12-17-2019, 03:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2019, 03:47 PM by StepBackJay.)
(12-17-2019, 03:36 PM)cow Wrote: Our cupboard is a little bare in the 1st round pick department. Jalen is probably our best young/cheap asset but I see him more as a quality backup than a starter on a quality team. Next best assets are probably Seth and Maxi. Sprinkle in a little Justin Jackson. With the way teams value draft picks, I think that's the route NO would opt to go.
I wouldn't say the cupboard is bare. That GSW pick is like a late first round pick. I think if you are NO you want young players. I am not even sure Seth makes sense as he is 29. The best young assets we could package would be DFS, Jackson and Brunson + that GSW pick. I would not include Maxi bc he is much harder to replace in my opinion than DFS even though I do love DFS. NO would get 3 young players under contract for multiple years. New Orleans would probably start DFS and let Ingram be their PG with Redick as the other guard, Favors and Zion when he gets back.
(12-17-2019, 03:33 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Stil, don’t understand why doing anything now is punting on anytime in the future. If you get better players, that is just better and easier to do what we want to do in the future. I’m good with turning our over abundance of rotation players into higher end players. The future can be sorted out when we get there.
They would punt on 2021 if they get a third star or core guy and I think Jrue would qualify because of his skillset that perfectly compliments Luka. Absent a star-type that falls in their laps they will go big fish hunting in 2021. I do not expect them to sign anyone to multiyear deals this summer bc of 2021.