TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Kammrath]

the moment you trade him (without bringing another ball handler back) is the moment you drop this team's ceiling dramatically

The SD+Luka minutes are not working (they are a slight net negative, -0.6 in 851 minutes). This is why so many have called for moving SD to the 6th man role.  That is my number one desire and has been for 40 games. 

If you trade SD (and I am one of the ones who has suggested I would explore that if GM), I don't think you are necessarily totally hurting the team. 

1) The Luka+SD minutes aren't working, so no loss there if he is traded and 2) there are other ways to survive the non-Luka minutes than duplicating "Luka-ball" with SD (which is what I see this team doing oftentimes). 

We always think about what would happen to the O if there was no SD, but WITH SD the D has been really, really poor. So if you could radically improve the D during non-Luka minutes, you might be able to survive them just as well without SD. And for ME, because I do not think this team is that close to truly contending, I would be making long term moves right now, even if it means short term set backs. Trading SD MIGHT set this team back in the short term, but I am personally ok with that if it leads to long term strides.