Kanyewest wrote:stevemcqueen1 wrote:Dark Faze wrote:have had two lakers fans tell me they'd take a first and filler for young and williams
i'd definitely consider it..
Heyull no. Not trading our first to get a 30 year old Lou Williams and Nick Young's clown ass back.
This is the kind of terrible short sighted trade that fans would still hold against the FO a decade from now.
The funny thing is that Lou Williams and Nick Young may be a better value than what Miller/Foye turned out to be for the Wizards given that both have TS% of 60%.
I mentioned both these guys for a reason. Nicholson and Burke for Young and Williams gives us +10 wins on trade checker. That's a number usually reserved for imbalanced "i'll take your all-star for my scrubs" deals. You give us both those guys on top of *hopefully* getting Mahinmi back, and we're talking seriously giving the Cavs some grief. If both these guys had three years left I'd go for it right away.
Unfortunately I just realized Nick Young has a player option which he'll probably exercise, so that puts a downer on a potential deal. Lou we'd still have control over the rest of this year and next year. Not sure how much either will get on the open market.
The problem is when you're maxing three guys the expectation is they should be able to carry a bad bench. Our guys are pulling that off right now, but its not something we should be relying on as being the new normal. When Gortat goes and we're still over the cap, you hope you have a young great center to replace him, except by then Kelly will be up for a new contract. You basically have to draft perfectly for things to work out because you won't be able to add help through free agency.
I think the best bet is to improve your team for now AND the near future by acquiring quality players with our pick that we're also willing and reasonably sure we can extend and keep on the team, even if it means paying lux tax.
We also DO have seconds the next two years with which we can add young talent as well.
