Slim Charless wrote:sunskerr wrote:Booker is not a player on the level of SGA or Doncic who are his peers in terms of similar age/position. Like if you trade KD you are basically betting that Booker takes THAT leap next year OR you are betting we get another Chris Paul walking through the doors. But I don't see it happening. He like...MIGHT be a top 10-15 player in the league (he certainly could be - this year has been kind of down for him) but there is still a standard deviation of skill/impact between being top 15 and top 5.
It's not a very high percentage play to build around Booker imo. Of course, we can try to retool, then if it fails trade him mid-season to the Rockets for the remainder of our picks + young players + whomever they take with our pick this year. Im guessing that's still on the table.
Idk, maybe KD really is that much of a burden on the locker room. It's not out of the question. But I'm looking at the rest of the roster and the cap space/assets we have to work with and even if KD is a cancer/negative for morale, we're still working with the most meager scraps. If we're comparing similar teams to a Booker/Beal potential lead duo, wouldn't the Blazers with Lillard+McCollum be considered superior? And they didn't do anything of note.
It's funny but looking back it really is just that simple that our problems came from passing on Doncic/Hali. That would've taken so much pressure off the future of our franchise. But I know we can only work with what we have and y'all gotta be tired of hearing that from me.
And maybe not to rub salt in the wounds but the Lakers keeping Reeves in a Luka trade is...wild. Yep, that's his O-EPM at +3.2. Their path post-LeBron might be Reeves as the #2 playmaker behind Doncic. And if nothing else he's a big time asset to use if need be.
I don't nescessarily think he won't trade Booker at all. I think he wants a star-for money among other reasons but a rebuild most likely is not in his viewpoint. So what if we trade Booker for another star? Someone that can sell tickets and jerseys?
LaMelo and Trae seem like options there and would solve the PG issue. Booker has better value than both of those guys so we might be able to get something else on top of them.
How much longer do you suppose that Ishbia will stay in denial and try to hold onto Booker or else he chooses to ask out/ demand a trade? I'm thinking Ishbia will try and push this catastrophe for another 2-3 years, but Booker may only hang on for about another two years or so.
Of those two players ( both great names by the way) I personally think I'd prefer Ball for his size and versatility and style of play. But I'm not sure what else in value would come back if in a Booker trade though? Not sure of the value gap man?
