TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

It’s fascinating reading this thread. Bojan was (my opinion) far and away the best opponent in our first round series. He was the only one (as I recall it) who played both offense and defense for them. They tried to ride him harder and harder as the series wore on, and he was game. He just wore down. I think he’d be the second best player here.

I think its dangerous to read too much into a single series of basketball.  That kind of thinking is probably part of the reason why we did not offer Brunson a max extension last offseason.  He is a good player, but 33 and expiring.  If we could get him for Bertans and Green then you have to pull that trigger, but I doubt that will be the case.  I am out on paying a first for any of the Utah guys, and I struggle to see a reasonable path to get any of them otherwise.