04-27-2021, 12:26 PM
(04-27-2021, 11:52 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: I've gotten to the point now where I've talked myself into Wiggins/pick being the best return we can get. Not sure if I'm just trying to brace myself for it because there did seem to be some legitimate smoke around those rumors or if I actually believe what I'm telling myself at this point but one thing I do believe in that scenario is that Wiggins (at least this year) is exactly what we were hoping Richardson to be. Sometimes we act like Wiggins is just a terrible contract player but he's a dude averaging 18 a game, shooting 38% from deep playing next to a ball dominate guard while also guarding one of the best players on the other team night in and night out, isn't that exactly what we were hoping for with Richardson?
The one thing that's been on my mind recently is the fact that we don't have a single two way player on that roster, you trade for Wiggins and sign Holmes and you already have two. If in this hypothetical where you also magically get the 4th or 5th pick (which I actually think would require us to give up a future first) then you could probably draft Kuminga and potentially have 3.
I could live with a Wiggins/Pick trade. I would lose my shit if it was Wiggins/Wiseman trade.
A lot of us (and likely the FO) talked ourselves into what JRich could be here basically based on one year at Miami. I don't want to make the same mistake with Wiggins based on one year at GS.
If we do trade for the pick, knowing this FO, it is much more likely we will trade it for an established player than actually use it in the draft.