Post#268 » by Osirus89 » Thu Feb 2, 2017 5:51 pm
I agree I don't think Steven is untradable, but I would ask for a Paul George or Jimmy Butler level player back for him. Since teams would balk at that offer, I don't think he would be traded. If you traded Steven for say Khris Middleton or even Jabari, would you get past the Warriors ? I think in order to trade Steven you have to ask yourself why you want to do it. If your objective is to beat Golden State, the defense would suffer to the point where that wouldn't happen regardless. If you want a good playoff team, you can accomplish that without sacrificing Adams to do it. I would pick Victor 10/10 times as the trade piece because you can replace what he does with a lot of different players.
It's hard to replace Steven with a comparable player that another team would actually be willing to part with. I mean ... how many centers are clearly better than Steven ? (Embiid, Davis, Towns, Cousins, Porzingis, Marc Gasol, Gobert) You can probably add Jokic to that, but it gets hazy after that. Whiteside is just a shot blocker who doesn't actually anchor the defense. Deandre Jordan is a dunking defensive machine that has no offensive game. He is also 28. Draymond isn't actually a center. That's about 8 guys that I would say are better than Steven, and Cousins is a headcase that I wouldn't trade for Steven anyway. Those are all franchise guys for their teams. Adams should be the third option on this team. Having a top 10 center as a third option is pretty good. Steven can play both ends of the floor. Point being that Steven provides a lot by being a physical presence that can guard those great opposing big men while holding his own. If he was gone, those guys would have no resistance on the interior.
