him.
He would be great as a platoon center here though. He's a better version of Gafford.