pepe1991 wrote:Knightro wrote:pepe1991 wrote:
Weren't 24# and 25# picks both traded ?
24 was traded along with Richaun Holmes' contract into Dallas' TPE so Sacramento could free up cap space.
25 was traded for 31 and two future 2nds. Then traded again along with a 2024 1st as part of the package to land Porzingis in Boston.
Not sure what's the point you try to make. Guy makes millions to run a team, it's on him to come up with trade, not us on forum. I'm very confident that team like Nets were ready to jump a gun to get lottery pick, especially given context of where they were at that point of rebuild.
Just for argument sake , in that moment, Mikal Bridges costed only like $18M a year and Nets had 21 & 22 pick.
In theory, Magic could have sent 6#, 11# and i don't know, 2025 pick ( own, Nuggets ) for Mikal.
Jazz had 16 and 28 pick. Once again, low hanging fruit of a trade to get.
For all intention and purposes, they could also try to draft up. Scoot and Amen were right there.
All that still doesn't change fact that he drafted guy that has no business going anywhere near lottery.
Throwing out hindsight trades isn’t real critique. Deals like “just go get Mikal” or “trade up” ignore how actual negotiations work. Other teams have to agree and timing matters. You can question the pick, but acting like better options were just sitting there is lazy analysis.
