mpharris36 wrote:Knicksfan1992 wrote:Any proposal that has RJ going out is not a good one to me. Dude is on the precipice of being a juiced up 3 and D guy. Those guys are crucial on title teams. You want to get rid of Obi, IQ, and maybe even Mitch in the right scenario? Fine... but RJ has to stay if you want to win titles/have any chance at long term success. You need a big bodied wing who could dribble pass shoot and defend. Look at what killed Portland over the years. Their perimeter defense was atrocious because both CJ and Dame can't defend well enough. RJ has shown the ability to be a really good defender at only 20 in addition to canning his 3's, and showing some off the dribble juice. We just watched Bullock get torched at the point of attack for 5 straight games...Don't make the same mistakes Portland did in building around Dame. You need hungry, defensive minded guys around him. RJ is a perfect fit.
I am all in favor of keeping RJ. But if Dame wants to play with Kawhi and we can make it happen.
You make it happen.
This is what I would trade if it means we can get Lillard and Leonard to add to Randle:
