2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[sterlingmallory]

Its a fine argument. It can also be turned around. If Maxi and DFS were on other teams, they would be many of ours prime targets. Why trade the players with great value and risk to get some in return that are not? The key is to keep the players that do well and that are fit with Luka. Its not only making a trade, for the sake of making a trade. But improve as a team.

Need to keep the great players that fit, and trade the ones that dont. If they have less value, they have less value, then we need to be better identifying who we can realistically trade them for and perhaps lower the expectations somewhat. Im am convinced with the KP, Powell and THJ we could make something happen to improve us. A player that is a better fit.

In the strategy you suggest, the huge risk is keep further piling on players that are not a fit, and trading away those that are a fit, which increases the team related issues.

Let me be clear: I don't want to trade DFS or Maxi. I am well aware of how valuable they are to the team on and off the court. They're our homegrown guys and I love them both. DFS might be our most versatile defender and Maxi is a defensive anchor. I don't want to make a trade simply to make a trade. I don't want to dump them for nothing, get rid of them, send them away, or whatever some may call it. I will be the first to praise Nico if we're able to get some kind of value by trading THJ, KP, or Powell instead. I simply subscribe to the theory that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet. 

Marc Stein has already said that THJ has basically no value around the league because of how poorly he's played this year and his contract. With KP's contract and injury history, the best we can probably hope for is a trade for someone on an equally awful contract. Siakam is a name I've seen thrown around and that would probably be the absolute best case scenario. But it would not surprise me at all though if the only options on the table ended up being someone like Gordon Hayward, Tobias Harris, or Kevin Love. As for Powell, he has negative value. He's a backup center at best on any other team, we'd have to attach assets to move him.

I happen to think Turner would be a difference maker for this team. We have quite possibly the worst center rotation in the league with Powell, Moses, WCS who hasn't even played in a month, Boban, and Chriss (Who I really like btw, I just don't see him as a starter). I think Turner would be a major upgrade over all of them. I think he would put up much better numbers here than he has in Indiana since he wouldn't have to share with Sabonis, he'd be a focal point in the PnR with Luka and Brunson.

I too hope Nico can pull a rabbit out of his hat and fleece someone into giving up real value for THJ or KP, I'm just not counting on it at all. Maybe we can pull off a smaller trade and improve around the margins, but if we want to get a real difference maker, then we have to be prepared to make some hard decisions.