05-28-2022, 09:37 AM
(05-28-2022, 09:09 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I think if we’re getting someone like Batum, he either supplants THJ from the rotation, or Bullock from the starters who supplants THJ from the rotation. Either way, THJ should find another home.
I think there is a place for someone like Batum (or Jalen Smith) in the top 9 without necessarily pushing out THJ. I don’t have an issue with moving on from him, but June/July seems like a really bad time to be trading him. His value is probably the lowest it has been since his last year in NY. Unless you are doing something with OKC to create a large TPE, trading Hardaway now seems like poor asset management.
It is interesting that some here expressed love yesterday for both Hardaway and Bertans. Adding a Batum/Smith type player wipes out any minutes for Bertans. Again, it seems like bad asset management. Ideally we’d figure out his highest and best use for Bertans and simultaneously rebuild some value while the remaining time on his contract gets shorter.
I’ve never been a LaVine fan. But, I trust Stein more than I trust McMahon. So, it probably behooves us to think through how this could possibly happen. To me, there is no reason to consider this unless you know Brunson plans to leave. I understand few want that to happen, but we don’t get a vote (and neither do the Mav’s). If there isn’t some chance it happens, the LaVine talk doesn’t make sense.