Hypothetical would you trade our future for win now team

You have a point for sure. It would have to be an All Star in the MVP conversation at least.

 

Here is last year's top 12 in the MVP race
SGA and Jokic for sure.
But most of the others I would not. (Mainly because of age/injury)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
Nikola Jokić,

Giannis Antetokounmpo,
Jayson Tatum,
Donovan Mitchell
LeBron James
Cade Cunningham
Anthony Edwards
Stephen Curry,
Jalen Brunson
James Harden
Evan Mobley

 

Giannis is the only one that could be available in the next year or two AND actually put you into contention.

 

Giannis, no. Embiid, no. Fuck this assembling superteams thing.

 

I don't think Giannis and what's leftover would be a super team. I think he'd be the only legit all star left.

And would still probably be our most legit shot at a championship since the 4th quarter which must remain unnamed.

 

Just no. It's the kind of hypothetical that's just not really a hypothetical. [dollars, talent suck, injuries from others required, sugar highs aren't that much fun as an adult ...]
Inevitably, it doesn't make for a good story or wanting to talk about it when it's over -- immediately or years from now.

Trading Scoot and Sharpe? Okay. Young players who I like and hope for, but they are not yet guys who have earned being a "keeper" status. [Keeper is not the same as untouchable.]

Trading Deni and Toumani? No. Just no. I've waited too long for real forwards who play both ends. Even then, they have work to do.

 

I agree, and I don't want it.

 

Nice! I was sitting in downtown Seattle, King County Jail during that infamous 12 minutes. I remember the whole cellblock was livid over that and I remember being surprised because most people in Seattle were rivals to Rip City back then. I think it went to show just how egregious it was that even our local rivals were up in arms about it.
Imagine spending almost 3 weeks in jail for possessing less than a (2.8) eighth of a plant that is now legal to possess….

 

IN A HEARTBEAT!

 

I have a friend with a felony on his record because he grew a few of those plants on his porch when he was 20... 35 or 40 years ago...

 

Not sure top 12 was what I was thinking? More like top 4 or 5. Though Edwards would have to be considered.

 

We wouldn’t be a superteam. We’d be a well rounded team with a superstar. The term superteam is thrown around too much. The Heat were a superteam because they had 3 of the top 4 PER players in the season before. In this era, I would consider a Giannis/Jokic/SGA team up to be a superteam. There are no superteams in the league right now.

 

Giannis is a real forward who plays both ends.

 

Just stupid. Ill say no more though only be ause its getting into politics. But yeah. Sorry for your friend. At least i was able to pay a fine and have everything wiped clean some years later.

 

But he cant shoot.

 

Edwards, SGA, Jokic & Giannis.

Those are the only ones i could consider trading our future for.
Giannis would be the last of the four id want to trade for. He cant shoot, which means you need to build a specific team around him.

 

No, nyet, non, nein, nee, nej.....

Why?...because the future is here.

 

We would be giving up a-lot of what makes us what we are though and then we would need to fill the void.
Losing Sharpe/Scoot/Grant or Scoot/Deni/Grant, I think thins us out too much if that is for Giannis.

 

I'd like to see what these young guys can do. It would have to be a pretty sweet win now package for me to let go of what I think of as our future (Scoot, Shaedon, Toumani, Deni, Clingan, Yang). I think that future has a pretty good shot at becoming a contender. So yeah if it was somehow for Joker and another all star that you could just put Jrue and then Dame plus a bunch of scrubs around and have multiple chances at winning it all, of course I'd do that better yet would be a win now package of SGA, JWill and Chet.

If it's just for some guy like Giannis or worse Embiid, count me out. I'll take my chances in the future.

 

There is a program called clean slate. That felony can be gone free of charge.