08-25-2026, 09:15 AM
Thinking about sending out picks…
I’d have to feel like we didn’t get good value in one of the deals to think we’ve been flippant about using picks. The roster was crap. We needed to add talent and had two currencies: 1. Second rounders, our fake first and the Laker 2029. 2. Vets whose value was diminished by a poor season - guilt by association.
I don’t think what was done so far with picks is indicative of a pattern or a failure of the mindset of the new FO. Either we like adding talent for beans or we don’t. It is the stage of the cycle we are in. It always made sense to sell off vets for picks - if that happens at all - once they’ve had a chance to reestablish their value.
I’d have to feel like we didn’t get good value in one of the deals to think we’ve been flippant about using picks. The roster was crap. We needed to add talent and had two currencies: 1. Second rounders, our fake first and the Laker 2029. 2. Vets whose value was diminished by a poor season - guilt by association.
I don’t think what was done so far with picks is indicative of a pattern or a failure of the mindset of the new FO. Either we like adding talent for beans or we don’t. It is the stage of the cycle we are in. It always made sense to sell off vets for picks - if that happens at all - once they’ve had a chance to reestablish their value.
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