You mean the post you edited after I posted? Don’t gaslight bro. Doesn’t change anything. We aren’t going to pay Tari what he thinks he deserves because it will hamstring our flexibility. Same exact reason we didn’t extend him today.
Pritchard is bad at defense what he gives on offense he takes away on defense. Tari is elite defensively and is a net positive on offense. On offense he isnt an iso scorer he is a deadshot but only when open. If Pritchard so good why he only averages 9 ppg? 63% TS thats higher than KD he should be averaging over 20 ppg.
What post did you make will make me edit my post? You are the one making wrong assumptions like mistaking Amen's free agency year. Flexibility is so vague. That just means you dont know.
He averaged 14.3, not 9, and tari is a bad 3 point shooter, well below average every year. I wouldn't do the trade, just pointing out everything you said is wrong.
You aren’t making any sense…. I already told you exactly what it’s about. We didn’t want to go over first appron this year, and Tari isn’t worth signing to the number he wants at the expense of future moves like extending Amen. You act like Stone doesn’t realize we will probably lose Tari in RFA. Of course he does. If he was so worried about that he would have extended him today. He’s more worried about future moves like extending amen. It’s not that complicated.
ChatGPT lol Here are a few players who could fit the salary band and role-fit for a straight up trade with Eason: Killian Hayes — If he’s earning in the ~$5-8M range and a team values a defensive guard with upside, this could match (assuming salary fits). Jock Landale — He has a salary in the ~$8 M range for 2025-26. That’s a little higher than Eason, so Houston would need to either “send back” something minor (cash or a lesser contract) or take on a slightly higher salary. But it could be fair given positional change. Cam Reddish — If he’s on a deal around ~$6-7M and a team is looking for a young defensive forward like Eason, this could be a workable swap. Trey Lyles — If his salary is similar (~$5-6M) and the teams have matching needs (Houston maybe wants shooting/stretch big, the other team wants edge/defense). Josh Green — If his contract qualifies and a team values Eason’s defensive/steal potential, this might make sense.
9 ppg? You mean for his career? Because Pritchard has averaged way fewer minutes per game than Tari until last season. Pritchard got his chance to shine last season and delivered.
Pritchard is very good, but I value the first half of this season very highly for seeing what Amen and Reed can do in the backcourt. That's not something I'm giving up right now. At the trade deadline, if things don't work out well? Maybe.
I like Reed. This wouldn’t be an Anti Reed trade. I think we need more proven guard depth. If Reed has a breakout first half obviously we wouldn’t do this.
Not according to Bball ref https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pritcpa01.html Edit: sorry I was looking at the playoffs. Regardless Tari had 12/5/1 and PP had 14/3/3. They arent far apart in the regular season esp when you consider Tari plays great defense and PP is bad at D. PP's extreme efficiency isnt that apparent because of his low volume. Like if I was 10% better than you but if we are only looking at 10 shots thats 1 shot dude. I will take better rebounding and elite defense over 2 more pts.
Nah I was looking at the playoffs which are actually the correct stats. Regular season is just a warmup to the playoffs I've had enough regular season success in the Harden era. Or even last season when the team had the 2nd seed lol.
Oh so he’s playoff Harden now haha?? Look man, you don’t have to like the trade. But it’s nuts to act like there’s some big gap between him and Tari. How many 6th man awards does Tari have? The rest of the NBA takes Prichard over Tari.
I didnt say there was a big gap between him and Tari, just that we have Reed Sheppard who is supposed to do what PP is doing. Tari just seems more valuable to me because when we face teams like OKC we need size and length. Tari is someone who can defend SGa and JDub alongside Amen, PP would be unplayable against those two.
