08-21-2025, 02:28 PM
(08-21-2025, 10:06 AM)mvossman Wrote: They may not have the opportunity to pivot. If AD struggles with injuries again this year, will he have any trade value? Will teams want to spend over 60 mil on a 33 year old player with injury issues who is not an elite creator? That size of contract is hard to move regardless. If Kyrie does not come back full strength, will he have any trade value? A 34 year old struggling with a knee injury making over 40 million and a lot of red flags before his Dallas stint. Thats the thing. If those guys struggle it will be hard to move them, and if they don't then they won't want to move them.
Sure there are risks in every path you choose. You could trade AD for 3-4 picks now but wind up with Omax type picks in two years.
The injury concerns are real for AD, Kyrie and Lively. I am not going to disagree with that.
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