Onus wrote:FNQ wrote:Onus wrote:I really can’t see cheap owner Sarver going into the tax for a team that lost game 7 by 50 in the second round. Ayton will probably get signed and traded for draft picks.
It might be the right call.. turn around and use picks/assets to try and get a star to play next to Booker and Bridges. Ayton is a dying breed.. if you draft a player like that, that player has to be elite, or its likely not a good pick. Here are the remaining Cs in the playoffs, 1st and 2nd string, and how they were acquired
Warriors:
Kevon Looney (30th pick)
Nemo (league min)
Mavs:
Dwight Powell (45th pick)
Maxi Kleber (international FA)
Celtics:
Al Horford (traded in a salary dump style move)
Robert Williams (27th pick)
Heat:
Bam (13th pick)
Dewayne Dedmon (league min)
Goes to show we're not immune to bad logic at times - Wiseman will have to become a defensive madman that can play with the closing lineup to even begin to justify it - but the entire league, at least the successful part of it, is moving away from putting significant assets towards the position. And just for fun, lets look at the 4 teams ousted in the 2nd round and their situation
Memphis:
Steven Adams (trade, salary filler, considered a negative contract)
Xaiver Tillman/large Moses Moody (35th pick)
JJJ (4th pick) - listed here even though he's mostly a PF, but should evolve into a C. A rare hit on a big man with early pick
Suns:
Ayton (1st overall)
Javale McGee (FA signing, 2 year 10m)
Bucks:
Bobby Portis (FA signing, 2 year 9m)
Brook Lopez (FA signing 4 year, 52m)
Philly:
Joel Embiid (3rd pick, another rare hit on a big man with an early pick)
DeAndre Jordan (league min)
EVEN if you wind up hitting on a big man, its far from this massive advantage that tilts the scales. Those days are gone. The smart teams are trending towards devaluing the position like the Warriors have for years, a lot of the time, against fan wishes.
Agreed. Way too hard to win with a drop center. Players are too good at shooting off the dribble now.
And right now you can get a big who will do all you need in the mid-late 1st, or if you have a time, a project in the 2nd. Its the easiest way to recoup value.
And then you have teams trading great guard prospects for Sabonis on the other end of the spectrum.
Hell we're playing a team that dumped their big stiff C and is playing great because of it.
This isn't a "where there's smoke, there's fire" situation. Its a "where there's fire, there's fire, open your damn eyes" situation
