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2 minutes ago, Hawkish said:

I’m keeping Ingram over taking Lavine’s multi-year deal.  

That’s fair. I’d probably agree with that. 

Just throwing this out there for discussion. I know LaVine didn't have a great year, but a lot of that had to do with his foot injury. He's still only 29. I know his defense isn't great, but if we can add Herb Jones and Sarr/Clingan, our defense vastly improves. When we had elite 4/5 defense in our playoff run with JC/Cap, we did alright even with a Trae/Bogi/Huerter backcourt. 

PG: Trae / Kobe / Daniels
SG: LaVine / Bogi / Mathews
SF: Jones / Vit / Griffin
PF: JJ / Mo G / Bey
C : Cap / Sarr / Bruno

31 minutes ago, Sothron said:

Hawks seem to be leaning to trying to come out of the draft with Risacher and Clingan.

Hawks completely overthinking and making something more difficult than it needs to be...sounds about right -

Hawking typical.

Something like this -

BKN's pick #5 is actually with the Knicks this year, but was protected. So just imagine #5 being in place of the 2025 Detroit Round 1 above.

And I don't think we should have to include the Sac pick because DJM for Bridges is fair...but it's freaking BKN so it'll have to be an overpay.

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Now this is how you use a pick acquired for Murray to improve the team. Not adding another rookie.

Yeah I just don't think there are going to be many of these opportunities out there.

Mikal would fit perfectly on the wing. BKN just has a tendency to overvalue their players. However, stats say Dejounte is the better player:

I saw a rumor on here yesterday that Detroit was interested in DJM for Ivey + 5. Not sure if that's true...but if a top 10 team wanted DJM, send those assets to BKN for Bridges in a 3-team.

We better be the first team to call if Bridges becomes available. 

Was at the game this last season where he dropped 45 on us. We could not stop him in the 4th. Everyone knew he was getting the ball and he just kept scoring.

I’d rather get a top 10 pick and use it on Knecht or Holland (or whoever we identify as a good fit next to Trae) than the crap offers we’ve seen rumored from LAL or NYK.

KAT, JB, MPJ…these guys aren’t walking through the door for Murray. Ingram? Maybe, but I wouldn’t want to pay him $50M a year.

The verdict is already out that Trae and DJM are a negative together on the floor so something has to change there. And I’d rather build around a top 5 or 10 pick rookie than Rui and some crappy future late firsts.

2 minutes ago, JTB said:

Draft Sarr at #1 then trade to get back in the top 8 to take Knecht.

 

Yup that’s where I’m at. You get the best defender in the draft and probably the best offensive player (also most NBA ready). Both near perfect fits next to Trae.

48 minutes ago, terrell said:

Trae Bogi not gonna work defensively...

That Team is small as hell too....

Looks like a play-in team if that....

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

6'-1", 6'-5", 6'-6".....and where's the size and defense?

 

 

 

 

ECF with a Trae / Bogi / Huerter backcourt but y’all go on…

Sarr in that scenario will greatly improve our D. And we’d still have Hunter who’d be giving you 30+ mins a night for defense. But you’d have great shooting on the court at all times with Knecht or Bogi. Trae always has an elite shooter next to him. 

5 hours ago, NBASupes said:

Langdon is a big admirer of Dejounte Murray. Be on the lookout for an offer from Detroit 

Sarr and Knecht

Knecht at 23 will be NBA ready day 1. Trae was at his best with the spacing of Huerter and Bogi next to him on the wings. And don’t forget -

Trae / Bogi / Knecht / JJ / OO

Bufkin / AJ / Hunter / Mo G / Sarr

Resign Bey

I don’t necessarily believe Luka would have stayed overseas rather than play in ATL…but I’m going to choose to believe it because that’s less painful to think about.

First social media interaction I’ve seen from Trae on the draft. Liked a post about Knecht going 1.

Round 2!

Man Mikal Bridges would be nice. I’d trade anyone not named Trae/JJ/Sarr for him. Just don’t think we have the capital to do it compared to other teams who’d be calling.

Mobley is the Cavs Center of the future. Any trade with them probably has to start with Jalen Johnson. Imagine they'd want a SG in return too so probably Bogi. Cleveland is in a similar position as us with another team owning all their picks, so they need to stay competitive.

They'll also assuredly want picks back as well.

Edit: Mitchell has a player option after next season so very very risky for any team who trades for him.

4 minutes ago, theheroatl said:

I don't think Herb will be on the block for many years

Maybe. But I also think they covet both DJM and OO. BI and Daniels isn’t getting them that return.

Trae / Bufkin / Forrest

Herb / Bogi / Lundy

BI / Hunter / Griffin

JJ / Gueye / Bey

Capela / Sarr / Bruno

I was talking to a Pelicans fan on Reddit. They’re pretty down on how BI was playing and definitely want him moved to make room for Murphy to take over the 3. Kind of implied his value is relatively low right now from their fan perspective.

But I asked how untouchable they view Herb and his response was he wouldn’t like trading him, but understands you gotta give something good to get something good.

All of that to say Herb might not be out of reach. DJM + OO for BI + Herb works straight up salary wise. While I’m intrigued by a JJ / OO / Sarr front court, JJ at the 4 and Sarr at the 5 is probably the ideal long term pairing.