05-12-2021, 12:21 PM
(05-12-2021, 11:54 AM)dynamicalVoid Wrote: The Klay argument puts in into perspective a little more. 30M in street clothes during playoffs? Yikes.I don’t actually want another high end player. I think at this time in Luka’s career, he needs a bunch of high end team players. Guys that don’t have any kind of ego to soothe. Guys who can be pockets in Batman’s utility belt (some more used than others) as opposed to Robin.
Im looking at it from a standpoint of...if KP does ball out in Playoffs again....he is a true Unicorn in this League. You probably will not get a Unicorn back in a trade. Making your path to the Championship harder. Risk aversion is a real thing though.
Trading KP and JB for Turner and Brogdon (can be a 3 team trade if Ind doesn’t see KP as a fit) I think gets us close to the same on court value, but better fitting parts that can help raise the roof on this team’s ceiling. Those two have their fair share of injury history as well, so there is risk there too.
This team will be fine if they keep KP (and actually could be great with a pretty good offseason), they could also be fine to great with a trade of KP that at least gets the value back we sent out. Sending him out and getting same to better value still leaves us with options to fill out the roster this offseason.