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What can we get for Sexton in a trade?

Dude is terrible. Terrible.

Hardest hands I've ever seen on a 6'0'' guy who's spent his whole life with the ball. Feels like the rock is never safe with him, not for one second.

Before his injury, Sexton was an athletic marvel, but I'm just not convinced he has a lot of raw basketball talent, compared to the average NBA rotation player. The attitude is there, the effort is there, the (irrational) self confidence is there, but he has absolutely no BBIQ to speak of and tends to stop the ball like he was still the #1 option on the Cavs.
 
Jazz currently aren't going to get anything for Sexton except a bad contract in return. He's not a PG. He doesn't look like the same dude from 2 years ago before the injury. A serious meniscus tear is not a minor thing for a player whose entire game was based on athleticism. Lonzo isn't a guy that relied so much on athleticism and he can't get back on the court at all after his meniscus injuries.

To me he's looking confused on the court. He's reminding me of Piston era Reggie Jackson. Detroit eventually ended up buying him out. Jackson didn't figure out the game until he got to the Pistons late in his career.

I would look at the Mavs. They are desperate for guards/scoring. They don't really need another PG. Sexton would just need to get open next to Luka. They already have a backup PG in Dinwiddie. Jazz would probably need to take back a bad contract such as Tim Hardaway JR or Bertans though.

With the obvious exception of Lauri the Donovan trade is looking a little rough. Agbaji and Sexton look to be long term projects. Hopefully Cavs start to unravel by the end of this decade when their picks are due.
 
HeatCheck said:
I would look at the Mavs. They are desperate for guards/scoring. They don't really need another PG. Sexton would just need to get open next to Luka.
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The problem is that Sexton can't play off the ball. Like, at all. He's literally never done it in his entire life. If he doesn't have the rock, he's waiting for it instead of making himself useful. There's no in-between.

IMO it's possible that he spends the last couple of years of this contract sitting on someone's bench, out of the rotation. Just a player who's a very tough fit in the modern NBA, where ball movement and switchability are important.
 
First off , they need to give him a Valium before each game .

No use trading him right now and get nothing back .

I think the best case scenario is slow him down , play the high screen for him and hit 12-15 ft jumpers , and get better at the floater and lob pass to the bigs .

He really is trying to do everything at a million miles an hour , I do think there is potential there that he can be coached .
 
MT Steve said:
I'd like to see if he can be coached into being a smarter player first before giving up on him.
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I think we are already seeing this as not possible. After nearly 20 games he hasn't really changed his game at all. I don't see that getting much better. He has way too much of a score-at-all-costs mentality.

That said, it is perfect for the tank, but not conducive to winning. So if we are in win-now mode, we need to move him for a win-now piece. Otherwise keep him or just move him for a future asset. Either way I cannot see him in the long-term plans as limited as he is. He is a one-legged homeless man with dementia's Donovan Mitchell with none of Mitchell's play-making ability or charisma.
 
He's not a facilitator. He's a scorer.

The dude is shooting 46% from the field and 35% from three on the season.

Again, you put him out there to get buckets. As long as Hardy realizes this we're good.

Y'all treating him like he's Dante Exum.
 
HeatCheck said:
Jazz currently aren't going to get anything for Sexton except a bad contract in return. He's not a PG. He doesn't look like the same dude from 2 years ago before the injury. A serious meniscus tear is not a minor thing for a player whose entire game was based on athleticism. Lonzo isn't a guy that relied so much on athleticism and he can't get back on the court at all after his meniscus injuries.

To me he's looking confused on the court. He's reminding me of Piston era Reggie Jackson. Detroit eventually ended up buying him out. Jackson didn't figure out the game until he got to the Pistons late in his career.

I would look at the Mavs. They are desperate for guards/scoring. They don't really need another PG. Sexton would just need to get open next to Luka. They already have a backup PG in Dinwiddie. Jazz would probably need to take back a bad contract such as Tim Hardaway JR or Bertans though.

With the obvious exception of Lauri the Donovan trade is looking a little rough. Agbaji and Sexton look to be long term projects. Hopefully Cavs start to unravel by the end of this decade when their picks are due.
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The Cavs timeline is about right for when the picks come due. It coincides nicely with the time that Mitchell leaves, and believe me he will NOT stay in Cleveland. They will fall apart and enter their own re-build, or half-*** it until the picks all convey, either way they will likely be lottery at that time.
 
kabenac said:
He's not a facilitator. He's a scorer.

The dude is shooting 46% from the field and 35% from three on the season.

Again, you put him out there to get buckets. As long as Hardy realizes this we're good.

Y'all treating him like he's Dante Exum.
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Not one person said he couldn't score. In fact, that is the main complaint, is that he focuses on nothing but scoring to the detriment of the rest of the game and his team-mates, and at scoring he just isn't as elite as he thinks he is. Therein lies the problem.
 
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