Playoff Race Thread

[Handlogten's Heros]

A GS swap with either pick we own Cavs and Wolves next year is something I could see being appealing for both parties. May have to top 4 protect the swap but its not so far out that GS would be really nervous and they could talk themselves into it being almost nothing... then if there is an injury we are looking at moving up 10+spots in a good draft.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I was worried his early slump was a bit prolonged and thought maybe he was slowing down a bit. It'd be hard to trade him while on a heater but we have to remember the JC cycle. If you didn't have Collins and a Lauri renegotiate and extend on the table this offseason then the 14M next year really wouldn't matter to us... but if you are keeping Tech and KO while doing an extension for Lauri then JC needs to go most likely... similarly if you are keeping JC then KO likely isn't coming back.

JC and KO are in that zone where they are definitely worth more than a couple/few seconds but likely not dragging in a first on their own. I'd see if I could get a late first this year or a pick swap for next year... but if all you could find is an expiring and 2-3 solid seconds I don't think you are hurting yourself all that much by settling. Detroit owns Washington's second rounder this year... so it will be 32 or 33... Get that and another second for JC? Something in that value window would make sense to me.

I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.

Would be nice. It’s been deemed a sellers market for a while though… like since the play in became a thing. There also just aren’t a ton of firsts out there since so many teams have moved them or are limited by the Stepien rule.

We also don’t have like an open spot for a prospect we like to play a bunch. If we got Moody do you put him in KOs minutes… tech and Ochai get less minutes? Some of that stuff hurts two teams finding the right type of deal. Good news is we basically have zero seconds so if we got like 3-4 seconds it would be a good thing to replenish that supply. Not like OKC where they have like 2-3 a year and getting another one or two really doesn’t matter much at all.

If we hang out a little longer there may be an injury that opens something up for us too.

 

[fishonjazz]

I was worried his early slump was a bit prolonged and thought maybe he was slowing down a bit. It'd be hard to trade him while on a heater but we have to remember the JC cycle. If you didn't have Collins and a Lauri renegotiate and extend on the table this offseason then the 14M next year really wouldn't matter to us... but if you are keeping Tech and KO while doing an extension for Lauri then JC needs to go most likely... similarly if you are keeping JC then KO likely isn't coming back.

JC and KO are in that zone where they are definitely worth more than a couple/few seconds but likely not dragging in a first on their own. I'd see if I could get a late first this year or a pick swap for next year... but if all you could find is an expiring and 2-3 solid seconds I don't think you are hurting yourself all that much by settling. Detroit owns Washington's second rounder this year... so it will be 32 or 33... Get that and another second for JC? Something in that value window would make sense to me.

If it's between Clarkson and KO then you gotta keep Clarkson. (Maybe you meant Collins when you said JC though?)
At the bigs we have Lauri, Kessler, and Collins and I would like to see Hendrix play someday. We are pretty deep there.
If Clarkson is gone then we have ochai and ........ That's about it and ochai isn't very good yet. Super thin there.

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[Handlogten's Heros]

If it's between Clarkson and KO then you gotta keep Clarkson. (Maybe you meant Collins when you said JC though?)
At the bigs we have Lauri, Kessler, and Collins and I would like to see Hendrix play someday. We are pretty deep there.
If Clarkson is gone then we have ochai and ........ That's about it and ochai isn't very good yet. Super thin there.

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Figure Key and Sexton could up their minutes. Ochai too. I think there are options either way we go.

Depends on what’s out there in trade.

 

[Agent#00]

clarksons contract means we can afford better players around Lauri. We should be adding not subtracting guys that works. Trade tht first lol

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

After the Lakers finish getting blown out by Phoenix this evening, they'll be tied recordwise with the Jazz. That makes this weekend's matchup in SLC more interesting. Would be cool if we could beat the Raptors and Lakers back to back.

 

[silesian]

I've heard this will be a seller's market at the deadline, with lots of buyers and not many sellers. Maybe that inflates our guys value a little.

the play-in tournament creates more buyers as 4-6 more teams have playoff aspirations.

 

[Agent#00]

After the Lakers finish getting blown out by Phoenix this evening, they'll be tied recordwise with the Jazz. That makes this weekend's matchup in SLC more interesting. Would be cool if we could beat the Raptors and Lakers back to back.

Lebron scored just 10 pts, AD 11 pts. There’s some drama going on there.

 

[HermanG]

If it's between Clarkson and KO then you gotta keep Clarkson. (Maybe you meant Collins when you said JC though?)
At the bigs we have Lauri, Kessler, and Collins and I would like to see Hendrix play someday. We are pretty deep there.
If Clarkson is gone then we have ochai and ........ That's about it and ochai isn't very good yet. Super thin there.

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Is THT dead to you?

 

[HermanG]

Lebron scored just 10 pts, AD 11 pts. There’s some drama going on there.

Funniest thing was that Lebron, AD and Reaves combined for less points than Bradley Beal had by himself. Beal also outrebounded all 3 of them individually.

All is not well in La-La-Land.

 

[fishonjazz]

Is THT dead to you?

No value as far as trading him goes.
as far as playing him if we were to trade clarkson, I like shooting guards who can shoot.