Is Ainge asking too much for Clarkson, Sexton, Collins?

[The Midnight]

I would say "No" but not for winning culture. You dont just give away players for free. I dont think the Jazz are that far away if they able to land Cooper. Yeah, it's a long shot, but everything is a longshot when you are trying to build a contender based off some draft luck.

You get Cooper and you suddenly have a really good team.

Collier
Keyonte
Cooper
Lauri
Walker

with Clarkson/Collins/Hendricks/Sexton off the bench. With Filipowski/Sensabaugh/Williams/Harkless/Juzang on the deep bench with potential to step-up with development or be consolidated with draft assets into another star.

And maybe you get even luckier and Minnesota is in the lottery. Maybe you get even luckier and their pick jumps into the top 4.

At this rate we won’t be bad enough to land Flagg.

 

[KqWIN]

Except the Jazz have shown they are willing to sit players, especially after the deadline.

They've been grimey all year, but it also depends on the extent to which they do it. It's not a black/white thing. There is some non-zero amount of games that they will play from here to the end of the season and they will likely lead us to wins that we wouldn't have without him. It could not have any impact, or it could be the case that one more win loses us positioning and lotto balls. Unless they are playing them zero games there is a cost.

 

[framer]

At this rate we won’t be bad enough to land Flagg.

There is just as much of a chance that we lose too many games to land Flag. 2 Teams lost more games than the Spurs when they got Wemby.