anotherhomer wrote:Clutch0z24 wrote:canada_dry wrote:We're also not mid to late 20s like you keep insinuating. If thats the case we arent "team mid" like you keep saying and if we were in that range maybe we dont need to be making a trade...
We're gonna be in that 17-20 range. And theres still guys to he had in that range. I still consider that closer to the middle.
We could be anywhere from 20-23....If we are 17 that means we had a horrible end to the season and its time to question the team....And like i said and showed in a post a few posts up.....In this area of the draft you are more likely to draft Jokobe Walters of the world than you are to draft Devin Booker like you suggest lol....You have to use historical data and probabilities when talking about the draft not gut feeling or baseless no data points to make a point...
We are a regular season winning team but in the playoffs we maybe able to compete but we are not winning....Thats why we need more talent....To become a playoff winner....
If you are playing the middle like we are trades are how you are expected to move yourself in a different tier since getting a player in this range of the draft that has star power historically is very rare....
If you are playing the middle with a first round exit team and you are not trying to gamble on buy low potental stars on the market wth are you doing? stayin in the middle for what exactly? IQ/Yak/RJ are not players that Bobby/Rogers want to go under the tax for and pay this team as if they are contenders when they are not....Holding onto RJ if you can't find a trade suitor for IQ/Yak means RJ leaves for nothing come free agency because we are not going into the Tax with a first round exit team and im sure Rogers already told Bobby this which is why Bobby is blowing up the phones looking to move them now for an upgrade.
fine if there's an opportunity to upgrade go for it, i just don't feel JA and AD are it.....
sure, if you can get JA for 1 FRP fine, but no more than that
same with AD
i'm not crazy about ditching out 2 FRPs for either JA or AD
I think JA/AD are the two on the market right now that if they play to their best ability raise the ceiling the most....Sabonis is another guy but Kings do not like what we are selling....
Trust me if it were up to me id rather have Giannis over all of these players as well but thats not the reality of the trade market or the assets we have considering many teams could outbid us for these kind of players if they hit the market.....
Also you have to look at the cost it most likely won't take 2 FRPs....Im not sure about Davis but im sure picks will also have protections or swaps as well...
I know whats going on behind closed doors not that i have some sources or anything but its pretty obvious if you put 2 and 2 together with all the legit reports out there about Bobby trying really hard to move off these players....
Its not that they are bad players or anything it all comes down to contracts, Money, willingness to go into the tax for an expensive team that is not making Rogers back that money with no deep playoff run....Its obvious Rogers is telling Bobby "RJ is a free agent soon, IQ is on a bad contract for his talent, Yak is on a big deal and has a bad back" I am not going into the tax to pay this team so you need to try and trade them now.
We could try and wait around for different players to become available but what players will that be? Regardless they will all be flawed stars at the end of the day because the players we are trying to trade don't have the best value league wide either....So you kind of have to get what you can.
