Papi_swav wrote:hmmm maybe so, you might be right. But there might be a guy that slips and becomes a very good player. I just don't see what a #17-24 pick can bring us back. I wouldn't mind packaging the pick with Musa, but I rather keep Kurucs honestly, he's worth more to us. Musa is borderline not an NBA player.
If we're trading the pick for another team future first, I guess I wouldn't be opposed to that either unless it's the Bucks or Clippers pick, or a team we kind of know that will be one of the top teams. But even then, we're trading a 1st, let's say #19 pick, and Musa for a future first that might turn out to be a #24 pick next year or in 2 years. So we're trading a 1st with a player and not getting anything better in return is my point. I know it might be better players in next year draft but I rather just draft a guy and let him develop, like we're doing with Claxton. We might get a steal. We might get a guy that plays great right out the gate like Mitchell etc.. We have options though, glad we at least got a pick this year.
If you told me i could trade this years pick. Guranteed at #19 for a future pick, gauranteed to be 20-28 i would make that trade no questions asked.
Reason being is the 2021 pick would have more trade deadline value than anyone we picked at #19. Maybe the 19 pick would turn out to be awesome, but they wouldnt get the playing time to be awesome by the 2021 trade deadline. And really if its "win-now" mode the next 3 years you want trade assets over young developmental prospects.
Teams are always looking for 1st in deadline deals. especially since there is no immediate salary attached to it. For instance last years #19 pick, Luka Samanic probably has less value in a trade right now than the first round pick of top 4 seeds
We likely get more current and future value out of that pick by trading it.... unless like i said we stash a euro?
but who knows
