03-31-2021, 02:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2021, 02:37 PM by StrandedOnBeauboisHill.)
(03-31-2021, 02:27 PM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: Gordon took a starting caliber player, a player who was just taken in the 1st round 4 months ago and a future 1st. So, no, Aaron Gordon didn't go for the #18 pick and a few 2nds. And Aaron Gordon isn't a 3rd star.
I got back and forth about whether or not we had the same package to offer. To me Josh Green and our 2025 pick would be equal to RJ Hampton and Denver's pick and to be honest, Gary Harris is barely a starting caliber player at this point. The biggest difference between offering straight up expiring in James Johnson vs Gary Harris (who is locked in for 20 mil next season) is that it will help the Magic pick up more assets next year at the trade deadline, there's no way they have any intention of keeping him long term. The other thing is that apparently the Magic really like RJ Hampton and nearly drafted him at 15 (per Kevin O'Connor at least) so in that sense we really never had a chance with Josh Green.
Long winded way of agreeing with you.
(03-31-2021, 01:59 PM)omahen Wrote: There will be many teams able to offer MLE. Not so many able to offer a bit more.
Agreed, I guess I'm curious if he's in the tier of FAs who will be getting offers from those teams with more than the MLE to burn is where I'm coming from. Feels like he won't but will have plenty of MLE offers to sort through and may just come down to years for him but as mentioned earlier, he does have an injury history so longer deals are risky.
(03-31-2021, 02:06 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Mavs had good trade ammunition this past offseason, #18 + two very high seconds, players on value contracts and sort of blew it. I get they tried hard for Haliburton and I salute them for that.
We still have all those things though, just in the form of players on rookie deals instead of raw picks. Very strong chance of them getting flipped down the road so I wouldn't say we blew it just yet.