07-19-2026, 03:43 PM
(07-19-2026, 03:12 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: This trade isn't necessarily "the hill I'm going to die on" (I honestly don't care about it). but stating Yax, a 24 year old rookie, after one Summer League game, has All Star potential, is far more hyperbolic.
Pre-Draft everyone was wanting a 1st for PJ, Gafford, Naji and Max EACH. And at least a 2nd for Klay. Now, suddenly, people are happy getting ONE 1st (Yaxel) for a combination of them while eating dead weight in one of Steph's few remaining seasons.
Make it make sense.
Lets start off that all most all fans believe their player is worth a lot and so they think every team believes that PJ, Naji, Max and Gaff are worth at least a first round pick.
Then there is the fact that maybe some of them are worth a 1st round pick, but not a top 10 or 15 or even 20 but a first round pick.
Finally some fans and talking heads have absolutely no clue and they make no sense.
Some teams move 1st rounders because of the salary cap or they have 3 or more and don't have the space to sign them.
The other thing is that what year a 1st is being offered and is the pick protected if it is top 2 on up.
The thing I like about the new FO is no one has guessed their moves and so they have been able to get involved with a lot of multi team trades and I will guess that they aren't down making moves.
I am interested in what year they are they building for and at first glance it seems to be at least 3 years to be good and that would maybe be a good bet, but there is a lot of young high BBIQ players and who is the starters to start the season won't be the starters to end the season except for Cooer and probably Kyre.
Just looking at the roster Kyrie is the by far the team leader and that may be worth more than the talent he brings to the court and of course Flagg is the other leader, but I have been interested in Larry's goal to get with Kyrie to learn how to led.