The only prospect we have on the Saric and Covington level, today was Zach Collins. If the sixers were looking for two good young prospects that are proven in the league, we couldn't have made a deal. Maybe nurkic, but they had no need for two young bigs. At least covington can play the 3 spot and has great d. I think this was a good deal for minnesota.
Butler will leave Minnesota anyways so at least they got something back in Dario and Covington. Not like us when LMA left and we got nothing.
Maybe that is what was being asked of Portland. CJ, Turner, (another player) and a 2nd rnd for Butler and another player or 2. I am sure Olshey was trying to bring them down, but with Paul gone who knows what happened with it. With Butler benching himself maybe the Timberwolves got a little desperate and took less to get it done. Saric and Covington are good players and even though they may be an ill fit, the timberwolves will see how it works. Maybe Saric gets traded later this season. They could sorely use Covingtons defense. Butler will help Philly who will use Simmons at the 4 and maybe even get something out of Patton in their thinned front court off the bench.
Well, they gave up Zach Lavine (he of 27 ppg) and Markkanen (15 ppg last year) for Covington and Saric...so....I'm not sure if that's a compelling argument in their favor anymore.
this because LA didn't work with Neil as Butler did with Thibs. In fact LA misled the franchise including Paul Allen. That to me is being a weasel...
Yeah but that was a year ago and back then basically everyone thought it was a bargain for a proven superstar like Butler. It’s only a year after once Butler has sulked and demanded to be traded that people are hating that deal from a year back, and even Bulls fans were mad for them to be matching Kings offer sheet for LaVine - his explosion has been totally unexpected.
It was. Covington and Saric is better than any combo we could’ve realistically offered that didn’t include CJ or Zach.
That's not a bad deal at all. I think we could have had him for CJ, but honestly with how he has acted and his contract status, the trade really wasn't worth it.
Yup. A rare win-win. RoCo and Saric is a solid return. Butler, Simmons, Embiid is a legit big three. Thibs did good in the end.
Who are the two good shooters that Minnesota got back? Covington has a career FG% of 40.0% and 3P% of 35.9%, although he is shooting better this year (small sample). Saric has a career FG% of 42.7% (horrible for a big man) and a 3P% of 35.1%. This year (small sample) his FG% is 36.4% and 3p% is 30.0%.
