thamadkant wrote:So they traded Gobert and got a cheap replacement who is as almost as good as a rim protector but now Jazz are open to trade him.
Why?
Seems like a good kid.
Ainge looking for a small ball type Center or something. Someone a young Horford perhaps.
Exactly!
Great points man. I get that we added Ighodaro who's 6'10 and has a 39 inch vertical!! But he's really not close to a rim protector/ shotblocker for being 6'10 with elite athleticism. I mean he only had a 4% block rate and a 9% rebound rate as a 6'10 frontcourt option.
So we added this kid Oghodaro who clearly isn't a shotblocker or rim protector despite being 6'10 and having elite vertical traits. So with no real rim running SHOTBLOCKING center option on our roster now, an elite Mobile shotblocking center like Kessler would be ideal even at the cost of a lightly protected 2031 1st to be that rim running, elite level shotblocking center with a developing 3 point floor spacing game.
It's funny to me that other people can't really see it yet, but Kessler is basically a younger, somewhat raw version of Brook Lopez who so many covet for what he could do under Budenholzer!
My overall point here I guess is that we SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE AGGRESSIVELY working out a trade framework to acquire Kessler for our backup center option and Ighodaro should be our 3rd rotation 4/5 interchangeable option BUT NOT our expected backup center option first off the bench!!
At least not until he fully buys into utilizing his elite athletic profile to be a reliable shotblocker for us. Please give me Kessler (1st choice) or Nik Richards (2nd option) or Robert Williams (3rd option) in a three team trade for our primary backup center.
