Great trade! A rated. No it didn't include a superstar, but asset for asset it help us and make our team better. #1 Added a rotation player from 2 non-rotation players & picks which probably wouldn't make the team. #2 Created an open roster spot for potential of bringing back more players than sending out in *possible deal before Thursday noon. #3 Added some insurance to Moe's knees, Jake's nerves, and the possibility of sending CJ or ET in larger trade for AD, BG or KL.
Leonard has also played too well this year to be out of the rotation. And Zach is purportedly the future of the franchise, so I don't see him sitting down. Whoever loses minutes, there's going to be a complaint. Unless it's Turner; then we'll all celebrate.
I always saw him as an inconsistent 1-dimensional volume shooter. But the Stotts system makes simple shooters look like all-stars, so I expect Hood to impress here like a 2019-20 Layman.
This was Dame a few weeks ago: “Because at the end of the day, I know in my heart I want to win. I want to win a championship for this city, but I’m not willing to put somebody under the bus to do it. That means more to me than saying ‘I won a championship!’ but now this guy has been traded to a bad situation, and now his team don’t like him as much and he might be out of the league in a year. I’m not going to have that. I’m not going to have that on me.” Could be the case for both Wade and Nik.
Another guy Hood should replace before Layman is Curry. Numbers suggest Hood is the better offensive player. Curry grades out better defensively but he’s nothing great either, and I wonder how Hood would do guarding smaller players. Hood Turner Layman Collins Leonard A trade is still the best option though because minutes would still be an issue.
Dame didn't make the trade. And it could be argued that both Nik and Wade will get more of an opportunity on the Cavs.
So it seems weird to me that nobody has mentioned the Stauskas "Sore Knee" issue. Nurk just sat with the same thing. Just makes me wonder? Lillard sat out also but i figure that was just rest. Really looks now like they were purposely not playing Nik.
Great point. I also wonder if Nik asked out after getting beat out by Layman. Bartelstein is his agent fwiw.
Not all. Turner has been a key part of our second unit and we don't have any other true back up point guard. His play in the month of January has been very solid.
He wasn’t in the rotation so I don’t see why they would’ve had to come up with another reason to not play him.
He was listed as out for a number of games. Not just out of the rotation. He was in street clothes. Makes me believe this trade was well in the works for a while.
Totally not the point but i guess you have a point also. Different completely but yes. Baldwin was available for play.
