TheStig wrote:AKfanatic wrote:TheStig wrote:The Grizzles are a small market that will likely lose money next year and their owner is on the poorer side.
From a few years ago
Them being a small market team is all the more reason they won’t trade the 2nd pick, even with salary relief.
One of the best ways to improve your franchise’s value is to have stars. Morant has the potential to become a big star for the Grizz.
Beyond that, having two young cornerstones in JJJ and Ja on cost controlled contracts are a dream come true for a team like the Grizzlies. The only contract they’ll likely get out of will be Conley’s as they move him and go entirely into their youth movement.
The only chance at all the Grizzlies trade the 2 is if they view Morant as fools gold.
We don't know how they view Morant. And it's not like they're trading out of the draft, this would be trading down for more assets.
Look at Atlanta last year. They could have drafted Luka. They decided to trade down and get Trae and #10 this year. It was a good move for both teams.
Maybe Memphis identifies someone at the 7 range they like and they can pick up another future pick and salary relief for trading down.
luka is a significantly better player than trae, whose defense is THAT bad. it is highly unlikely that the #10 pick will close that gap in the long run. and given that neither team had a specific positional need or blocker, nor was/is either team a contender, it is not logically possible that both teams benefited. unless you're gonna make some dubious suggestion that luka would have been worse in atlanta or trey better in dallas
your argument that #7 for #2 and parsons is a fair one relies on assumptions regarding each asset, all of which are unlikely:
1) getting rid of parsons is a major consideration for the grizzlies
2) they are not high on morant
3) they see someone they really like at #7
if you proposed that trade on the grizzlies board, framing it as "is it possible given the financial considerations...", you'd still get flamed
i'll take it one further that such a trade won't happen - it will never be reported that memphis is even CONSIDERING such a trade. and again, many teams will make such proposals. they won't go anywhere
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