Ideally. I'm just not sure who we'd get as a trade partner. It seems like kind of a very narrow market there, where there's going to be a lot more value in that 9-13 range.
If Sharpe, Murray and Mathurin all are available at 6, I keep going back and forth with what to do. Mostly, I think I'd pick Sharpe because I don't want this to be another buyer's regret like the Jermaine O'Neal or Ray Felton trades. There only are so many guys with Sharpe's potential in each draft. You'd be beating yourself up for years if he pans out and you have to deal with him for the next decade to try to get a higher seed or advance in the playoffs.
If need be, he can be in the mix at the 3, although that decreases his value a little because he won't have the size advantage there like he does at 2.
Murray is plug and play but not sure he ever is all-star level, plus, we'd be giving up height/length at four starting positions and probable off the bench. Mathurin is more an actually 3 than Sharpe and we MIGHT have a need there, but, my feeling kind of would be if you would be willing to draft Mathurin why not just draft Sharpe who has an even higher ceiling.
Either way, we have several other resources to address the gaping hole at the 4 and the need for size and length. Presuming the Pels don't beat the odds and get into the playoffs, there are valuable legit 4s that should be on the board at 11 or even as far as 15 if you can trade down a couple of spots and gain a future second. You've got the Bledsoe contract, the trade exception, the MLE I believe, several potential trade chips ... there are a lot of ways to play it. Try to sign Isaiah Hartenstein and Jalen Smith ... still think he need a PG in the mold of DSJ or Dunn on the roster if not in the rotation ... I think what we decide to do with Joe Ingles is going to have a big impact on what we do overall.
