Hello Brooklyn wrote:Well I think we did fine.
I did want to trade DFS but I don't think a good trade was out there. Might find something better in the off season.
Probably need to hold his contract as potential salary filler between the summer and next deadline as well.
Royce had to go as hes an expiring.
Sadly yes, and we had no business holding him hostage here anymore, he deserves to play for a playoff team, plus he brought back an ok return for the fact he’s an UFA this summer.
Dinwiddie obviously had to go and Schroeder will be a decent PG that we desperately need.
Dinwiddie absolutely had to go, Idk that Schroeder is the point guard we desperately need though. He’s decent, but more of a 6xth man, or starter on a contender. He’s also been a malcontent until his most recent stop, color me skeptical he won’t become a problem at worst, a distraction at best, himself.
Bridges had the most value but the Nets have made it clear they want to use him to get another star here.
No star is available right now and going all in for D Murray is just dumb.
That they did and that they will attempt, for better or worse.
And agreed on Murray. As an advantageous opportunity add on the cheap he made some sense, not at an elevated asset cost though, and his long term salary is potentially cumbersome.
If I'm the Nets I use the rest of the season to develop Cam Thomas and try to FINALLY get Simmons healthy.
Again color me doubly skeptical.
If I’m the Nets, I use the rest of the season to pump up Cam’s
value and move him on draft night for a top 10 lotto pick if possible. I’d take anything into the mid teens, or a lightly protected, likely top 20 ‘25 pick and an expiring playable veteran as well.
Simmons I’ll be happy if he just plays 60% of the remaining games and doesn’t get hurt again and it carries over to next season until he’s dealt as expiring salary filler.
I think one of the big stars demands a trade in the off season. Could be Luka, could be Giannis, could be Anthony Davis, Embiid, Booker etc.
Or Mitchell is not a bad pickup either. We just need to stay the course for now.
I wouldn’t call Mitchell a, “not bad pickup”, in fact I take him over every player on your list besides Luka by next year, and maybe/probably Giannis,
He’s better than Booker without blinking.
Embiid is a walking season ending injury and has consistently failed in the playoffs in weak spots.
Anthony Davis is getting up there and hasn’t played more than 62 games in a season in 6 seasons, same reason I’d pause to take Giannis over him. What do these guys look like just year two into a trade?
Mitchell gets way underrated and undersold. I always pause to call him a generational talent because he probably isn’t, but he is close. He’s a lock top 15 player in an era of the NBA that’s as overall talented and top heavy with true superstars and a dozen fringe ones since the late 80’s into the early 90’s.
He’s a flame thrower and has mainly elevated his game in the playoffs, even though the recent failure is what everyone is pointing to.
A lot of people were clamoring for Lillard here even at his advanced age and high asset cost, but Mitchell is a Wade/Lillard hybrid, just not as good as the former.
We knew we were in a rough patch after 7/11 ended. I think most of us just thought we had to talent to be a play in team.
Personally this is where I expected us to be most of the offseason. I started drinking the kool aid a little at training camp, but mainly just to be an optimistic fan and have some fun with it.
We are still about a good point guard or lead guard away from being a real playoff team, but still, said it all summer we were closer to a 7-9 lotto team then a play-in team.
So I’m not confused, just frustrated, especially because I never thought Houston would actually put the offer of all picks returned on the table, plus likely other assets or prospects, just for our FO to snap reject it without even giving it any rational and logical merit.