You want us to give Brooklyn their picks back for Ayton? I actually like Ayton and would have given him a lot of money, but for all of our picks, I'll pass.
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Doesn’t have to be all their picks. Like I said, I’m no expert in these fantasy trades. I just thought it could be nice to get involved in that trade as the 3rd team
traditional bigs like Ayton just aren’t that valuable, especially at the salary he’s trying to command
I don't think Ayton is worth any of the Brooklyn picks. I like Ayton but not enough to give up even one Brooklyn pick. Hope the franchise does throw in the towel and doesn't try to stay competitive. They should get s hefty package for Durant.
Smaller contract guys and a 3rd team would need to be involved. It can be done but they would be trading like 5 guys and killing any depth they possibly would have. I don't think it's going to happen to many pieces for Phili. Phoenix would have had him by now if Houston liked their offer. I think he stays a Rocket to tutor the young guys for one more season.
U should only give unprotected picks to a team for a superstar. Helping an opposing team in our conference to get stronger being the third trade Partner isn't exactly smart especially if all we get is ayton and lose those valuable Brooklyn picks It speaks volume that a playoff contender in the suns do not want him.
You know what? I would disagree with you. But not on Ayton. Traditional bigs were usually great defenders. Ayton isn’t. And that’s why he is not worth max money. That being said sometimes you have to overpay in constructing your team. So I wouldn’t be totally against it - but I’d much rather stay “bad” another year and then go all in next season with another high draft pick and major free agents…
Traditional bigs r valuable to a certain extent. But giving back all our Nets unprotected picks back to the Nets to facilitate a sun net trade is foolish. Especially if all we get is ayton
Yeah I am with you in that, especially since the Suns don’t want to sign him. At most I would be comfortable with giving them Gordon and the Bucks pick…
Ayton is not a guy I would want to pay, assuming he is looking for near max type money and I don't think he brings that level of value. James Jones was GM of the year last year, I trust he knows what he is doing in not wanting Ayton, and Brooklyn doesn't want him either. Ayton seems like the kind of guy you can get for free by just paying him, and not losing any picks. I believe a team could just offer Ayton a contract now and that could screw up KD to PHX. Ayton also makes zero sense on the Rockets at this juncture.
I wouldnt want to pay him max but 25 mil/yr may be worth it. He is not an ideal center but he is a good talent at that position and only 24 year old. We are unlikely to find a good player in next years free agency who is under 25 so I think we should go after him now. I floated this trade in another post but I would still do EG +KMJ+Sengun/a Nets pick. If Nets are not interested in Ayton in KD trade then we can take on Ayton with above offer.
Why not just throw an offer at Ayton now then? Why do the Nets and Suns a favor? Suns dont want him, and he is actually projected to get a Max contract, if you just throw him a Max the Suns wont match it, and the rumor is that BKN doesnt want him either. Its not my money, as long as his contract doesnt cause issues for any of our Rookie extensions then Id rather just give him the money over trading assets. I just don't get the whole lets help KD get to PHX idea. If you offer him a contract, does that start the clock on PHX needing to match? I would do it for fun, but assuming we dont have the cap space to do it without them, not sure what the max we could offer him without a sign and trade. EDIT: Never mind, I guess Wall's contract is still a cap hit, forgot about that $40M, so I guess there really is no way to clear the cap space to sign him outright.
My understanding is that we cant even offer 25/year to a free agent this year because of cap issue but I may be wrong on that.
