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Grade the Trade: Mitchell to Cavs

How would you grade the trade for us?

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It’s a solid return. Sexton putting up Don like numbers would be hilarious. I think one of the picks has to pop or Ochai has to be really good to get an A.

I would have liked to extort the Knicks for more and it would have been fun to root against them.
 
I think it's a B. Not as big on the players we got in return as other people are(they help us lose games so I guess thats something). Those picks could be nice down the line, you never know how teams perform and injuries happen, players leave
 
B+. We got good value coming back and I think it’s a good trade for CLE as well to go all-in. We tie up a bit more salary next year, but I don’t think we are on the hunt for prime FA’s anyway.

Getting an additional pick would have been an A, but that wasn’t going to happen since CLE couldn’t.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Feels like when I’m a little disappointed but cool with a final grade. B+ it is.

It’s gonna be a dark 2-3 years.
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I will have to revise this later. I have to admit I have tunnel vision on the draft assets but I really like all the players too. Agbaji could be a real steal, Markkanen fills an important role on any serious team, and Sexton could POPPPPPP.
 
I give it a B+. But this trade changed some things for me in a good way. There hasn’t been a time I’ve been less interested or more apathetic about this franchise in the past 25 years as I have been the past two months since we traded Gobert. The idea of having Donovan still on the team after moving Rudy felt dirty. Literally last night I was thinking about how disinterested I was and if this would be a convenient time, with everything else going on in life that I can focus on, to just check out. Finally ripping the bandaid off has washed away a lot of that. Not all of it, but more than half.

I also see us being somewhat competitive next year, too. Not necessarily playoffs but not tank front runners. We’d need some lottery luck. But even finishing 10th worst gives you 20% chance at top 4 with the new odds.
 
Also, my concerns about going all in on just picks is that you need an actual team structure to build off of. I feel like we’ve got that now and may start competing much sooner, which can be good and bad.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I will have to revise this later. I have to admit I have tunnel vision on the draft assets but I really like all the players too. Agbaji could be a real steal, Markkanen fills an important role on any serious team, and Sexton could POPPPPPP.
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Another revision could go downward as it feels like getting the Lakers picks seems questionable to me now (between not being able to send any legit rookie scale players or a protected 1st we just picked up, plus the Jazz are now right at the luxury tax and can get hard-capped which limits the options for the Lakers significantly).
 
Definite A+ in my book. If Mitchell had the ability to stay in front of his man or hit a game winner I might feel differently about it.
 
infection said:
I give it a B+. But this trade changed some things for me in a good way. There hasn’t been a time I’ve been less interested or more apathetic about this franchise in the past 25 years as I have been the past two months since we traded Gobert. The idea of having Donovan still on the team after moving Rudy felt dirty. Literally last night I was thinking about how disinterested I was and if this would be a convenient time, with everything else going on in life that I can focus on, to just check out. Finally ripping the bandaid off has washed away a lot of that. Not all of it, but more than half.

I also see us being somewhat competitive next year, too. Not necessarily playoffs but not tank front runners. We’d need some lottery luck. But even finishing 10th worst gives you 20% chance at top 4 with the new odds.
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I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.
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Seeing a different timeline with these new guys is making me want to retain Vanderbilt.
 
infection said:
Seeing a different timeline with these new guys is making me want to retain Vanderbilt.
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I like him but he's not like some high upside guy. He's going to need a shooting big who can also help around the rim to fit best. His best value is the next two years while he's cheap... which also means is used up in our tank years. He's not like Favs but is a tweener in some of the same ways. Can't shoot.. not big enough to be a full time center... I don't think his next deal will be such a great value. I also still think he is the piece that unlocks both Lakers picks for us... or he might get a first on his own. I'm good keeping him but if we can get first round value for him I will happily move him as the tank gains a lot of traction with that one move. Its also the easiest position to fill later.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.
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There are definitely a lot of teams lined up for tanking this year and the Jazz will squarely be one of them. I have no worries at all about the Jazz winning too much.
 
A+ just because we didn’t even call nyc back after the cavs made their offer. Love sticking it to them.
 
I think the next move has to be to trade Bogey…some might argue Conley but Bogey for me is the guy who can score 20-22 a night to keep us in games. If we trade him (for a 1st please), we are going to really struggle offensively. I think.
 
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