Crymson wrote:Pharaoh wrote:Playing the long game
Unfortunately, adding quality talent while remaining in position for a top-five pick three years running will prove difficult. Every bit of solid talent that the Pistons successfully add will lessen the team's chances of persisting high in the lottery.
I didn't mention trying to trade Rose and Snell at the coming deadline for picks/prospects but that's obvious.
Snell isn't going garner anything beyond maybe a second-round pick alongside a bad contract. Maybe not even that. He's got an expiring deal, but he himself is not a positive-value player.
Crymson wrote:Pharaoh wrote:Playing the long game
Unfortunately, adding quality talent while remaining in position for a top-five pick three years running will prove difficult. Every bit of solid talent that the Pistons successfully add will lessen the team's chances of persisting high in the lottery.
I didn't mention trying to trade Rose and Snell at the coming deadline for picks/prospects but that's obvious.
Snell isn't going garner anything beyond maybe a second-round pick alongside a bad contract. Maybe not even that. He's got an expiring deal, but he himself is not a positive-value player.
We'll wait and see on Snell. The fact is he's a vet 3&D guy that can play a role on a contender.
The fact he's expiring next off-season is a bonus for so many teams simply because they'd clear 12 mil for a crazy free agent class!
As for the "unfortunately adding "quality talent" while remaining in position for a top 5 pick 3 years running will prove difficult":
#7 in 2020
Top 5 in 2021
Hope for stud PG
The only top 5 pick I actually mentioned was next year. I don't think it's a stretch to think given our roster and the likelihood that #7 & Giles (& Patton) + internal development still = a terrible team.
So I guess the question is:
Does that top 5 pick in 2021 + internal development move us out of the lottery for the 2022 Draft?
Let's say that's a 50-50 call:
Positives =
We'd likely be the 8th seed at best but a team of really young, developing guys who have defied expectations quickly.
So many fans of all teams would be amazed and we'd now be viewed as this up and coming team.
Negatives =
Instead of a top 10 pick we get #15
I don't think it's a stretch to imagine in my scenario that we end up with #7 (& Flynn), a top 5 and another Lottery pick.
The hope is that Sekou, Brown, Luke, Giles, Patton & Wood are all quality around those guys, giving us 10 dudes
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