KrazyP wrote:bballsparkin wrote:
When would you have elected to trade Pascal and what do you think a feasible return would have been?
In my eyes, by not taking much back on the Pascal trade maybe they keep this year's pick. It gives players like IQ and RJ an opportunity to be featured and more playing time for Gradey. Plus financial flexibility.
In the summer they failed to sign Siakam, failed to trade him and also subsequently called him selfish in the media....those sequence of events were the start of the downward slide in his trade value. Even if you think he's selfish (I never thought Siakam was a selfish player or person), whats the point of attacking him in front of the public eye? It was childish and stupid.
By last year's draft, they should have had a clear picture of what direction they wanted to go in. If Siakam wanted the max and the Raps werent willing to give it to him, they should have traded him then and there. The return would likely have been higher.... something like the Pacers #7 more likely to be in play. It also would have saved the team from wasting half a season when they had just hired a new coach who was coming in and attempting to implement a new system.
You can go back and look at my post history, I am rarely one to criticize management as the majority of the moves they make are fairly value moves with moderate risk profiles. This one was bungled.
I agree that was the time to trade him and a strange way to handle the situation. Although, I'm not convinced that it effected his trade value. Pascal wanted to get paid for max term and was unwilling to commit to any team he was traded too. That too me effected his trade value and I'd imagine is the reason why Masai said what he did. Darko never mentioned Pascal IIRC. So the writing was on the wall.
We seem to agree on the timeline but not on what Pascal would return at those dates. Ultimately we'll never know. The process was definitely bungled. And the FO could have handled things better for sure. I'm happy they've picked a direction and am optimistic that the trade will look better in hindsight. They need to get the next moves right for that to happen though. They have to get something tangibly right this draft.