Bum Adebayo wrote:Mr Puddles wrote:nzahir wrote:I dont think we have the assets for Booker since hes on a long deal and I doubt he wants out, but dont act like we have nothing
We have 3 1sts, 3 swaps, this years rookie, Reaves on a very good deal, Rui is fine (bad in this series, very good in the reg season and last playoffs though), and Christie.
Didnt you guys get Jrue for like almost nothing
I think we have the assets for Mitchell if he wants out, Trae, or KD
Honesty I don't think Booker will get moved unless it's for an irrationally lobsided offer that the Suns can't say no to (or if Booker asks out). Like if the 76ers contacted the Suns offering Embiid for Booker straight up, ofcourse the Suns wouldn't be dumb enough to say no. The Suns have invested too much in making him the face of the franchise to trade him without getting a superstar in return.
As a Sixers fan, I do that trade yesterday, I'm driving Embiid to the airport myself!
I'm honestly surprised. I like Booker but Embiid is a reigning MVP who would have been in the mix again if it wasn't for not meeting the minimum game threshold.
Booker finished 4th in MVP voting, but even your most ardent Suns fan will admit that the gap between the top 3 and 4th that year was a mile wide.
Embiid's injury history scares me and he doesn't have much time left on his current contract, but neither of those things offset that embiid is flat out the better player IMO.