But again, no would-be contenders have a worthwhile cache of assets to trade for him. I had suggested Washington before the draft (Avdija,Hachimura, their pick and future picks), but now that they've picked Davis I'm less interested.
Because he is. He knows the art of negotiation. Those draft picks generally pan out too. I can’t see how anyone can deny he’s a good GM
Okay now I'm going to play the other side of the coin. Make the playoffs this year, convey our pick. Next year WE are the team making the godfather offer to compete with Dame/Ant/Little/Grant/Nurkic. We should have done it last off-season, but whatever, I guess Tony Snell was worth it.
I brought Avdija up in another thread. He doesn't project to start in Washington and only has two seasons left on his deal. Wonder if hes available. Good defender who needs work offensively. Billups would be good for him, he has a history of helping wings out with their playmaking.
My beef with him is that he tends to only want to do trades where he fleeces the other team. Obviously he was able to do that today..... but it doesn't always work out.
he's also the guy who traded a chance at brandon roy for sebastian telfair. he's also the guy who wanted to trade 4 first round picks for justice winslow. he's also the guy who screwed up a bunch of drafts after hitting gold with Tatum/Brown. i just think he's a slimy creeper who is unscrupulous. remember how AD and his camp said they would never play for boston with Ainge in charge after how he handled the Isaiah Thomas situation.
Yeah he might have been a dirty vermin on the court. But his chops at player evaluator and making splashy trades can’t be denied. Dude is premiere when it comes to assembling ball clubs.
No GM is going to have a 100% hit rate. Overall his track record is pretty damn good. Tough titties for Davis.
Ainge got the Nets first rounder for Royce O’Neal, then five from MN. OKC part 2, but they are keeping Donovan Mitchell?
Offseason isn't over. Plus Mitchell is 25, with 3 years left guaranteed. He doesn't need to move Mitchell NOW.
The guy spent years acquiring all kinds of "assets" (and getting all kinds of pats on the back for it), yet out of all his machinations he got exactly one championship. And he only got that because his good buddy McHale was willing to shit all over the team he was supposed to be running (Minnesota), just so his pal could win a ring. Without the handjob from McHale, Ainge wins exactly nothing. He is waaaayyy overrated. That said, he did just fleece Minnesota again. But even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and again.......
Doesn't work. The other team would have to have enough cap space or TPE to be able to take back all of Bledsoe's $19M contract (even though only $4M of it is guaranteed). Most teams would have to send out a minimum of ~$14M in contracts -> which Portland can not take (due to the hard cap rules). Only viable Bledsoe trades are to Detroit, Spurs, OKC?, and maybe one or two others.
