Again, maybe. We'll never know because we did snatch him up. Either way, if this move sets up another move then perhaps the timing of it becomes more clear later on.
If you finally make a breakthrough with a trade partner on another deal, but you need a player/contract like Reed to fill a need...
Maybe. Unless another team offered Reed before we got a chance to.
Sometimes you just go after the low hanging fruit when that's the stage yer at. Which we are.
Reaves would have been impossible to acquire.
So then the question becomes; Do we go after a player we can actually get? Or do we poison-pill the Lakers (who are going to match anyway) + simultaneously skip an opportunity?
If NBA GM work is more often like chess than it is like checkers (IMO, this is the case) then singular moves set up larger, more complex sets of moves. And just like chess, there may be multiple targets.
Second, this idea that we have "needs" that can be met before the setup for those complex...
Well, first of all don't trade all of our picks. Just trade enough to send Pat Riley back to the toilet (where he belongs).
The real beauty of this situation is the potential that we have enough to trade for a player like Dame while still retaining half of our trade assets and a good amount of...
I am not a "forum badass" at all. Which is part of what makes all of this humorous to me: I don't even need to be a badass to put you in your place.
No it doesn't. It's just a cute little seed that I've planted in our JF garden. We will check the results in a couple years, won't we Sugar Plum?
"Lol" indeed. You like clean? I would only need to clean your colon once to keep you begging at my feet for the rest of you pathetic life.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. You sound like you need some general lessons on personal hygiene. The game we're talking about is for adults, after all.
Sack cheese and peanuts? Please, puddin' pop.
If you're trying to come on to me in public, you're going to have to up your game. The sauce you're putting out right now is weaker than your posts on Jazz personnel. And that's saying something.
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