NBA Trade Rumors |

[Scott41theMavs]

The rumblings persist that Orlando might move on from Gordon, who signed a four-year, $76 million deal in July 2018 but who has regressed this season. As our Magic beat writer, Josh Robbins, wrote, the recent knee injury to big man Jonathan Isaac could change this landscape a bit (he’ll be re-evaluated in seven weeks). But long-term, Orlando’s front office of John Hammond and Jeff Weltman must decide whether Isaac and Gordon have too much duplication in their games.
“There is chatter coming from Orlando,” one executive shared on Wednesday.

https://theathletic.com/1521675/2020/01/10/nba-trade-big-board-16-players-who-could-move-before-the-deadline/

We need another creator

No, we need a 3 and D wing

No, we need another Big (the big should be a rim runner...no, he should stretch the floor)

"We need another creator..." I.e., an upgrade on THJ.

"No, we need a 3 and D wing..." I.e., an upgrade on DFS.

"No, we need another big..." I.e., an upgrade on DP.

Gee, if only we would have had $11 mil more in cap room than what we used this summer, maybe at least one of those three issues could have been addressed before the season started. Just sayin'.

In the meantime, I agree with IGT - we objectively need all three of those. I would have the goal of addressing one at the TDL, a second this summer, and the third either at next year's TDL or the following summer.

Which do we need to address now? I agree with Dan on the Gordon thing - not necessarily Gordon specifically, but the principle that you go get the very best player available that you can actually get for your pitiful trade assets and worry about the rest later. This team needs a massive talent quotient upgrade overall - capital that can either help us on the floor or serve as trade assets as needed.