02-14-2024, 01:28 PM
(02-14-2024, 05:27 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: As others have said, it's hard to know what was offered over the summer. PJ's value was definitely higher this past summer than at this trade deadline. He was not having a good season prior to this trade deadline. He was significantly better last season and it's possible he was worth more than the 2027 1st to Charlotte.
I agree with the overall sentiment of your post though. We continue to include draft assets as if they are party favors. The 2030 pick swap for Grant Williams is among the worst examples of this and is far worse than the 2027 1st we gave up for PJ Washington.
The farther into the future the draft pick is, the riskier is the move. The MLE was probably a fair value contract for Grant Williams over the summer. Providing the option to swap picks with Wembanyama's team in 7 years was an idiot's move. We could have easily just rejected Reggie Bullock's team option and signed Grant Williams for the MLE without the pick swap. It's as if we didn't even bother to review Boston's cap situation prior to the offer.
I like our current team and think we now have a top-10 roster in the NBA. I think we can be competitive in the playoffs with every team other than Boston.
However, we are also a Luka trade request from catastrophe. There is no more hopeless situation in professional sports than an NBA lottery team who doesn't control it's own draft picks for 4 consecutive seasons. I can rationalize every other deal except the 2030 pick swap. That seems like just pure Mark Cuban. The good news is he is no longer the majority owner. He may still have a voice but he has to answer to someone else now.
Don’t think your memory is quite right here. Mine—faulty though it is—says they were trying to get GW without using the MLE cause they thought they could get an RFA with the MLE. In fact, didn’t they sign Thybulle and then Portland surprised everyone by matching?
Pessimism doesn’t make you smart, just pessimistic.