05-28-2025, 03:21 AM
STEP ...
1 Fire NTI, yep.
2 Tear it all down and rebuild? Not interested at all.
3 Trade AD (specifically), yep. Bad fit in every way. Paid to (and eats up payroll appropriate for) an every day team centerpoint who carries the team on his back day after day, but while he has the skills, he doesn't have the health. Also, he's clogging the team's position of strength at PF (forcing other players to play elsewhere, or be traded) while not being able to man it himself.
4 Trade AD for another superior creator of offense, to complement Kyrie. Not instead of. Right player on the right contract. Obviously these 2 are n/a, but Halliburton or SGA is the model to envision. The idea is to use AD in a trade in the same way OKC used PG, looking for a salary match plus a younger player who has already shown the skills. Does not have to be today, just find that trade.
5 While looking, keep and build talent and win all you can. Not getting great picks regardless, so might as well win a title while working on the AD-for-the-future-guy swap.
1 Fire NTI, yep.
2 Tear it all down and rebuild? Not interested at all.
3 Trade AD (specifically), yep. Bad fit in every way. Paid to (and eats up payroll appropriate for) an every day team centerpoint who carries the team on his back day after day, but while he has the skills, he doesn't have the health. Also, he's clogging the team's position of strength at PF (forcing other players to play elsewhere, or be traded) while not being able to man it himself.
4 Trade AD for another superior creator of offense, to complement Kyrie. Not instead of. Right player on the right contract. Obviously these 2 are n/a, but Halliburton or SGA is the model to envision. The idea is to use AD in a trade in the same way OKC used PG, looking for a salary match plus a younger player who has already shown the skills. Does not have to be today, just find that trade.
5 While looking, keep and build talent and win all you can. Not getting great picks regardless, so might as well win a title while working on the AD-for-the-future-guy swap.
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