sixers hoops wrote:Several posters keep mentioning that Morey has a duty to make a serious addition as this team has earned the trust of management that they are worth going all in for. I don’t want Morey to make a deal just to make a deal. We have seen our GMs use a lot of assets to get Tobias, Fultz, and Harden, the first pick on Simmons, and acquired a star in Butler. You can only get so many shots to put a title contender around a star. I feel like we have one more big trade to build around Embiid, if we choose to use our assets in that manner and really can’t screw it up.
My question is - would you trade Tobias, Springer, and three firsts (our first, our 29 first, and Clippers pick) for Mikal Bridges and another player like Finney Smith?
My initial thoughts are that Brooklyn would be have to be extremely interested. Their season is over, and Mikal probably isn’t staying there long term, so that is some nice draft capital for losing Mikal a year earlier. I may be biased, but seems like an overpay on our part.
From the Sixers perspective, acquiring Mikal and another good player probably puts our title odds right there with Denver and Boston. Considering Joel, Maxey, and Nurse have probably given the team enough confidence that this is a group worth going all-in on, I think an overpay for a player likely to significantly improve our chance at a title might be possible.
Ultimately, I really value draft picks and value deals, and overpay trades never work. The team that gives up 3+ firsts usually regrets it. Often you can get similar production for a fraction of the price if you wait for the right deal to come along. However, this seems like the time to push the chips in with Embiid. They tried with Butler and Harden, but this coach gives me more hope that he can put it all together.
I honestly don’t know what I would do if faced with an offer like this. Mikal isn’t a superstar but might be the borderline star fit to push this team over the top. I obviously would like to get him cheaper, but if this were the Nets firm price, I would struggle to make a decision here.
I’m curious what the majority thinks.
No we can get more then that with three first round picks. Thats what Siakam cost and he is better then Bridges. I feel like for that you could get Murray and Bogdanovich from Altanta and to me those 2 > Then Bridges and DFS. Finney Smith has fell off a cliff his impact stats are close to replacement level this year. Dont believe these ridiculous demands teams are making for some of these other guys in rumors lately either. You can probably get Jerami Grant for a first, Malcolm Brogdon for a first, DeMarr Derozan for a first, both Bogdanovich's for a first each, Alex Caruso for a first and probably plenty Im missing Sure maybe in some cases you might have to throw in a Jaden Springer or a Second and obviously the matching salary in expiring players but there are a lot of guys that could help the Sixers that they could get. You could keep Tobias as well in these other trades and have his bird rights. Use some combination of Morris, Covington, Korkmaz.
