Dat2U wrote:Dark Faze wrote:You can't keep Wall on this team by improving through future draft picks unless its an instant stud like Lillard/Kyrie. He's not gonna wait around--dude is going to be recruited by some great situations.
Nonsense. Wall & Porter are a very nice twosome. You tear down & rebuild in hopes of finding players like these two. In all honesty we need one more stud to battle for 2nd in the East. This draft is loaded. A quick retool on the fly means we can be better positioned as soon as next season to be a really good, young & upcoming team.
I think the most important thing is realizing the Beal mistake and selling him off before the mistake is in-correctable. I think at 23, with his supposed upside... a few teams will take a bite.
Secondly, we likely should deal one of our centers... this will ensure or help us in the acquisition of lottery balls organically without too much effort (because we'll be forced to play Smith, Nicholson or Ochefu there). Gortat makes the most sense due to his age. Getting a late first or modest prospect would be ideal.
Thirdly, let Oubre Jr & McClellan get all the burn they can handle. Let them learn at trial by fire (this will help the tank as well). This could hopefully establish one or both as cheap legit rotation options going forward.
I kinda agree with Dark Faze here. I don't think a rebuild-on-the-fly plan is going to make Wall very happy and will significantly increase the chances that he bolts in 2019.
That said, we don't really have much choice. Trade Gortat for a pick. Trade Beal for a ham sandwich. Tank this year. Hope to get lucky and draft a player who really looks like he'll develop quickly into a quality player. A few months into the 2017/18 season, we can assess the likelihood that our draft pick will develop by 2019 to be a high quality complement to Wall. If it looks like he is developing too slow, or if Wall hints that he's leaving in 2019, then trade Wall.
