daoneandonly wrote:jayjaysee wrote:I don’t disagree with trading Naji for a guard upgrade. You have to have faith in Flagg and Caleb is a fine enough 4th forward..
But I don’t really agree with the need for it to be 1 for 1. The guards that Naji is A) worth and B) makes more than.. are not going to be much better than the Klay/Christie/Exum group, if at all..
If Dallas is moving Naji, it should be willing to stack contracts and maybe even add assets to improve the team. If not, just trade Naji for a couple seconds and hope to improve the team next season via trade. I don’t see the jump from Christie/DLO to Ayo/Josh Green being worth losing Naji’s minutes behind Flagg?
I think Christie and D-Low IQ (as much as I dislike him) are both better than Green. S I wouldn't consider getting Green a leap, more like something in between a trip and a bungee jump.
ANd my hope is that Kidd has enough clout with AD to convince him that the center is his best position and whats best for the team, with D-Live backing him up. Then trade Gaff for a guy like Toppin who will cover those backup 4 minutes and even small ball 5 when the 2 are inevitably out for injury.
I think if Green is better than Klay, Christie, DLO, 20 healthy games of Exum.. it’s not better enough to give Naji’s minutes to Martin?
Once you look at the overpaid guys in the 18-30 mil dollar range, there’s upgrades worth it.
As for AD playing more center minutes? I have posted way too many Gaff trades so I like that idea as well. But I think I’d want a better third string center than small ball Toppin or Powell on the roster. AD is going to miss games, Lively is likely going to miss games. And unfortunately Dallas doesn’t want to tank.
Toppin is a good rotation piece, but I wouldn’t want to heavily rely on him as a center for stretches of games..
