I think Scoot and Shaedon have as much of a shot at being perpetual all stars as Amen and Jabari do, so the difference would be Simons for Eason. We already know what Simons is, so its a case of potential vs what he is. Probably neither team would do it, which suggests it would be an even swap.
When looking for a potential 3rd teammate to play with Scoot and Sharpe, I think fit, meaning someone who plays exceptional defense, is more important than trying to equal the value of Lillard. Getting ScootShaedon's "Draymond Green" to me is a higher priority than getting "a haul" of players and picks. getting both would be nice, of course.
Agree. Because the pick outlay would marginal at best and would serve more as job security for Joe (aka ‘GM counting stats!’) vs. material asset acquisition. Joe’s probably not even making some of those picks at the end of the day, after the team is sold in a couple of years.
Simons for Eason + filler would be an incredible move. As good a trade as I can remember since the Trader Bob days. Talk about potential locks at 3 positions for the foreseeable future.
I don’t think it’s up to solely Udoka and I don’t think he would like the upgrade enough to give up two of them.
Couldn't that have been said about paying Dillon Brooks 80 mil when they have Eason, Thompson, and now Cam Whitmore who can play the same position at a fraction of the price? The answer is yes. But they seemingly want to accelerate their competitiveness with the acquisition of Brook, Udoka and Van Fleet. I think they'd welcome a consolidation of young talent for a known veteran like Jaylen Brown who isn't even in his prime yet.
I often hang up when people ask me about refinancing my home, as I don't own one, so you're right Orlando would probably hang up on the wrong number call.
The interesting thing about trading for picks that are 4 to 6 years away is that we can hope that by then the team is sold to someone that cares about the fans. Someone that might be willing to trade picks for players with salaries that make us go over the luxury tax. The whole state of Florida is now responsible for Miami trying to steal Dame. It's totally cool to shit on anyone from that state in any context until Dame is traded. And if he is dealt to Miami that goes for at least a year.
I was trying to do a "will the Miami Heat ship some kids for his camp" joke, but we all know the Heat will not ship anything of value... so I looked for the other Florida connection and tried to keep it plausible. It was a joke... But, that's a fair point. I will try not to mention politics in the main forum. It's a shame this is even politics...
We have a 70k Corvette but the only offer we have is some guy on craiglist who wants to trade us a 15k Civic for it. He is broke with no other money. Yeah sure in theory he could go trade the Civic for a 65k Escalade and then we'd do the swap. Miami, sure, let us know what your best offer is you can put together. In the meantime we'll just keep holding the Vette for sale until we see a deal that makes sense. We're fine losing 5k on a trade for a vehicle thats a better fit, were not going to lose 55k on it though.
Robinson contract is arguably much worse than Simmons. Simmons contract is expiring next season, while Robinson goes until 2026. If you had Lowry going to Brooklyn instead your argument makes more sense.
