06-29-2021, 07:42 AM
(06-29-2021, 07:33 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: But I think the best chance for our own "Jrue Holiday" trade may be 2 years from now. Improve your top end talent with a FA signing or two, Develop your young kids, and keep your solid players on good or expiring contracts. Once we are past our first round picks commitment, we may have a much better war chest down the road. I do agree that '23 pick is tricky, but I don't know paying 1.50 on the dollar to resolve it now may not be the best move.
I think that's one of the big questions here. Patient or Proactive?
If simply patient, the criticism will be "hell, Donnie could have sat on his hands. In fact, he was good at it. Why did we bring the Nike recruiter here again?". I can also see Cuban wanting to make a big splash to show the issue with all of the toxicity was the guys who left, and it is fixed now.
IF you go with Team Patient, do you spend big money on guys like DeRozan, Conley and Lowry? Or, take a shot at some younger guys who could surprise to the upside and provide trade value in a year or two?