05-13-2021, 03:15 PM
(05-13-2021, 10:02 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: Other NBA Franchises are run by full time evaluators who do this for a living 24/7/365 too. And with the proliferation of front offices run by former acolytes of Morey and Bufford and Myers, the average median NBA front office is smarter than ever. There's not really any Isiah Thomas GMs running things anymore. Even the Knicks have a top level front office.
The idea you can just talk them into ignoring reality with a sales pitch is well ... a bit of wishful thinking fantasy. A sales pitch isn't going to change the fact that he's had numerous lower leg injuries, and even after multiple surgeries to improve structural issues he's still having to miss games for chronic knee pain. He's likely got Chandler Parsons sized red flags all over his medical evaluations around the league now, and a playoff performance isn't going to change it.
Nope.^ Not really relevant to what I was saying. Mostly just your straw man.
While it's true that "NBA Franchises are run by full time evaluators who do this for a living 24/7/365," one of the murkiest issues is answering the question "What is the RELATIVE value of each player in the league?" Those evaluators, all looking for an edge, each have their own way of weighing that question. And in contrast to what you are imagining, their evaluations can be all over the map.
I'm not saying you can just set any price you want, of course. You can't expect to get all-star value out of a 3rd stringer who can barely get off your bench.
But KP has star value, and star valuation, as part of who he is. And your list of nicks isn't definitive for anyone as to what those mean. The question, that you don't know, is how much those matter. You cite Chandler Parsons, and ignore "the rest of the story" -- despite all the red flags, he got max dollar, max year deals, with other teams wanting to do the same.
If you trade KP, you don't have any use for the team that wants to pay the consensus value, or the one that says he's junk and wants him at half price. There will be teams willing to take the risk, because The Unicorn and he might be a difference-maker for them. And you should price him accordingly.