I would like to see old head KD and potentially a Giannis trade outlast Wemby but okay.....that would be entertaining. If Rockets gave their market size to OKC they would have won 2 more championships.
Lmao, didn't you see I edited....I am mediocre with numbers.....but yeah 3-4 bad years and tons from the Harden trade. Thank Harden. But I do not see Jabari, Tari as that important, they are more glue guys, but you got to have the foundational pieces, right now I am on the fence with Amen's shooting and handles...... KD is highly important but at the same time he is a giant bandaid, and you are not seeing who is a foundational piece with him playing 37 minutes.....
Oh no you edited it after i replied haha. Jalen was worse and less important than jabari or tari though, but of course KD is just a bandaid and once fvv got hurt that trade became pointless (outside of dumping brooks which i’m extremely grateful for).
I think the idea of throwing overboard a ton for Giannis or the KDs of the world is more appalling than what really happened.....and I think it was really closer than dangerous. And Udoka is hardly the guy who is the best with young players. And I also was just replying to people who think Stone and Presti are on the same level and have assembled the same quality of young players while Stone has achieved not 1 Finals appearance before that as assistant GM and is basically relying on Udoka for Wins.
We got KD for basically nothing, one 1st rounder. If we could get giannis for free, i'm all for it. That's completely different then trading a massive package.
And Spurs have the best 2 upcoming guards in Castle and Harper, who people outside of Texas are high on. The next Westbrook and Harden pairing, even if Wemby does not work out, you can still pivot to comfortably build around them and move assets to get another All Star, it is not even that difficult. This outlasting Wemby was only the case if they did not have Harper in the pipeline. I think a major loss would be Gregg Popovich retreating to the 2nd line of command, that is a huge blow.
This is all but just subjective Championship or Bust Scenarios.... All the KD and Wemby matchups are fun but only hardware matters, and silver medals are not going to cut it either. The Shaq, Kobe, Malone and Payton abomination was one of those examples where the Lakers got everyone for free. Or the Nash, Kobe, Gasol, Dwight team vs the 3 Peat Chips when both Kobe and Shaq were in either in their absolute Primes or close to it.
