JMAC3 wrote:The Warriors aren't trading Wiseman to us straight up, it's not going to be some giant two-team deal where we send them Hayward.
If they are trading Wiseman it will be in a deal with 7th for a player that is a superstar like Beal, Dame or Simmons. We would have to be the third team because the acquiring team doesn't love Wiseman.
We do not need Wiseman to increase our ceiling, if the Warriors really thought Wiseman was going to be a future star they would not trade him because his low salary would raise their floor. The fact they are even considering trading him is a red flag to me, especially when they have other assets like 7 and 14 to improve their team.
For those saying we are headed for a treadmill team, that is just laughable. We have the ROY, who has the ability to improve and also the ability to make everyone around him better. Miles Bridges showed a ton of promise, we have the 11th pick, PJ is still super solid, and only 23. Add in really solid scorers in Terry and Gordon and this team has 3x the talent we ever put around Kemba, and Melo is probably going to be twice as good as Kemba ever was... oh and we have 20+ million to sign another really good player in free agency.
Some of the posters here, just can't understand that we are happy to have players older than 26 years old.. it's okay to not always be in a constant rebuild where we are trading all of our proven assets for guys that have proven nothing just because they are young.
Well, I'm not sure anyone other than a couple of posters are saying we're headed for a treadmill existence. I agree with you completely that the Hornets have a bright future. I really like their dedication to the draft-and-development approach. And I can't really complain about Kupchak's moves in free agency.
But I do think being too-conservative, hoping and wishing for fate to favor you, is a treadmill-for-life strategy. It hurt that a lack of a move at center (I even created a thread on the topic) cost the team a playoff spot. Thus, the continuing discussion on Wiseman. I couldn't care less about James Wiseman. He'd be nice to acquire for a reasonable price. But I like the IDEA of him. And I hope and wish that Kupchak makes a move to address the obvious need.
It's not a strategy that worked well for me last spring, but, hey, there's always tomorrow.