Recent content by mhindy

I think I'm in the boat that many of us seem to be where I like the projected top 8 quite a bit better than what comes after. If worse comes to worse, any consensus on Wallace V Black? My impression is I'd be slightly happier with Black, but low certainty.

Lakers pick, one additional future pick, matching salary. Feel like more than that is too much given timeline/salary concerns.

I don't really see future seconds as having a lot of value to us except to grease the wheels - we have so many firsts in the next decade it may be hard to roster almost any second rounders.

Totally. Both rotation guys, but not front of the rotation guys and not really difference makers.

I'd be a little nervous about going much above his current number, but he could definitely continue to get better. Doesn't take a ton of shooting improvement to open up his drive game even more.

Black's defense is really really good, just nervous he can't dribble and pass well enough to run a team, and can't shoot well enough to play off ball. Obviously a high upside pick if his shot comes around.

I agree that they'll be quite a bit better, but I'd be pretty surprised if this moved them beyond the "in the playoffs" tier and into the "real contender" tier.

The lakers got better but not really better in a way that seems likely to matter. Deadline losers to me are NOP and Memphis, and maybe Lakers too honestly? They made a move that commits an asset and doesn't make them better enough.

Not trading Clarkson would be a disaster. Try to get a first, settle for multiple seconds if needed. KO to Boston for seconds, call it a day.

It kinda makes sense when you realize we actually don't have leverage here. It's way better to trade these players for literal nothing than to keep them on the roster, and everyone knows it no matter how much you claim they're each worth a first.

Seems fine, pretty clear Ainge values what he perceives as high upside assets wayyyyyy more than just about anything else. Agree we could've made this trade before the season, but don't mind the return. Vando and Beasley are replaceable if you have cap space.

Yep, ship him off to Phoenix for a pick, lose the rest of the games this year, good times.

Depends so much on protections on the pick we get. I think Ainge understands that the only thing that really matters is shots at a truly premium asset.

That would be pretty great for us. At that point ship Clarkson to PHX for whatever they can get, call it a day.

I would guess we leaked to Shams to try to squeeze more out somewhere else, who knows though. Think Vando return is going to be disappointing and probably still worth taking. He kinda stinks.