Brooklyn (and our stash of gold) - Sellers at the deadline? What's their next move?

That is how the NBA works.....imagine if one team hoarded all talents and the league would not even be content with that....

they find ways to have you trade them to other teams....

 

or TyTy, Josh Christopher, or Garuba.

 

delete.

 

Lol at people acting like Bridges isn't superior to Green in every single way imaginable. He's a 2 way player meaning we will get better on defense and offense almost instantly. He's a borderline elite shooter and very consistent at it. Doesn't need to put up 18 shots to score 20. He can take 15-16 shots and average 20 ppg. He is a great cutter and passer meaning him and Sengun will be a good duo. What we would be getting might not be a star but an elite 2nd man and a team player. FVV-Brooks-Bridges-Jabari-Sengun is an insane 5. I would give up picks and Green for us to have this. We already have enough talents. Cam, Amen, Tari, Jabari and Sengun are more than good enough. We need to start making moves to be a playoff team. Besides i guarantee you that Ime wants a shooter and not content with Green. He's not a development coach. He can help you on the way but he will not spend his energy on you. He punishes his players right away after 3 consecutive mistakes unlikes other coaches because he wants improvement in the next play, next game at worst. This dude wants to be in playoffs more than anything and you are suggesting that we should keep our picks.

 

Plenty of late 1st round picks. Dont think that equates to a star IMO.

 

Typical fans, really. Someone else’s piece is always shinier than if it was already their own.

Not a chance in hell I’m giving back all those picks for Bridges. I don’t do it for an older star either.

 

I would consider trading the picks if it were someone younger. After you use them you have nothing in the future to make trades. Then when the young players are in their prime you have a guy that is 34 not 30-31. Someone can argue and debate who cares. It’s all about the next 2-3 seasons. I disagree though and would remain patient.

 

Fans also act like Rockets are the only trade partner Brooklyn could team up with.

Bridges unlike KD has more patience with teams and he is no superstar.....

 

Adding Mikal and not losing any of our core would add 5-10 more wins for us

so instead of shooting for 45-50 we'll do 50-60 wins this season

 

Folks here do not understand that Brooklyn wants to be mediocre for at least 1 or 2 years.

After all the Kyrie Harden KD drama, it is not really bad to be mediocre and avoid drama.

 

No offense, but thank God you are not our GM. No one should give up that kind of assets for a 2nd/3rd option on a championship contender. Hell, I honestly can't say for certain that he's a 2nd option on a championship contender.

 

The Brookyn pick this year is 10th, let's pretend the 26 one is the same; if it's 2 10th picks for an all-star level player in his prime like Bridges, who seems like he fits other stars well, that's a pretty good trade. Or hell you could see if they want Green.

The other reaosn is that it's probably good to deal with Brookly because they'll value their picks more highly. If Brooklyn got that pick back or the swaps back, its more valuable for them to control their own destiny than it is for the Rockets, who are already running out of roster spots and having to send FRP's to RGV to get them playing time (see Whitmore). They probably don't need 2 FRP's in 2026.

 

Is Durant a star? If so, those picks have been proven to being able to be traded for a star regardless of your and mine opinions on when those picks will end up.

 

Wait until after the draft lottery. Brooklyn's been in freefall lately, losing 9 of their last 11 by an average of 11.1 points. They are 1.5 games away from having the 7th worst record in the league. If that happened we'd have a 32% chance of moving up to a top 4 pick. I understand wanting to trade the pick, even though I'd rather keep it, but can we at least see if it becomes drastically more valuable via lottery first?

We don't need immediate help. This is a developmental year, we're not a trade away from winning a championship. Let our talent, and our draft assets, rise up in value. Deals will be available in the summer too.

 

If the Rockets do that deal they're idiots. They can have a second pick back, not Amen.

 

Don't worry. Amen is here to stay. If Jalen turns the corner there is no need for Bridges. If he doesn't then trade the picks. We don't need these picks except for trading. We can't be adding a ton more development 1st rounders. We need a star to demand a trade for those picks to be useful. You can certainly argue that Bridges ain't that guy, but the 24 pick needs to be moved before the draft, unless we are all wrong and there really is a good big man to join the rotation with Sengun and Jabari.

 

Yes that's implied by the word "could", probabilities and whatnot. You don't sell draft picks low because you're afraid of drafting Tyty. Unless you're Darryl Morey I guess. That was sometimes his weakness on the Lawson, Knight, Shumpert type deals.

 

I'm not opposed to it, just a rhetorical question. I wouldn't give up 4 picks and Whitmore as some on Reddit are suggesting, but a couple of Brooklyn picks back to them along with a B level player for Bridges would be a fleecing.

 

So you would forego the instant production for more "development"?

 

They have Bridges and Cam Johnson and Cam Johnson is the worse version so they would get rid of Cam Johnson first if at all.