Yeah, give Hendricks a glimpse at his future if he doesn't put work hard enough.He is the exact type of player we should be taking a cheap look at.
Yeah, give Hendricks a glimpse at his future if he doesn't put work hard enough.He is the exact type of player we should be taking a cheap look at.
Not super interesting, but he was the 2019 pick we sent to Memphis in the Mike Conley trade (the other pick we sent became Kessler)
If you look back now not much was lost (other than the theoretical opportunity to trade for a better player than Mike):Another win for the Conley trade
And we got high level play for multiple years and another pick when we moved him (with other parts… but he was the centerpiece).If you look back now not much was lost (other than the theoretical opportunity to trade for a better player than Mike):
Korver: retired.
Crowder: signed for the minimum by the Bucks and barely playing at the end of last year.
Bazley: just waived by Brooklyn.
Kessler: came home to us.
So essentially all we lost was Grayson Allen, whom most here can live without.
The net gain of the Conley tradewas massive. We wouldn't have been a top regular season team without him. He raised everyone's value which led to massive trade packages for Gobert/Mitchell and later on himself.And we got high level play for multiple years and another pick when we moved him (with other parts… but he was the centerpiece).
Injuries killed us.The opportunity cost of not having someone else besides Conley is what killed us. Don+Mike never had a chance. Adding terrible perimeter defense on top of that certainly didn’t help though.
Injuries killed us.
If the threshold is championship or the trade wasn’t successful then 99% of the transactions in the nba were failures. The Mike trade was a win… we just needed a bigger win.
If you look back now not much was lost (other than the theoretical opportunity to trade for a better player than Mike):
Korver: retired.
Crowder: signed for the minimum by the Bucks and barely playing at the end of last year.
Bazley: just waived by Brooklyn.
Kessler: came home to us.
So essentially all we lost was Grayson Allen, whom most here can live without.
Because Brogdon improved the Pacers so much?That is really not the case. The talk was that it was between us and the pacers for the Conley trade. Let the pacers take Conley and we are in the perfect position to step in and snag Brogdon for a future 1st like the pacers got him for. Add Brogdon, Crowder and Allen to the 19-20 and 20-21 teams and maybe we are looking at an nba title right now.
And Conley was ****ing fantastic in 2 of the 3 series he played in. The health thing just bit us in the *** with him.Because Brogdon improved the Pacers so much?
Has nobody watched Brogdon play?
So you are telling me that Brogdon isn't a solid player that would have been a good fit with Mitchell?Because Brogdon improved the Pacers so much?
Has nobody watched Brogdon play?
I remember how excited the crowd would get when mike would hit an easy gimme shot because he was stone cold terrible for the first couple months here. I don't know if he was even shooting at 20% from the field in those first weeks. Worst shooting I've seen from a guy who was a well established player that shot at least decently well for years in Memphis.The Conley trade worked out. But I feel like we should all remember how poor Mike's first year with the jazz went. That's the reason that many people got entrenched in their hatred of the trade. For a full year their suspicions of pushing ALL IN for Mike were confirmed.
He's worse than Conley and his playoff performances have been poorSo you are telling me that Brogdon isn't a solid player that would have been a good fit with Mitchell?
So you are telling me that Brogdon isn't a solid player that would have been a good fit with Mitchell?