TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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As bad as THJ has been, I’m thinking he could stay if his value is as low as it seems to be. We will need shooters around Luka/Kyrie and i don’t think we can afford to trade both THJ and Bertans. 

THJ is good for this team in many ways. Good teammate and hard worker, so the intangibles are there. Post-Kyrie we need to view things from a rest of season perspective since we’re going for it with the west being wide open. With our limited assets i think THJ is a gamble we should make. He’s primed to get hot down the stretch of this season and if he does, 1) he helps winning and 2) actually has real value this summer in trade

The biggest problem with keeping Hardaway is minutes. I’m under the belief that we’re starting him and we’ve been playing him so much for the sole reason of trade value. Post-TDL this won’t matter as much and he can be moved to the bench where he belongs. He can play if his shot is on. He should post some 10 min outings if it’s not. He must color in the lines……no more “driving” or ill-advised 3’s

Green is clearly better than Hardaway in every way and should start. My biggest fear is Green becoming so valuable his next contract is massive. That’s a good problem to have though

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I like NO as a trade parter. Hayes and Hernangomez should be low cost

Hayes, Richards, Reid (although he is probably going to be prized out of my range for both assets and $), Sims (in dunk contest and I would be surprised if Knicks moved his low cost contract).   There are some young, cheap bigs who interest me.

Just watching highlights of Nick Richards he seems like the prefect cheap gamble on a big.   The Hornets may not even know he is gone.   They have other bigs but he feels like someone who in 2 years is a very solid backup big who could be available for cheap.