Trade & FA 2023-24: HOU Targeting Mikal Bridges again!| Mitchell is LAL #1 Target

[DallasMaverick]

Not sure what are you getting at with these questions. That breaking a bank for a star isn't a viable strategy? Teams were definitely on different timelines. Clippers wanting to win now built what it looked like a perfectly constructed team full of two way wings in their prime. But, they were never able to finish a season healthy in I don't know how many seasons now. It is difficult to win a title. I think they were far better positioned to win a title with George than they would be with SGA in the first three seasons after the trade. All teams go all in at some point when they feel they can contend and only one wins every season.

Lakers paid a fortune for A.Davis. Who won that trade? They won the title with him, so I think it paid off. If they wouldn't, I guess it would be a next trade on your question list Milwaukee paid 3 first rounders and more for JRue. Who won that trade?

I don’t have a particular agenda, other than the fascination of looking back on a really big, high-stakes trade and trying to evaluate who guessed right.

So in the case of AD, yes, I’d have to say the Lakers won.

I think those “all-in” moves are particularly intriguing. If the team guesses right, it can all be worth it. But if wrong, they’re screwed for a long time.