10-27-2021, 01:53 PM
(10-27-2021, 01:45 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I am a huge fan of Brunson's game. I expect him to be retained.
However, when you think about it, cashing in on him as a trade chip while he's on the way up wouldn't be the worst thing ever, imo. He's very small, and not very quick for his size. Now, I won't argue that this holds him back because I don't feel that's the case, BUT he overcomes those problems by treating his body with reckless abandon. Have you ever noticed that something like 3/4 of his drives (many of which result in impressive scores) end with him completely leaving his feet and falling hard onto the floor out of bounds?
I honestly don't know that his career peak (which I totally don't think we've even reached yet, to be as fair as possible) will last very long, and I doubt the last 3rd of his career will be all that impressive. I could be wrong - he might get really smart and go out like Chris Paul or Kyle Lowry, but I don't know if I confidently see him in the same light as those guys. I could totally get behind moving him in the right deal. It would have to be the RIGHT DEAL though.
It's kind of crazy watching him play because after watching him mess up his shoulder I get worried every time he takes it to the hoop but honestly he wouldn't be getting buckets if he didn't play that way so it just kind of is what it is.
If there is a trade out there that nets us someone of significance I'd be all for it but in my eyes I don't even know how you get that done with the way the contracts are currently structured and our lack of ability to throw a ton of first round picks at a trade right now. Even if you said "Ok we're worried about retaining Brunson and Finney, let's package them with our only other young asset Green." that only gets you to 8M in outgoing contracts and adding Powell kind of waters the package down. It would take some creativity to make any trade this season make any sense right now.