Gavin_TDThree wrote:Sandman88 wrote:So glad some of you are not the GM. This is the type of move you make 10/10 times.
Ingram is a great buy low candidate who, when healthy, has proven to be an unguardable 3 level scorer and a decent defender with tremendous length. He has not yet peaked imo and will be motivated with the raps.
There's a few elements to the trade that need to be considered.
In a vacuum sure, BI is a good player to add. Especially since we cannot score in the half court. But looking at the context of this team overall the move doesn't make a lot of sense.
BI is always hurt, there's no two ways around this. He is always hurt. He also operates heavily in the mid range (99th percentile i believe is what I read). SB operates in this area. RJ needs to get downhill to be effective. JP needs to be in the paint to be effective. Plus, BI's defence is nothing to write home about.
For midrange heavy players, spacing is really key, we don't have that with this team. The fit on this current roster is weird and clearly some follow up trades/signings will be needed.
The second piece is that if we look at where this team is in the current standings, we are the 5th worst team. Meaning we have a real shot at a top end player who fits the team's timeline.
The third piece, our FO preached patience and staying the course. Trading for BI is the opposite of this statement. If we were overachieving this year and they wanted to add then sure, why not. But we aren't overachieving, if anything we are right where we are supposed to be.
We did not give up much to get BI which is great! We turned an expiring, a backup big, and a 15-20th pick into a 27 year old scorer. That's not bad at all and based on a pure trade standpoint I think we won it.
I just don't think the trade makes sense in the context of the team
