RapsFanInOhio wrote:They must feel like there’s an opportunity out there to really make a run for it if they’re considering making some consolidation trades this soon. I mean, the current roster as constructed is not a tax team and it is an improvement over what we’ve seen the last couple of seasons. Adding Ingram alone is going to give you a true scoring element that just hasn’t been there since Kawhi left, even if there is a huge amount of risk involved with his health. To be truthful, this roster as constructed probably isn’t good enough and a consolidation trade may be necessary, but we have almost never made a major move without seeing the constructed team on the court together, so I’m baffled as to why it is happening now. To further the point, this team actually showed signs of really competitiveness later in the season without Ingram playing a minute.
..unless it’s for Giannis. I wonder if that’s maybe what’s going on here. Sure, we’d be willing to trade Barrett / IQ and Poeltl for a Giannis package, but I can’t understand at all why you’d move any two of those guys in a KD deal. Poeltl and Barrett are as impactful to the roster as KD would be at his age, like it or not. He wasn’t good enough to carry Phoenix to the playoffs this season, so why would him coming here make much difference if you’re moving off of your starting PG or C.
A deal really may be imminent here though. Fischer and Stein have legitimate connections with us, and there was a ton of smoke about the Ingram deal before it happened. If it’s something like Barrett, Poeltl, and we move down from 9, I might be out on Masai permanently. A team with a gaping hole at center and no way to fix it isn’t winning anything.
That’s why I don’t think there’s much depth to these rumours, I’d be very surprised if a major trade happens.
