cosmofizzo wrote:Edit: tl;dr What everyone else says.
I know everyone here loves Gogi, including myself. But I think that if we have to choose between him and Bledsoe, it's Bledsoe. The reason is defense. An elite defensive PG, I think, is more valuable to a championship contender. Dragic is the better shooter and better scorer going to the rim. I think Goodwin can duplicate the latter aspect of Gogi's game, though not the former. We'd really miss Gogi, but come playoffs, I think we'd Bledsoe more.
Key thing for me is, if we're giving up Dragic, I want a marquee PF coming our way. There is but one realistic target, and that's Kevin Love. How close, in terms of value, is Dragic + Morrises for Love? All four become free agents after one year, though the Morrises are restricted. If we're talking Dragic, we ought to be coordinating with Minnesota to see if we can net something they want in a trade.
As others have mentioned, the Pacers have nothing that should reasonably interest us other than Paul George. Stephenson we could sign outright (but I'd rather not have a domestic-abusing statwhore on the squad, okay? call it a personal thing). You know the Pacers are offering George Hill and...??? I bet they'd offer Hibbert: pass! I just don't know.
I imagine the interest is not mutual.
I dunno, looking at the championship teams the last decade or even further, how essential WAS the defense at the PG position? It's possible that it's more important than five years ago due to the depth of the position, but in the end it's going to be having a dominant frontcourt player or something that is more important. Tony Parker is pretty much as awful on defense as he's always been, and he has a new ring.
Kempton started the show with that.
