Jazz sent 3 picks to Lakers for Goodrich in the late 70s. One of those picks, Magic Johnson. The Celtics in the 80s got a lot of their pieces besides Bird either directly or indirectly in a trade they got 3 picks.
Catch and shoot and not necessarily drivers, they have them in their players. That is why they got Pope in the first place but Pope didn't deliver despite being what you call a 39% shooter.
These poorly managed teams look at future firsts as complete shots in the dark, like, yeah, you could just strike out in the mid-teens and get a bunch of Johnny Davis'es or James Bouknight's with those picks, instead of a proven commodity in his prime years. But also, that takes you completely out of the possibility of needing to do an emergency tank job if something unforeseen happens. Severe year-ending injuries to multiple core pieces? One of your guys decides to go full-on Kyrie? Adam Silver picks another team in your conference to carry the torch as the "face of the league", banning you from any playoff success against them in the next five years? Tough ****, I guess. When you aren't a name franchise you just have zero margin for error. Unless you're OKC and just stack the deck with like 20 FRP's in 7yrs or something.
Orlando looks like the Memphis of the East but instead of pure Offense, grind it out Defense, the Marc and ZBo era.
Screw this ish! They should have traded the plethora of picks to Atlanta and not the South Western Division!!!!
My first thought was this was a terrible trade for Orlando but still bad for Memphis. Why would you trade a good young 2 way player that fits with your stars? Why not continue to build on that? Well, the answer is the Grizzlies were terrible in the playoffs and Bane didn't play great. He averaged 31.7% from the field and 21.9% from 3. So, do you really have something to build on or are the pieces themselves bad. Yes, we can find at least 5 people that Jalen Green gives the ick to.
I actually like this trade for both sides. Magic clearly think Bane can be more than his role on the Grizzlies and I think it's a decent bet to make. Instead of trading actual player assets they trade picks. Grizzles can cash in Bane as they are figuring out the next steps. They usually draft well so I'm sure they'll make good use of the picks.
No one overpays like a newly hired GM. I get the vision from the Magic but that's a crazy overpay. It's like they didn't even try to negotiate. Bane is good but you have to save some of those picks to build the bench.
That's a huge haul for Memphis. All they have to do is sign Beasley and move around some pieces and they're good to go.
This should also highlight the SG market this free agent offseason. Not many options out there. Brown might cost us too much to try and go and get him. Might mean Sheppard's value is a lot higher than anticipated and we could get Sexton or Maxey for him plus picks. I still think we should convert Whitmore to SG. He plays more like a big guard like Jordan than a SF.
I can respect a team that decides to get off the treadmill and go straight to a rebuild. Saves a lot of wasted years. The player that intrigues me on that team is JJJ who has played PF in past years, can score, shoot, defend at a high level and is 25 on a good contract.
Memphis would have paid him too much to be a mediocre West team. Orlando gets one step closer to contending in the East. This must mean they're keeping Jackson Jr.
Most wish Jackson would rebound better for a power forward so he could play center. As is, you need rebounders all around him including a center.
I agree his rebounding is poor, but he does many other things very well. You can also find or create good rebounding. Just a hypothetical as I like and I'm fine with Jabari improving. But if we do look for a player, a young talented one on a good contract is what we should look for rather than a very old one on a overpaid contract imo. This is all speculation on the media's part but interesting. I wouldn't put too much weight on it for now.
