JKiddy wrote:Sharcm1 wrote:Nets should have taken back the picks from Houston for bridges. We aren’t good and those picks will be lottery. The Celtics got Tatum from our picks.
Think this through.
So you want to take junk and picks that likely won't be revolutionary at the chance we get a player like Bridges or better when we have Bridges right now?
Most draft picks unless they are surefire do not pan out as well as you think. It is more of a crapshoot than you realize.
We already have massively valuable picks from DAL, PHX, and PHI. What would be the point here? This season it is obvious we cannot tank hard enough even with our pick to get the 1st pick (more than likely not).
So, please think this one through.
The remaining picks are:
2024 first (currently projected 8th, without Bridges would be top 5 easy)
2024 second (currently 38th, without bridges again, higher)
2025 swap
2026 first
2027 swap
Id probably argue houston should include a 3rd unprotected FRP pick outright (one of their own, whatever year they want). 2 firsts and a bunch of tbd swaps not exactly a kings ransom for a guy on one of the best contracts in the game.
And remember, if you do that deal, all of a sudden flood gates are open so you can amass a crazy amount of picks.
Claxton for 1st, maybe 2. DFS probably for 1. Maybe you take back a bad salary for Dinwiddie and a pick.
All of that said Bridges is a legitimate #2 on a good contract so it is NOT a no brainer to try to cash in right now. BUT they have to have a plan to improve in the next year, or else why bother holding him? that doesn't need to be murray but if he's the best available right now and a down FA class upcoming he might be the best available for a while.