James Gatz wrote:Soul Rebel wrote:On the Westbrook trade talk, if a scenario like this played out, would you still not want him?
The draft goes Ball/Edwards or Edwards/Ball at 1 and 2, and we select Wiseman at 3.
Then, we trade Rozier & Batum to Houston for Westbrook, 16 and a future first round pick.
We would still have the 16th and 30th pick to add more assets.
Graham
Westbrook
Bridges
PJ
Wiseman
RW puts us back in the 7-10 seed range. 2021 is noted to be one of the best drafts especially at the top in recent memory. We could get a franchise changer at pick 5. I don't want to pass that up to see RW lose his speed and bounce for the cost of 50 mil.
I too feel that concern and that would be the gamble I suppose.
I also would say that as our roster is constructed and with adding a top-3 selection this year, plus some good depth at 32, as well as an extra year's worth of growth from our current roster, I don't see us selecting in the top-5 next year. We were 8th this year and if the year continued for the full-82, could have knocked on the door of the 8th seed.
We lucked into the 3rd pick, and I am grateful for that. I see us picking possibly late lottery or maybe even mid-teens next year without Westbrook. We would miss out on the studs that everyone is drooling over in the top-8.
I truly am on the fence with Westbrook and feel that we've come this far in our rebuild, why not just wait it out one more year...especially with how empty arenas will be next year due to Covid. It's not like having a superstar like RW is going to pack more fans in Charlotte.
However, if the deal to get us RW is only losing Rozier and Batum/Zeller, while also adding the 16th pick plus perhaps another sweetener, it's hard to also say no. IMO, we would be more in the 5 or 6 range in the East too. As long as we are bringing back more assets and not losing any of our young core or draft picks, I would def listen.
