DRK wrote:SlovenianDragon wrote:
Both Bledsoe and Irving are free agents soon... There is no point to a trade for Irving imo.
In theory you are just giving up assets to get a guy in the same situation.
Pointless.
Would you rather pay Irving or Bledsoe to be our point guard of the future?
Youre assuming that Irving would want to leave in free agency if he comes here... which we dont want to happen and which I dont believe will happen.
However, Im predicting that Bledsoe DOES leave in FA, because we chose to let him go.
SlovenianDragon wrote:Neither. We are a young team battling in the west...
Trading a 28 Year old Bledsoe and a 23 year old Warren for a 25 year old Irving is not going to affect our youth
SlovenianDragon wrote:We will find a PG in the future either through FA or a trade.
Whether we trade for a superstar PG now, or later, we will still be giving up assets. As for free agency, your main concern is not resigning Kyrie. With that logic would any FA also want to sign here? And as for the draft, we all know its a total crapshoot, isnt that right, Isiah Thomas, and Brandon Knight?
SlovenianDragon wrote:Theres no Urgency to do it now. We can wait Bledsoes contract out if we have to.
And lose him for nothing in FA, instead of using his trade value to assist in a trade for a superstar?
SlovenianDragon wrote:Develop our young core. TBH we don't really know what or who they are yet...Our team is so young.
Playing devils advocate, who knows if this group of prospects do actually reach their potential? What if Bender never develops? Chriss never develops? Miami 1st turns into a late lotto pick? Are we really going to put our faith in unproven prospects over a sure-fire superstar in Kyrie Irving who is still only 25?
SlovenianDragon wrote:We start just making bad trades now we could be in a bad spot for awhile.
While that is true, I could say that exact opposite. Not making good trades now could put us in a bad spot. We were 2nd last in the West last year, lets not pretend that we are in a good position right now anyway
SlovenianDragon wrote:To me I just care about where we are a few years from now because I love the suns. I don't want to just get dismantled and have to rebuild again.
Lets look at the assets we have in terms of youth:
Devin Booker
Marquese Chriss
Dragan Bender
2018 1st
TJ Warren
Tyler Ulis
2018 Miami 1st
2021 Miami 1st
Josh Jackson
Take away TJ, Bled and a Miami 1st and add Kyrie Irving, and does that list look "dismantled?"
SlovenianDragon wrote:Its not just Irving or Bledsoe. Theres more....Much, much, more.
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