2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[KillerLeft]

I've said over and over, you can't tank this year. You only do such a deal if Drummond is to be here longterm, which you don't want him to be. 

The only "KP salary dump" that makes sense is a trade involving NY (likely multi-team for obvious reasons) is one that gets us back our picks.

I disagree. 

Imagine, for a moment, that NY gets a good pick from us, even if KP is here. This nightmare has a decent chance of happening in real life.

Now, imagine that KP (not just because of his play, but because of his contract) is a major road block to the prospect of being good three years from now. 

I fail to see any reason to wait to deal with this. 

Now, if you're in the camp that KP's poor defensive play has more to do with things like understanding his role, gaining confidence in his repaired knees, etc, and NOT due to a permanently declined (and still declining) capacity for movement, then you could argue that it's silly to give up on him now. I could understand that opinion. But, if the team is convinced that he's going to be a problem on defense (at a position around which their defense should be built) for the foreseeable future, then I think it's folly to hold onto him for one second longer than absolutely necessary. Yes, you'll give NY a good pick, but you might be waiting to get an even less exciting return than what you'd get now. The true value of such a deal is to open up possibilities for the future, imo.