With the top picks likely settled, I am most excited about possibility of this trade going down so that we move up to #13.
Eric will be missed but it will be smart if we can get another young player for this new rebuild phase.
That's the trade I was guessing at in the predict tonight thread. Hopefully it'll net us 13. Even better if it's 11. I don't even know who I'd want. Kuminga may fall, and I'd take him. Sengun would be there. Would love him. Kai Jones would be the other guy is target. Or Trey Murphy. I'd love to have three picks still, with 13 being one of them. I'm all for getting a PG late first, as KPJ insurance.
He's so cute, though. Like a scrappy li'l pug. Goodness, if gone, though, we'd be out of the "no KD? go find someone to take our money" era (Ryan Anderson still sitting on his deck overlooking Lake Tahoe or whatever, "MO MONEY, MO MONEY"....)
https://fanspo.com/nba/s/general/trades/v5Z9xz64hQFrEc/last-minute-hawksrocketshornetspacers Last minute: Houston in: Cam Reddish, Kris Dunn Houston out: EG, Avery Bradley, Danuel House Jr., No.23 and No.24 --------------- Pacers in: EG, No. 11, No.23, No.24 Pacers out: Myles Turner, No.13 --------------- Hornets in: Myles Turner Hornets out: No.11 --------------- Hawks in: Avery Bradley, Danuel House jnr, No.13 Hawks out: Cam Reddish, Kris Dunn
I appreciated EG's play-off toughness and effort. I won't miss him, because his timeline is aging quickly. However, he can still have a positive impact as a 6th or 7th man in a 3-guard rotation. If we can end up with pick #11 and only give up EG, House and 23/24 I'd be pretty excited. Would love to get a 2nd rounder as well.
For me EG, House and Bradley are all "thanks for taking their contracts off our hands, we're heading in a different direction". EG has on court value, but totally offset by cost and age IMO. House is absolutely a JAG, and the Rockets weren't going to pick up that option year for Bradley, last i heard. 23&24 for Reddish and Dunn sounds pretty nice to me. Its a serious defensive/athletic upgrade - Dunn is about my ideal for a backup point - big, good, hard nosed defense, and athletic, (and hes still young enough that kids would listen to him, but old enough to mentor those kids) and Reddish is still younger than some guys guys we have talked about drafting (he's 21) - he's basically 2 years younger than Chris Duarte, and a year older than Jared Butler. He has some experience, but he still has tons of room to grow if you can draw it out of him. I'd do that in a heartbeat. Reddish and Dunn are both top tier defenders. The only real negative is that you are that much closer to having to pony up for a big contract for Reddish, but there is every chance players you'd get at 23 and 24 might not even end up getting a big second contract.
Gordon/House/Bradley/#24/Wiz pick for Wiggins/#7/#14. #2- Green #7- Barnes or Kuminga #14- Usman Garuba #23-Jaden Springer
Saying Reddish is not good is just.. .. wrong. I think him playing as a 4 in the future is the way to go aswell. Dunn as a backup 1 to a starting guard who isn't great defensively is ideal IMO.
