read that part too quick. But the rest of what I said stands. Grant is so overrated. The minute he became a main player on a team, his shooting % dropped like a rock. I wouldn't want to trade a 22 year old, who per 36 minutes is averaging not significantly less ppg than Grant is, and actually has better O and D rtgs, and is a significantly better shooter.
I'm decidedly less in on Grant then I was in the off-season, despite the obvious. At the time, the idea was replace CJ's inefficient volume scoring with Grant's inefficient volume scoring. Neither is great, but Grant is a much better fit on defense, and a secondary creator is required. With Ant's emergence and Powells play finishing, I'm not sure we need the offense anymore. But keep in mind Ant is on the last year of his rookie deal. If he keeps playing well I can see his ceiling being what GTJ got last year, at which point you're just paying him the same amount as Grant.
Simmons would be a horrible fit with Zion. Sabonis doesn’t really fit with another post player that needs the ball CJ really is the best fit and it’s so funny that Morey can’t accept it
why would NO trade ingram for simmons? ive seen that idea bandied about and it makes no sense whatsoever.
Not sure what you’re talking about, we would RECEIVE the First round pick in that Nurk trade as I stated in my post. Thanks for the feedback though.
Hold on, the Pelicans are talking about trading for Ben, but didn't include Ingram in their talks? They'd have to include him in any trade, as they really don't have anyone else (they aren't trading Zion). Just picks won't do it, since they're over the cap anyways.
I'd trade Zion for Simmons. Of course Zion is a beast when healthy, but I'll be fucking amazed if he's ever healthy. (Or under 300lbs.) Plus there might actually be some fan base for Simmons in Louisiana. LSU is probably more popular than the Pelicans.
Pelicans are loaded with picks the next three years. They can reroute them to multiple teams. The basketball fit with Zion makes no sense, but I’m guessing this could be one way to do it.
So much for all that momentum huh Woj lolol my guess is Morey hasn’t gotten offered a better player/fit than McCollum and it’s driving him mad.
https://hoopshype.com/2021/12/15/blazers-the-betting-favorites-to-land-ben-simmons-via-trade/ Vegas knows something...
