Stratmaster wrote:They would have to believe he is their starting...what? PG? Unlikely. SG? I don't really know their (SA) guards well. From a production standpoint, strictly by the numbers, Vassell gave them pretty much the same numbers as White, is the same age, and is listed as their starting SG. He is touted as an elite scorer and a great pairing with Wemby. At one point this season (january) he was shooting 45% from 3, but fell off to around 38% (sound familiar?). He will be on year 2 of a declining 5 year/135 million contract that they just gave him before last season.
Is White that much better than Vassell that you would give up 2 first round picks for the upgrade? Is White even better than Vassell? (Honest question. I really don't know).
They also have 4 other guards listed on their roster who are 25 or less; but, don't see any playing time for a couple of them.
Coby has played 5 seasons, wasn't even starting in his 4th... despite all the hype from his early hot streak this season he seems to be 6th man material.
If someone will give you 2 firsts for him, IMO you jump on it. I don't think they will get that offer though.
I don't think you can use "2 1sts" as just a generic, I listed two highly protected 1sts. There's a pretty big difference there given the pedestrian upside of both picks that will both project into considerably worse players than Coby unless you get lucky.
Coby is probably the best guard on their team if they trade for him. There's no reason they can't play him and Vassell next to each other with Coby at PG and Vassell at SG. Who cares if they have a bunch of other considerably worse, young guards on the roster? What does that get them? Coby is young and is good today.
Who cares what Coby did his first couple seasons when the team didn't believe in him or want him? Once they were forced against their will to give him a serious run, he put up very good numbers. There's no one else that put up 19/5 that would be available for this package in his general age range that would align with Wemby.
No idea if they'd do it for sure, but it's definitely in the ball park for all the reasons I mentioned. With how great Wemby was out the gates, the pressure will be on SA to build faster than maybe they anticipated.