MrDollarBills wrote:Ror1997 wrote:Curns13 wrote:What about Carroll and OG for Skill and the Pacers 2nd (likely 30-35 next draft)? If they don't want Skill they can have Harris or Goodwin. If they wanna take on better players then they can have Booker plus any of the minimum guys.
The fact that OG dropped to us in the draft and we still passed on him will never not heart my brain. I'd love for them to get him in a trade, but they never should've passed on him to begin with.
Allen fills a serious need. OG did not.
Mark's wants to create a defense where all the defenders can switch with ease, right? Think about a core of LeVert/OG/RHJ. You would always have an above average perimeter defender on the court. Russell would've been easily protected on defense. RHJ and OG both have elite defensive potential.
I don't know. I just think we had a tremendous opportunity to have a core with young, hyperathletic defensive studs. Plus I don't think would've been hard to acquire another pick and draft a Center. It was a deep draft when in came to big men. However, it's not every day you get to draft a 19 year old defensive stud who has an NBA ready body to go along with a 8 foot wingspan.
That's why I'm okay with maxing KCP, and want to bring back KJ. KCP himself might not be worth a max contract, but adding him to the core still fits into that vision. With contending NBA teams having like 3 offensive superstars on their team, you need a deep arsenal of athletic 6-6 - 6-8 defenders to stop them. That's going to be the key to defeating these super teams. Not saying it's going to win us a chip, I'm just saying I believe this is how the league is going to counter these super teams.
