all while downgrading at the SG position and getting Achiuwa to sit DEEP on the bench and compete with Isaiah Jackson for 3rd center minutes. I’m sure we COULD keep all 3. We wouldn’t want to, though. OG is the prize. The rest isn’t upgrades, for sure.Spates wrote:Scoot McGroot wrote:Spates wrote:
Go and win! I think Haliburton can make all 3 of OG, Trent, and Precious look splendid. I imagine OG would stay. Precious is an FRA, and GTJ just wants a fair offer. Plus I think you could use the size and defensive upgrade.
Yeah, we’re not dealing Walker, Sheppard, Buddy, AND McConnell (holy cow, and 2 1sts?) for OG. Would rather keep Buddy than swap him for Trent. And no need for Achiuwa with Isaiah Jackson here. You have Indy paying full price for both OG AND Siakam, but only getting OG, somehow.
We have the cap space to salary match OG with McConnell and Nwora. I’d deal 3 1sts with that package, so long as 2 of the 1sts are our 2024 1sts we own. Top 5 protect the 2026 1st. If that type of deal doesn’t intrigue you, if we’re confident in Sheppard stepping up, we might be able to do Buddy, Nembhard, and our worst 2024 1st for OG. If neither works, it’s probably just not in the cards?
I think you're valuing potential over contributions. If you have a star you can't simply wait for talent to develop around them. Trying to replicate OKC may not have the same outcome. OG and Trent will look great alongside a guard like Haliburton. And Precious would have it easy. Haliburton needs play finishers around him. OG and Precious would massively improve your defense.
You'd be trading an SG unlikely to return, a pg without a role, two rookies that don't currently play, and two picks. Not bad for 3 guys that can play around Haliburton now. Good players want to play with stars. I bet you'd could keep all 3.
It’s wild you pitch dealing guys that are contributing now (Buddy and that PG you say doesn’t have a role) in an attempt to compete now, but give us downgrades on the court in return. Maybe just keep them all out of it?
Don't overvalue your assets. Toronto would be elite with Haliburton instead of Schroeder.
Well, maybe? And Indy would be elite if they kept everything they had a magically swapped Bruce Browm for OG Anunoby. We don’t live in a dream world.
Why rush to deal all the assets we have for just OG? Why just we vastly overpay and just send Siakam to Atlanta for more assets to go to Toronto? All to rush for Haliburton before he hits free agency in 6 offseasons? Might a vast overpay as you’re demanding here actually push Indy to constantly playing catch up, like Cleveland was in the first Lebron era where they overpaid and overpaid to rush their window, but ended up pushing their star away?
If you want to pitch pipe dreams of returns, you should probably just stay on the Toronto forum. Don’t come to another forum and try and gaslight the people you want to rob into being excited to be stolen from.