Would you trade Blake for Klay?

bstein14 · Post #1 » by **bstein14** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:13 pm

Klay just went down with a season ending injury again. Klay has two more years on his deal than Blake. Would you do a straight up even trade of Blake for Klay hoping Klay recovers and is back to his regular form next season?

DetroitSho · Post #2 » by **DetroitSho** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:35 pm

bstein14 wrote:Klay just went down with a season ending injury again. Klay has two more years on his deal than Blake. Would you do a straight up even trade of Blake for Klay hoping Klay recovers and is back to his regular form next season?

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Post #3 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:38 pm

Warriors won’t do Klay like that.

MotownMadness · Post #4 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:57 pm

Not if hes got two more years then Blake. Dude just had the worst injury in basketball which will keep him from being back to form for almost 2 years alone, hes over 30 and just blew out his ACL causing him to miss last year as well.

440BB · Post #5 » by **440BB** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:10 pm

Trading a talented player with injury issues and a big salary for another talented player who won't be available for at least a year and has a longer, more expensive contract?

No thanks.

El Chivo · Post #6 » by **El Chivo** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:13 pm

Post #7 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:45 pm

For the record I actually voted yes- call me nuts. I probably am.

I really like Klay.

Totally get the opposite position though. I'm second guessing it myself- I'm just a sucker for that kind of shooting.

Billl · Post #8 » by **Billl** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:25 pm

The dubs obviously wouldn't do this, but I wouldn't either. We are rebuilding. We aren't going to be trading for 30+ yr old stars with big, longterm contracts.

thesack12 · Post #9 » by **thesack12** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:02 pm

God no.

He's currently hurt with one of the worst injuries in all of sports. Cost more per season than Blake does, and has 2 more years on his contract to boot.

Doing things like this is how you stay on the perpetual 35 win/season treadmill.

Liqourish · Post #10 » by **Liqourish** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:07 pm

Snakebites wrote:For the record I actually voted yes- call me nuts. I probably am.

I really like Klay.

Totally get the opposite position though. I'm second guessing it myself- I'm just a sucker for that kind of shooting.

I really like Klay as well. He's the exact type of SG I think the Pistons need and that I've been looking for us to acquire. His injuries scare me, but I might make this trade, even with two more years on it.

mrroboto4889 · Post #11 » by **mrroboto4889** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:34 am

I would actually do it if we were trying to compete in a season or 2. I think our window is so far from now that both players are irrelevant. Let's just sell Blake for young assets and continue the teardown

flow · Post #12 » by **flow** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:50 am

Let me get this straight.

Would I trade for a guy who's owed $156 million over the next 4 years, and who, next season, will be playing for the first time in 3 years & coming off both a torn acl and a ruptured achilles?

No.

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Han Solo · Post #13 » by **Han Solo** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:20 am

No way. Klay is unfortunately screwed.

buzzkilloton · Post #14 » by **buzzkilloton** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:29 am

What? No guy has just had big injuries the two seasons in a row and hes 30 now. You don't make moves for guys like that. Also were rebuilding here.

joeposh · Post #15 » by **joeposh** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:28 am

I love Klay's game, but this is two season ending injuries in a row (on different sides of his body) and he's not exactly a young gun anymore (he'll likely be 32 by the time he's finishing rehab).

There's a real chance he never plays meaningful NBA minutes again, or is at least a shadow of his former self. I know it's easy to say "well, if he DOES..." but we'd be hinging a lot of our rebuild strategy on that given the length of his contract, and I think that's too big of a gamble

Post #16 » by **Snakebites** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:45 am

I mean, rationally you guys are right of course.

Even one of those 2 injuries would be a huge red flag.

ComboGuardCity · Post #17 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:56 am

I mean I’d probably do it just because I love Klay

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Laimbeer · Post #18 » by **Laimbeer** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:54 pm

Hard pass. He's got two more years than Blake at 40.1 and 43.2. Might be the worst contract in the league right now.

Manocad · Post #19 » by **Manocad** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:25 pm

thesack12 wrote:God no.

He's currently hurt with one of the worst injuries in all of sports. Cost more per season than Blake does, and has 2 more years on his contract to boot.

Doing things like this is how you stay on the perpetual 35 win/season treadmill.

^this

pistonsbball · Post #20 » by **pistonsbball** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:19 am

An injury-diminished Klay on a bad contract is much more integrable than Blake under the same circumstances. Klay at minimum now is still going to be an elite floor spacer. Would want a pick to take back, but I don't even think the Warriors do this straight up.