lilfishi22 wrote:Crazy to me that we're no longer talking Beal for Jimmy but rather talking about moving KD and getting back Green and Jimmy lol
Unless we're getting an absolute treasure trove of picks, I don't see the point at all
If we are moving KD and getting Buter, we won't get many picks. We will probably get like 1. If we move KD for younger prospects, I think we could get a couple picks.
KD's value is at least cut in half from when we traded for him. Getting someone at 34 vs 36 (to be 37 next year) is a pretty big difference in value. He has probably 2 years left, maybe only 1 at playing near where he is now. Of course Butler is old too but they wanted picks, prospects, role players for him, so the value difference is probably 1 pick. I would at least 2 on talent, but there just shouldn't be too many picks traded for 36 and 37 year old players (or soon to be in Sept...soon in basketball game left this season).
We really haven't seen guys at that age get traded for much. Even when Harden was last traded over a year ago from Philly and had just turned 34 and got one pick. He may not have been seen as good as Butler, but he can more run an offense/game, in a way (but to a lesser extent) as Luka/LeBron.
The only other stars around that age still playing are like Curry who won't get traded. But I don't see KD fetching more than 2 firsts unless they are obvious late ones, and maybe from a team that had a lot of them. The Warriors wouldn't trade picks far out into the future. And if the Heat were expecting a young player and picks, who would get them from GS, us or the Heat? Or one each?
I think the best we may hope for in picks if we are getting Jimmy for KD is like a first and a second...but maybe just one first. Two firsts would be phenomenal but I'd be more shocked if we got 2 at this point than if we got none.
I'd rather get a young player or two from the Rockets and one pick. Even if it was just like Jabari Smith or Eason and Whitmore and one of our firsts, maybe just this year's since the Rockets know we are ok, they might be more likely. If we could get like our 29 first, I'd take just one player like Smith or Eason and filler, even if it's FVV or Brooks (but would prefer Green, which apparently couldn't happen until the summer). But FVV or Brooks don't really make sense on our roster as is.
Obviously if we were rebuilding, Book for our picks, and if not Thompson, then Eason, Smith, Green and all our firsts and their future first that has swap rights with Dallas would be great.
I think there is very little chance we trade Book though, for at least a year. Unless he wants it.
I won't be surprised if a year from now we have Butler and Beal and are retooling and the other stars are gone...which would be crazy. We would probably then want to trade Butler but he'd probably throw a hissy fit or something.
