Who would you trade Ant and Jerami for?

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  1. HoopsFanAZ

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    As a practical matter, Jerami stays (UFA free agent).
    Ant plus the picks it takes for Mikal Bridges (Friend of Dame).
    Dame, Sharpe, Bridges, Grant
     
    HoopsFanAZ, Mar 11, 2023
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    I agree with a lot of what you said. The only exception of Ainge putting the untouchable label on Lauri Markkanen. Markkanen is a good player, but far from a superstar. Ainge would be wild to not entertain offers for him if he could get a superstar player in return.
     
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    If Fultz continues like this, I don't think the Magic would give him to us for just Anfernee


     
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    Ant plus picks isn’t getting Bridges
     
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    Ant averages 21.1 points a game, and Fultz just had a career high 28 points in a game. Fultz is a year older and while he's making about $6m/year less than Simons, he's a UFA after next year and probably will get more than Simons is getting paid.

    I personally still think Simons is a markedly better player and prospect.
     
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    I'm not the biggest Ant guy in the world, but he's easily better (and more valuable) than Fultz. Certainly a better fit next to Dame.
     
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    Fultz has made his mark as a defensive stopper. Simons as a guy who can score in bunches if hot. If not hot gives you little of anything else.

    Pick your poison
     
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    So you're saying a smaller, much crappier defender, who is not a good enough point to prevent Dame getting constantly doubled, is better next to Dame, despite the fact that whenever they play together, we never get a good game out of both of them?

    Here's what Ant is good at: scoring tears. That's great - I love to see it when it happens. But here's what Ant is not good at: distributing the ball, defense (he's even worse than Dame at that), rebounding - y'know, EVERYTHING ELSE. Meanwhile
     
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    There might be a GM who buys into Simons developing into a primary scorer.
     
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    Yes, ours
     
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    Than he should look into trading Lillard
     
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    So we can have another undersized primary scorer?
     
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    I personally think I’d rather have Simons with his age and contract.

    But I always look at the big picture in everything over the here and now
     
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    Dame gets doubled far less with Ant on the court than without. Every top 10 player in the league gets doubled some.

    If you really want to put a 6'4" defender who is a sub 30% 3pt shooter next to Dame, then let's just sign Thybulle to 35% of Fultz's contract. Opponents want the ball out of Dame's hand. I don't want to give them what they want by putting the ball in Fultz's hands instead of Dame.

    I didn't put a ton of value on Ant's 9 game sample size last year when were were tanking and I'm not going to give any more value to Fultz in the same scenario.
     
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