04-11-2024, 02:20 PM
(04-11-2024, 08:00 AM)soog Wrote: I was perusing stats last night looking for targets and Jalen Johnson on the Hawks really jumped out as someone that has a lot of potential. Hawks seem pretty high on him but he is raw enough that maybe he is getable with an overpay?
The other team I keep coming back to is Portland. I don’t see how Jerami Grant fits in to their plans now that Dame is gone. I have to think he is getable for future assets. I realize he is already 30 but he is a long (7’3” wingspan) versatile player who can shoot and would fit well along Luka/Ky/PJ/Gafford. Another plus is he is locked up for a long time so Dallas's starting 5 will be stable for a number of years.
Even though I feel like it verges on being too much for a 30 year old player, would anyone here consider a deal of THJ + 2 FRPs + filler for Jerami Grant? Would Portland go for this?
1 I was a very eager for chasing JJ a year ago, as part of other moves, before he had much of a role with ATL when they had all sorts of roster changes looming. Now it's way too late.
2 No interest at all in Grant. He is less about winning, and more about being The Guy (that shoots a lot and gets paid $28M) and not the role player he who does the dirty work (and who then ends up in the mid-teens payroll). He's a good fit for a team going nowhere, who needs a fake "star" to draw fans. For a winning team, who wants to win a title, ugh no.