Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
Moderators: dVs33, Cowology, theBigLip, Snakebites
Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- Freshman
- Posts: 62
- And1: 6
- Joined: Apr 28, 2015
-
Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
Gordon Hayward, Trey Burke and Grant Jerret.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- The Penguin
- "Beat The Commish" Champion/Mr. Clean Slate
- Posts: 7,267
- And1: 4,109
- Joined: Nov 17, 2006
- Location: Columbus
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- Forum Mod - Pistons
- Posts: 16,858
- And1: 3,451
- Joined: May 22, 2001
- Location: Santa Cruz, CA
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
Hezonja or WInslow might become as good as Gordon, and they will have rookie scale contracts for the next several years, saving us enough money to get another free agent or two. Especially the future first - that one hurts.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- dVs33
- Forum Mod - Pistons
- Posts: 10,186
- And1: 1,874
- Joined: Apr 20, 2010
- Location: Melbourne, Oz
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
I'm not a fan of trading future picks and especially not for that package.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- Starter
- Posts: 2,317
- And1: 978
- Joined: Jun 19, 2015
- Location: Roma
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
stay put and draft one between Hezonja, Winslow, WCS if healthy and Stanley Johnson.
no need to break eggs this time.
no need to break eggs this time.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- Assistant Coach
- Posts: 3,918
- And1: 936
- Joined: Jul 19, 2009
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
8 for Gordon Hayward
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- Ghost
- Bench Warmer
- Posts: 1,452
- And1: 509
- Joined: Apr 05, 2014
- Location: Hell
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
El Chivo wrote:stay put and draft one between Hezonja, Winslow, WCS if healthy and Stanley Johnson.
no need to break eggs this time.
That's pretty much where I am.

Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- BIG BEN'S FRO
- Retired Mod
- Posts: 8,162
- And1: 118
- Joined: Jan 23, 2002
- Location: Fort Wayne
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
I don't think we are going to win a championship with Drummond as our only (hopefully) superstar. If we don't draft one, we probably won't get one. IMO we should be the ones stockpiling high picks, not giving them away. GH isn't going to get us there, along with what will probably be only an average pick.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- The Penguin
- "Beat The Commish" Champion/Mr. Clean Slate
- Posts: 7,267
- And1: 4,109
- Joined: Nov 17, 2006
- Location: Columbus
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
BIG BEN'S FRO wrote:I don't think we are going to win a championship with Drummond as our only (hopefully) superstar. If we don't draft one, we probably won't get one. IMO we should be the ones stockpiling high picks, not giving them away. GH isn't going to get us there, along with what will probably be only an average pick.
I completely agree with this line of thinking, problem is some guys are afraid Dre will want to walk if we don't start winning and are desperate to get swept by Cleveland due to our playoff drought.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- BIG BEN'S FRO
- Retired Mod
- Posts: 8,162
- And1: 118
- Joined: Jan 23, 2002
- Location: Fort Wayne
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
He may want to leave regardless of what we do. Maybe WCS is a better pick than we think if he does want to go since he is an insurance policy (assuming he is healthy). This waiting sucks, that all I know.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- General Manager
- Posts: 9,963
- And1: 2,829
- Joined: Jun 01, 2013
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
BIG BEN'S FRO wrote:He may want to leave regardless of what we do. Maybe WCS is a better pick than we think if he does want to go since he is an insurance policy (assuming he is healthy). This waiting sucks, that all I know.
That's basically what happened with Monroe, Dre was likely drafted to be our insurance too. If we truly go that route, I'd rather see us completely bottom out to nab a top 3 pick so we stop this nonsense of drafting in the same spot over and over again.
Definition of insanity, etc etc.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
-
- Lead Assistant
- Posts: 5,311
- And1: 1,383
- Joined: Nov 11, 2008
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
I would say the chances of Van Gundy offering Drummond a true max offer to stick around are pretty high. From what we've heard Monroe wasn't going to get anything close to that kind of money from the Pistons. That's a pretty big difference if true.
Re:
- Laimbeer
- RealGM
- Posts: 42,967
- And1: 15,115
- Joined: Aug 12, 2009
- Location: Cabin Creek
-
Re:
Pharaoh wrote:Deal is essentially Hayward for #8 & a future 1st...
Hell Yeah!
Ain't no way Utah does this
Yeah people are sleeping on Hayward here. We hope our pick will be as good as him someday. No way Utah does it.
Comments to rationalize bad contracts -
1) It's less than the MLE
2) He can be traded later
3) It's only __% of the cap
4) The cap is going up
5) It's only __ years
6) He's a good mentor/locker room guy
1) It's less than the MLE
2) He can be traded later
3) It's only __% of the cap
4) The cap is going up
5) It's only __ years
6) He's a good mentor/locker room guy
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- BIG BEN'S FRO
- Retired Mod
- Posts: 8,162
- And1: 118
- Joined: Jan 23, 2002
- Location: Fort Wayne
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
It's not that I don't like GH. I do, but we aren't going to win anything without a superstar or 3. Even the warriors who built their team so creatively still had a true MVP player. What's the point of having an average team all the time? We have been doing this for years and it seems it annually earns us a late lotto pick. It's just harder to hit on a superstar from there. It's just a philisophical difference we have Pharaoh. I just don't think we can win a championship without hitting rock bottom or making trades to get top lotto picks. I would love to have another 2004 but that's so hard to repeat. It's what made that team so special, but so difficult to reconstruct.
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- Blkbrd671
- RealGM
- Posts: 30,862
- And1: 4,819
- Joined: Oct 05, 2010
- Location: Guam,USA
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
Negative ghostrider. If we were in a Win now mode, i'd strongly consider it, but as SVG said, we aren't in a rush nor sacrificing our future to win now. Though we will try to win as much as possible.
- Pharaoh
- RealGM
- Posts: 16,443
- And1: 4,742
- Joined: Aug 10, 2001
IMO getting Hayward wouldn't sacrifice the future. He's young enough.
The question is if Drummond, Hayward & RJ would be good enough in 2 years time to be contenders from the East.
If you think yes then you'd do the deal.
If you think no you say no
Personally I don't think Utah would even entertain the thought
The question is if Drummond, Hayward & RJ would be good enough in 2 years time to be contenders from the East.
If you think yes then you'd do the deal.
If you think no you say no
Personally I don't think Utah would even entertain the thought
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
- Snakebites
- Forum Mod - Pistons
- Posts: 50,957
- And1: 18,073
- Joined: Jul 14, 2002
- Location: Looking not-so-happily deranged
-
Re: Buy or Sell: 8th & 38th and future 1st & 2nd rd pick for
25 year old small forward who scores nearly 20 ppg, can shoot and make plays?
Don't teams jealously hoarde draft picks because they have a small percentage chance of yielding a player of that quality down the road?
The cost gives me some pause, I won't lie about that. But I'm surprised some people are so dismissive of a move like this.
And honestly, I don't even want to talk about Drummond's plans right now. If we believe he's leaving like Monroe did (which is possible) then we might as well quit and go home. This team is on an endless treadmill of suckitude. Don't go down that road of thought until we have to.
Don't teams jealously hoarde draft picks because they have a small percentage chance of yielding a player of that quality down the road?
The cost gives me some pause, I won't lie about that. But I'm surprised some people are so dismissive of a move like this.
And honestly, I don't even want to talk about Drummond's plans right now. If we believe he's leaving like Monroe did (which is possible) then we might as well quit and go home. This team is on an endless treadmill of suckitude. Don't go down that road of thought until we have to.