dougthonus wrote:jnrjr79 wrote:Re: the bolded, is this because you think no moves are better or worse due to fit? That seems pretty obviously wrong to me. You could have the best 10 centers in the NBA on your team, but at some point, those moves would become ill-advised. Each individual deal might have its own merit, but they aren't good for your basketball team.
It seems everyone agrees you'll need specific types of players next to Giddey to make Giddey work as a long-term piece. That's a knock on Giddey's value to some extent, but it seems uncontroversially true.
Sorry, I meant none of the moves we have made after trading for Giddey are specifically better or worse because we traded for Giddey. Those moves are generally:
S&T DDR
Trade Zach
Trade for Okoro
Sign Jalen Smith
Draft Matas, Noa
Resigning Pat
(unless I'm forgetting something)
None of these moves do I like more or less with Giddey on the roster or not on the roster, nor do I think any of them are particularly made vs an alternative move because Giddey is expected to be on the roster. I would expect if we did not have Giddey that we'd have still done all of these things.
Yeah, I agree with this. The only one that seems specifically compatible with Giddey where it could enhance the move is Okoro, but even that is a little moot given he's not better a fit than Lonzo, IMO. Hopefully he's just more durable.