The Non-Jazz NBA Thread in the Jazz Section

[LogGrad98]

Luka/Lauri/Kessler would be a serious title contender... I have zero doubt about it.

My reservations on Luka is we'd likely never get on his list of preferred destinations and without that you'd have him for such a small window it is too big of a bet to make for a 12 month opportunity.

Eh, Toronto turned that exact scenario into a ring with Kawhi. Would a short term rental be worth it for a ring?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Eh, Toronto turned that exact scenario into a ring with Kawhi. Would a short term rental be worth it for a ring?

What was their investment and what will our investment be?

They gave up DeRozan, 1 first, and Poeltl... At the very minimum... we'd be giving up 3+ firsts and 1 or 2 of our top young players. Kawhi was a once in a lifetime type of situation. He sat out games with his tendinopathy so that scared away some suitors. SA refused to deal with the Lakers and wanted to stay mediocre... so they did a weird deal on the cheap.

 

[LogGrad98]

What was their investment and what will our investment be?

They gave up DeRozan, 1 first, and Poeltl... At the very minimum... we'd be giving up 3+ firsts and 1 or 2 of our top young players. Kawhi was a once in a lifetime type of situation. He sat out games with his tendinopathy so that scared away some suitors. SA refused to deal with the Lakers and wanted to stay mediocre... so they did a weird deal on the cheap.

Well you added to your reservations which center around us primarily being a short-term suitor. If that is the primary concern, well it's worked out at least once, and I'm sure we could come up with other examples as well. But now you added the caveat of cost. Seems like the short-term rental aspect isn't necessarily your biggest reservation. But from the standpoint of your original post the question stands, is it worth having him for a year if that year yielded a ring? Legit question as, to your new point, getting him for that year likely details us doing much beyond that due to cost. But we'd have to consider it, imo, if we felt it could get us a ring. And if we did get a ring maybe it would be enough for him to stick around for longer.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Well you added to your reservations which center around us primarily being a short-term suitor. If that is the primary concern, well it's worked out at least once, and I'm sure we could come up with other examples as well. But now you added the caveat of cost. Seems like the short-term rental aspect isn't necessarily your biggest reservation. But from the standpoint of your original post the question stands, is it worth having him for a year if that year yielded a ring? Legit question as, to your new point, getting him for that year likely details us doing much beyond that due to cost. But we'd have to consider it, imo, if we felt it could get us a ring. And if we did get a ring maybe it would be enough for him to stick around for longer.

Look banners fly forever so yeah it'd be worth it... but even the Leonard rental may not work out if KD doesn't snap his achilles. Its a big bet to make... so yes cost is like the biggest factor. If I am renting something for $1,000 or $1M the assessment changes.