06-17-2025, 12:00 AM
Flagg or PJ depending on where Kidd plays Flagg plus Lively/ Gafford and AD is a great lineup in the front court if AD stays healthy and improves his outside shot more. I see the MBT wanting to make this lineup a reality even if AD is on the tailend of his career.
If you want to dump AD it might help to have him play a more healthy season with us before you trade him.
Irving and Klay or Flagg since Kidd has suggested using him as a guard being a possibility. Is it real or just BS talk to confuse others? Probably not BS. I recall that we did have a lot of Luka play next to Kyrie and Coopers game has some similarities so maybe they think the similarity in play would be a way to appease the fans and win them back.
I agree that we need to keep our young core and try to fade out the older guys before they lose all of their trade value.
I tend to think big trades are middle of the season trades near the TDL. They are knee jerk reactions when an owner is frustrated.
Our 7 younger guys : Flagg, Lively, Gafford, PJ, Naji, Max, Omax, BWill,
Old Core trio: Irving, AD, Klay
TRADE BAIT: Powell, Martin, Hardy, Kai I might want to keep Kai and maybe we can give Hardy another year to see if he starts to get it more, he made a lot of passes that were impressive last season and his three point shooting is on more than it is off. No biggie either way if someone wants him bad enough to give us a nice piece we could use then I am down with it. I would not trade him just to get rid of him and I wished we still had Grimes.
DRAFT: After Flagg we need to trade for multiple picks and refill our 2 way staff because given our injury history we may need them.
If you do not think that we will be able to give Gafford what he wants to stay we need to trade him at the TDL so you need to draft a 5 as well as a PG and or a wing in the 2nd, either that or you hope one falls past 60 and you snag him for Frisco.
That all being the case I like that big Chinese kidd Yang. He is a good prospect that can also play as a PF to pair with Gafford and Lively at the 5. He will help you sell more schwag and tickets and I would grab him in the 2nd if possible and then if you do have to trade Gafford you have a talent developing on the team to take his place.
3D wings like 6'7" Kobe Brea who can hit 3 pointers at 43% that kind of 3 point shooting makes a lot of sense to me. https://www.tankathon.com/players/koby-brea
FREE AGENCY: Wait till the money dries up and vet min $$$ is all a player can expect to be offered and whatever PG talent is still there then you get them on the cheap. I'd rather snag a PG in free agency or via trade to get a vet but you still need to get a late 2nd PG to add in to the 2 way crew.
https://hoopshype.com/lists/global-ratin...-position/
https://hoopshype.com/lists/2025-nba-fre...is-summer/
We need to get serious with taking on a PG that can be here after Irving retires.
If you want to dump AD it might help to have him play a more healthy season with us before you trade him.
Irving and Klay or Flagg since Kidd has suggested using him as a guard being a possibility. Is it real or just BS talk to confuse others? Probably not BS. I recall that we did have a lot of Luka play next to Kyrie and Coopers game has some similarities so maybe they think the similarity in play would be a way to appease the fans and win them back.
I agree that we need to keep our young core and try to fade out the older guys before they lose all of their trade value.
I tend to think big trades are middle of the season trades near the TDL. They are knee jerk reactions when an owner is frustrated.
Our 7 younger guys : Flagg, Lively, Gafford, PJ, Naji, Max, Omax, BWill,
Old Core trio: Irving, AD, Klay
TRADE BAIT: Powell, Martin, Hardy, Kai I might want to keep Kai and maybe we can give Hardy another year to see if he starts to get it more, he made a lot of passes that were impressive last season and his three point shooting is on more than it is off. No biggie either way if someone wants him bad enough to give us a nice piece we could use then I am down with it. I would not trade him just to get rid of him and I wished we still had Grimes.
DRAFT: After Flagg we need to trade for multiple picks and refill our 2 way staff because given our injury history we may need them.
If you do not think that we will be able to give Gafford what he wants to stay we need to trade him at the TDL so you need to draft a 5 as well as a PG and or a wing in the 2nd, either that or you hope one falls past 60 and you snag him for Frisco.
That all being the case I like that big Chinese kidd Yang. He is a good prospect that can also play as a PF to pair with Gafford and Lively at the 5. He will help you sell more schwag and tickets and I would grab him in the 2nd if possible and then if you do have to trade Gafford you have a talent developing on the team to take his place.
3D wings like 6'7" Kobe Brea who can hit 3 pointers at 43% that kind of 3 point shooting makes a lot of sense to me. https://www.tankathon.com/players/koby-brea
FREE AGENCY: Wait till the money dries up and vet min $$$ is all a player can expect to be offered and whatever PG talent is still there then you get them on the cheap. I'd rather snag a PG in free agency or via trade to get a vet but you still need to get a late 2nd PG to add in to the 2 way crew.
https://hoopshype.com/lists/global-ratin...-position/
https://hoopshype.com/lists/2025-nba-fre...is-summer/
We need to get serious with taking on a PG that can be here after Irving retires.