04-19-2025, 03:27 PM
(04-19-2025, 12:04 PM)rocky164 Wrote: Trading Gafford makes a lot of sense. You’re right PJ is not a 3, but he could start there with Lively and AD and be one of the first players subbed out. Then move him to the 4 when either Lively or AD comes out. Keeping all 3 is a pretty solid playoff front line rotation if you can keep Lively and AD healthy.
Guards are an entirely different problem. BW in my opinion has proved himself worthy of at least being in the rotation. Exum can play point relatively well but can’t stay healthy. Klay and Naji are better playing 3.
We need both a point and a play-making 2 guard at least until Kyrie comes back.
I like trading Powell+Hardy for Lonzo. You may not gain anything but you lost anything either.
So that leaves finding a play-making scoring 2 guard in either the draft or a Gafford trade.
I would have kept Grimes and seeing who would target him with the threat to match whatever anyone offers and then you could see if he could elevate his game after you need his minutes more and now you have a player you can keep or work out a way to trade him if that was the plan to trade him.
Caleb is a miss if you ask me and hind sight is 20 20 so moving on your plan is okay and we may need to take that path but if you do that you need to get some 2nd round picks to add a center on the cheap to replace Gaffords minutes. Gafford is a part I prefer to hold onto due to Live getting injured often but I suspect this draft is deep in bigs and we will get a decent center even if we have to take one that is undrafted. I hope we can grab one or 2 of the Ivisic brothers they look decent and worth developing.
Lonzo is less costly to grab so what would he take and is he even healthy enough to play yet?