Yesterday, 08:09 PM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 08:12 PM by KillerLeft.)
Naji Marshall, and to a slightly lesser extent, Gafford, are basically gold to contenders right about now. Both good players (Marshall's play currently reaching all time high levels), both on good contracts (especially Marshall, but Gafford's is good, too, provided his new team has a starting role in mind). Both of them are worth a first or two for sure, considering the type of firsts good teams have to offer.
Again, the problem is "why?" There is a very low chance that you'd find a player as good as either with a late first round pick, and even if you hit on the pick(s) it will be 2-4 years (starting when the pick is made - the drafts in question might be a few years down the road already) before you have a player who's the equivalent of what you're giving up with either of those two. If you think you'll be bad for the next few years, that's a decent risk to take because before long those guys (Marshall and Gafford) will be old and worth less, anyway. But, if there's a chance of being good in the next year or so, letting go of those guys (for draft capital, at least) could be a mistake (unless you get back better fitting pieces of equivalent quality, not just picks).
I just don't know what I think they should do, frankly. Honestly, if there was just a starting level PG here, I might be in favor of trying to compete next season, in which case I'd be looking at reshaping the roster in a completely different light. It's really that close of a call for me.
Again, the problem is "why?" There is a very low chance that you'd find a player as good as either with a late first round pick, and even if you hit on the pick(s) it will be 2-4 years (starting when the pick is made - the drafts in question might be a few years down the road already) before you have a player who's the equivalent of what you're giving up with either of those two. If you think you'll be bad for the next few years, that's a decent risk to take because before long those guys (Marshall and Gafford) will be old and worth less, anyway. But, if there's a chance of being good in the next year or so, letting go of those guys (for draft capital, at least) could be a mistake (unless you get back better fitting pieces of equivalent quality, not just picks).
I just don't know what I think they should do, frankly. Honestly, if there was just a starting level PG here, I might be in favor of trying to compete next season, in which case I'd be looking at reshaping the roster in a completely different light. It's really that close of a call for me.
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