bwgood77 wrote:It typically happens after a win, particularly if it came against a pretty good team. But yeah, for me, I really like our players and won't give up on them and want to trade them a year or two after we drafted them. If we go on a real winning streak or something and are like 2 games out of the 8 seed around the deadline, sure, I wouldn't mind trading a pick for the right player to add. I'm sure McD wouldn't either. But when we are closer to the worst record in the league than the 8th seed, I don't want to necessarily make a move. We are also 2.5 games from the worst record in the west and 5.5 games out of the playoffs, so it's not like we are currently on the cusp.
If we can beat Houston with a lot of rest and without Harden and go on a winning streak here over the next couple of weeks, maybe Gambo is right, and we should go all in. I imagine we may hit some bumps along the way though.
I just don't get the point of going all in now.
If we go all in now and get someone like Kemba for
at least our pick, Miami's pick, and maybe a young player, then we have to go 25-15
from now to get to .500 and even
have a shot at make the playoffs. Only the top 7 teams even have 25 wins at this point in the season, and you'd be hard pressed to convince anyone that someone like Kemba takes us from bottom 8 to top 8 in record, especially when you consider the time it can take for high usage players to gel into a new system. Not to mention that our second half includes 4 games against the Warriors, 3 games against the Rockets, and 2 games against the Cavs, with almost 75% of our remaining games being against teams in the playoffs or right on the border of being in the playoffs, so wins aren't exactly going to be easy to come by for us.
What does selling out now for a pipe dream at the this year's playoffs gets us? Why not be patient, play out this season and let young guys develop, and evaluate what we can do with our assets when they've solidified their value this offseason? Regardless of how you feel about drafting players, it's undeniable that higher draft picks are more valuable in trades, and our pick won't be valued as the likely top 8 pick that it is if we're trading for a star in an attempt to boost our record mid-season.