clyde21 wrote:after season trade Magic trade:
Poole/Kuminga for
Wagner/Harris/Isaac
Harris and Isaac to match Poole's salary
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thought process: Magic have a huge backlog in the front court and with Paolo manning the 4-hole Wagner will essentially play out of position the rest of way, they so they might be interested in a couple of wings instead.
Minga was in the same class as Wagner and was largely seen as a similar level prospect, and they also get Poole who will give them a lot of scoring from the guard position, and can get rid of the Gary Harris contract in the process.
Hi, Magic fan here. Just wanna add some Magic player & contract info + my opinion of that proposal (i hope i'm not too biased like many fans in other team's trade sections)
Franz is a natural SF not a PF. Since Bol starts he is even the starting SG. His whole skillset is that of a Wing.
We dont need to get rid of the Harris contract, because next year is only a team option. Isaac only got 7 mio. guaranteed next year.
But in general Franz is our building block, next to Paolo. He probably wont be a 1st option but he is the perfect 2nd or 3rd best player on a good team.
You can make a strong argument that he's the best player of last years class this season. After a slow start, playing out of position (had to bring the ball up / back up PG role because all our PG's were injured) he is now really good again. Last 10 games:
22,2ppg & 5 apg while shooting .532 .429 .891 & TS%.630
Poole was a big option for us before he signed the extension, because we have a lot to spend next season & he fills a need.
Kuminga isnt a option for us because we gonna try to start winning next season. We hopefully got 2 Top 10-12 picks next season already & adding a additional raw player like Kuminga, would certainly not be helpful.