paulpressey25 wrote:If the price is Knight (no pun intended) and the Lakers intend on offering him a full max 4/$66 this summer should they not trade for him, then I'd trade him for Randle this week and figure out the rest later.
The Bucks aren't going to trade Knight or any of the players contributing significantly to this playoff run, much less for an injured PF who plays the same position as either Jabarri/Giannis will play going forward. It's just not going to happen.
If a trade happens, i see the odds being very high that it would be minor in say the vein of Ersan going out with also a non-significant piece coming back our way.
This may annoy a certain segment of fans on the RealGM forum, but my guess is that Hammond and especially Kidd would view it as a betrayal to all of the players on the roster who have bought in so unselfishly to what Kidd has asked of them to go out and trade one of those main contributors for say a draft pick and/or a young player who couldn't help now.
If anything, i wouldn't be surprised if instead the team traded say a 2nd round pick for some bench guy on an expiring contract who they thought could potentially help this year.
An expiring works much better. I think a guy like Noel works because of the switching D. Having an athlete who can swap with Giannis and get out on possessions and cover ground on the perimeter when needed would work great IMO.
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