GutUNC wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:NYG wrote:
Where does Embiid make sense? What is even his value right now?
Knicks for Robinson/Knicks picks
Embiid, the reigning MVP, was the frontrunner for MVP before injuring his knee this season. His injury history is obviously a valid concern but why would a team who was clearly top-5 in the league when healthy declare an era "over" and push the rebuild button around an offer that does nothing but make them a treadmill team with a large quantity of low quality picks? He's still clearly in his prime.
I'm not even speaking about this offer in particular, just moving him right now for something that isn't the type of Godfather offer OKC could put together if they so chose (but likely wouldn't)? What's the upside other then generating RealGM conversation?
Yeah. Plan A is land a LeBron/PG13/Siakam type whale in FA, plan B is add 3-4 high-level role players around Maxey/Embiid, etc.
Trade Embiid is like Plan Z.