An extra pick is still way better though. Minny will sink again once KaT comes back.
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I doubt that.
Which part?
I don't even know what you are saying in regards to "extra pick" . KAT isn't going to sink the team.
Everyone’s saying the trade that got us the Lakers pick was a bad trade right? We could have not done the trade and not helped Minny but also not got the pick.
I’m saying getting the pick even while making Minny better is worth it.
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Man our team was so ****ing dysfunctional. Almost no one who left posted anything about how they miss the camaraderie. It's all passive-aggressive digs at each other and the coaching staff. Wow.
David Hume
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Danny Ainge rolled the dice on the Conley et al. trade and I’m cool with that. We could have gotten maybe 9 or so 2nd round picks for all the players we traded. Instead, we rolled the dice in a different manner and will get somewhere between the 5th and 44th pick in 2027. Beasley, NAW, Conley and Vanderbilt were unlikely to lead us to a championship. And it was also unlikely (but not impossible) that the 9 potential second rounders would either. But if we do strike gold with the Lakers pick (say we pick 10th and get a Paul Pierce type player) we could get a substantial contributor. If it falls apart and we just get pick 44, oh well. The Jazz have to take some real risks to win it all because we don’t have the advantages that currently exist for prime destinations like L.A.
framer
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I think it was 50/50 that it improved the Wolves or made them worse this season. They are still depending on a healthy Mike Conley for the stretch run. he doesn't stay healthy for long stretches of time.
Long term I think it bends the Wolves' trajectory down. I think they could have used a sign and trade to get value or a trade exception for Russell. Conley slams the door on that approach. They are going to be depending on the midlevel exceptions to improve going forward. I like NAW as a third string guard, but he isn't some sort of answer to anything. . .
Maybe. A couple years from now, both Conley and Rudy will be aging out, while Towns will be a free agent. Twolves could lose Naz Reid this offseason as well, and they won't have much to build with. Jazz could really score in the 2025 draft, plus they added the Lakers pick.
FrenchJazzFa
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Agree with that. Minny trade give them a 2-3 years windows to achieve something in a West conference pretty tough. And only if they manage to optimize Ant-KAT-Rudy trio. The main difference for me compared to the jazz we had is that Ant for me seems to be more smart ( and less ego) than Don. The way he react last 4 games is impressive not looking at his stat but putting real effort on defense. Let's see. Things change fast in NBA.
4 Games ago, half of the forum were thinking that we were too good for tanking + our easy schedule. On the others hands Minny were probably going for 0-4 on a tough road trip. Result we went to 1-3 against bad teams and Minny win 3 games against good teams.....
I don't like that we had to include NAW, but if we don't include them in the trade, they still have DLo, who definitely did help them win a number of games.
...and when it comes to their future picks, I don't think this trade makes any difference.