TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Well, you might could convince me it would be an improvement in some ways on offense, or at least stay the same (but with added athletic ability and defense), so I get the temptation. 

BUT, OG will be an "all-in" move. So, where do you go from there? I do NOT believe that will be ENOUGH offense to be a contender. I just don't. I would absolutely do a move like that for Siakim, who would singlehandedly change the shape of this team, offensively. For my money, the offense is what you have to fix first.

I think that either guy would actually give us enough offensively but I want to lean towards the younger one with what I feel seems like even higher upside.  I think there's a ton of game that OG has that he hasn't been able to show in Toronto and one of the reasons I keep targeting him is because I think he will want to find a place where he can have that bigger role and show it off.

I also think that his defense is just on another level than pretty much every wing defender in the league.  I think that Luka can walk in with 4 dudes from the local YMCA and give you a top 5 offense (our ORating this year is actually better than last years which is kind of wild) so I think the goal should be ensuring that we have a top 5 or 10 defense around him.  Honestly I think Siakam or OG would probably accomplish that but I tend to lean OG simply because now you have Luka/OG/Green all kind of hitting their prime at the same time and Siakam's next contract is going to be HUGE so I think OG (while also very expensive) will have a contract that will make things easier to navigate going forward as well.

I like either direction honestly and just continue to root for Toronto to fail, just a preference on my part.