There's no way Portland actually offers that.
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There's no way Portland actually offers that.
Paul Millsap is another
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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If that’s the haul for Lauri then I go from leaning “nah” to absolutely “yas”.
This is basically a Don/Rudy-esque haul (arguably even better) for one of the leftovers from one of the Don/Rudy trades.
LFG
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**** no
Idk why yal are so excited to ditch a quick rebuild for a 4 year process of being the Houston Rockets
I'm a little confused by your final sentence (boom/bust prospects but without high ceilings?), but doesn't Jaden McDaniels fit here? (not all all-star, but Jazz getting killed by Jazzfanz for not taking this "obvious" pick)
It's bananas
Your confused because Kqwin made some stuff up and said it
SoberasHotRod
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I think the only way I would trade Lauri is if I didn't think I could extend him or there was any question about that. The other reason to trade Lauri was if you didn't feel like you could put a contender around him during his timeline. It feels like it's pretty safe to assume we are going to extend him, and I think he's still way too young to worry about his timeline.
That said, Sharpe looked pretty special towards the end of the year. I just looked up his last 10 games and he was putting up 24/6/4 on 46/38/77. Putting him together with Scoot/Miller and Kessler + whatever we get for/pick at 9, 16, 23, and 28 could be a crazy young/good core all on rookie contracts. We would still have Hardy, all of our assets, and cap room to hopefully build quickly and surround them with vets. That team might be ready to win sooner than you think.
Like I said, I still don't trade Lauri, but I do get it.
That said, Sharpe looked pretty special towards the end of the year. I just looked up his last 10 games and he was putting up 24/6/4 on 46/38/77. Putting him together with Scoot/Miller and Kessler + whatever we get for/pick at 9, 16, 23, and 28 could be a crazy young/good core all on rookie contracts. We would still have Hardy, all of our assets, and cap room to hopefully build quickly and surround them with vets. That team might be ready to win sooner than you think.
Like I said, I still don't trade Lauri, but I do get it.
Lauri is special now
Yeah, I've been kind of biased for Jaquez for a long time, but if you go back and look at Givony's DX write-up for Butler, it's really not all that different from what we think of Jaquez now.
Looking at their stats and advanced stats the only huge difference is Butler was a master foul drawer. Obviously he probably won't become Jimmy Butler, but maybe he can be a guy who averages 20-5-3.
SoberasHotRod
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I agree. Like I said, I wouldn't trade him.
I do worry about getting additional top level talent to surround him with though. I know we have lots of shots at it, but none of our options feel especially likely to bring us the kind of talent that wins championships.
It's going to be harder to win championships if you delay your team building to peak during Wemby's prime.
Making the Finals in the West is going to become like getting to the Finals in The East during Lebron's prime.
LeBron who is the greatest player of all-time has only won 4 championships and he’s in his 20th season.
How many finals did he make? That's the point genius