I'd be cool with trading KD for Ingram/ Nance/ LAL 24' 1st (17th pick)/MIL 27' 1st (no protections)/ 2029' PELS 1st.
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DO understand that Ingram isn't nearly as good as KD, however, I also realize that he's younger and not 35 yrs old and still an all-star-level player which a very similar scoring style to KD. But then that's also the reason that we'd be getting draft picks in the deal too! My interest in this premise would be to extend our window longer around a core of Beal/Booker/Nance/Ingram/ Nurkic and actual draft assets! The 17th pick (which appears to be held by the Pels and not the Flakers) would yield a high-level version of a Clint Capela/ Theo Ratliff-type defensive center option that's very long, very fluid/quick, and explosively athletic with a nonstop relentless motor. I'm talking about Yves Missi here. Then with our 22nd pick, we could select Tyler Kolek to be our backup floor general /playmaker, OR we could choose Ryan Dunn to be our jumbo wing lockdown stopper also with explosive athleticism and length and a nonstop motor!
Really neither choice would be wrong, but I'm leaning more toward the combination of Yves Missi and Ryan Dunn because we could still very easily add
Zion Pullin from the undrafted range who is very similar to Malcolm Brogdon which is very solid for our needs at backup guard. I think this sets us up to have ELITE lockdown athleticism around three high-level potent scorers in Beal, Booker, and Ingram while also adding an elite defensive rim protector and an elite lockdown wing/forward, and a very solid backup playmaking guard with good size at 6'4. Additionally, we're also adding significant size, length, and high-end athleticism.
Beal/ Booker/ Nance/ Ingram/ Nurkic.
Paul or Lowry/ Allen/ O'neale/ Muscala/ Missi.
Pullin/ D Lee/ Dunn/ Bol/ Bidatze.
24' Draft17- Yves Missi.
22- Ryan Dunn.
Undrafted range (two ways- 3 allowed)
Two-way- Zion Pullin. A 6'4 Malcolm Brogdon 2.0
Two-way- Nae'quan Tomlin. A mix of Jalen Mcdaniels/Taylor Hendricks/ Naz Reid.
Two-way- Blake Hinson. A 6'8 ELITE 3PT floor spacing specialist that's a mix of Saddiq Bey and Dell Curry (movement shooter).
Picks- 27' MIL 1st (no protections).
- 29' Pels 1st (no protections).