I have never been big on Booker He feels like he has alot of TMac in him A guy that should be better than he is . . . .. even if he is good Rocket River IME could install a spine in him maybe
It wasn't meant to be a serious offer. It was in response to the guy not wanting to trade the PHX picks. I'm not sure what Denver would want. I could imagine them not wanting to start over and being interested in Sengun/Booker/Tari but I realize there would have to be a lot of maneuvering for the cap numbers to work.
What is the fascination here with Devin Booker? He's a marginal All-Star with a huge contract ($281M+ over the next three years) who doesn't move the needle. Consider what he would give us ABOVE what we currently have, I'd say he's not worth giving up anything for. How does he make this team better at all?
The Booker thing was a lot more attractive when Jalen Green was still terrible. At this point, I don't want ANYTHING the Suns have.
He'd be going to a third team in this scenario. Booker keeps coming up because we have the PHX picks and traded for them hoping Booker might become available. The best value for the picks likely involves sending them back to PHX. I agree that the upgrade over Green makes it harder t justify trading for him and that's why I asked the question of what do people think we could get in a multi team trade where Booker doesn't end up here.
I don't think you understand. I follow Boston and your point spoke to something more real in that Boston wants to get out of 2A. There is talk right now where people have mentioned Brown but obviously understand they are going to dump someone else. I am aware that Brown wanted out and that Nets tried to trade for him for a long time. Just like I knew about the relationship between Beal and Tatum.
I think you misunderstood my list. I have repeatedly said Luka, Ant, Jokic are not available. I don't think Giannis is available either. I was pointing out a possible list for his hypothetical Booker trade a star for another star trade and how hard any of that would be without even considering that the players are not available in the first place. I don't want Booker and his purpose was to solely trade for Booker to trade Booker somewhere else. This goes back to why I have been arguing that Durant would be our only possible target. The others are off the board, too expensive, or unavailable in the first place. Others were arguing that other people would pop up and I don't think that is viable for the most part.
I understand. No team really wants to be in the second apron but that number is going up next year to probably a little over $200MM. They can find landing spots for an aging Holiday or Porzingis. Booker is a good match next to Tatum.
I can’t think of a single reason to pay anything to get Booker on this team. So are we going to break up our 2nd seeded team and give up virtually all of our future flexibility for a 10% improvement? It would be absolutely idiotic.
FVV and 3 of the Rockets top 4 draft assets? (Literally everything except the Dallas 29 pick). I wouldn't give you a plug nickel for Booker - I'd rather have Jalen in that spot and a more competent point guard alongside him.
We'd still have the 27 BK swap which I think is very valuable. Jalen would be in that spot. Booker would be going to a third team, not the Rockets.
I think Brooks and Jabari Smith bring a similar type of value. Both are good three point shooters and find ways to score without being the focal point of the offense. Both are not only excellent on the defensive end, but are able to switch from perimeter to interior defense. They are able to defend both wings and bigger fowards/centers on their own, and easily switch from one to the other. This matchup flexibility may not be as flashy as what Thompson and Eason do, but it plays a big role in Udoka's defensive schemes, IMO.
We're like the 3rd worst jumpshooting team in the NBA (worst TS% in the top 12) and he's - other than this season's anomaly - one of the absolute best jump shooters in the league. That includes both midrange and 3PT shooting. The rest of the team is full of defenders to cover for him. This team doesn't need a guy who averages 10 assists and 10 rebounds and plays defense like an SGA or something. We need to move up one seed and be more dangerous at closing games, that's all. The only thing we're lacking is a guy who can torch teams from distance, especially if they double Alpi. A jumpshooter's efficiency is never going to be similar to a guy who scores at the rim a lot, but among jumpshooters, he's easily one of the best. The role he's in on the Suns is the opposite of what suits Booker. A guy who's being asked to play more defense than ever and play more PG than ever is just taking away energy from what he's great at. On the Rockets, we'd hide him on the worst perimeter player and he would not need to bring the ball up a lot and he could just focus on being a big time sniper. Certainly he wouldn't be dominating the ball, he would play more like Curry where other players set him up for his shots/points. I don't like him when he plays like a James Harden - that, he's not very good at. I don't want Booker because of his salary and because I believe we haven't seen the best out of our players yet, but I can understand the fit argument. I think the desperation to make up for 2 non-shooters on the floor (Alpi and Amen) is also a big factor, however I do not believe that even Booker would be enough to compensate for that. The truth is one of those 2 non-shooters has to improve for us to win a title or sadly we might have to get rid of one of them. If one of those 2 improve, then it negates the need for Booker. Concentrating all your shooting in one position is not the same as having shooting spread out on the roster in order to spread out the floor. If they sag off Amen in the playoffs, surely they would not then leave Booker open. It's whoever they leave open (likely Sengun) who would have to be able to hit wide open 3's.
With Jalen turning the corner this season all we really need is a good shooter. We don’t need to give up assets and 30% of our cap for Booker. If Jalen hadn’t taken the leap this yr I would be pushing to make a play for Booker, but Jalen’s shooting and all around play has improved. He’s only 23 (6yrs younger than Booker) so there’s still a lot more upside, and he’s making a lot less money. Should add a shooter but stick with the guys we have. I don’t think Booker will be made available; I think Ishbia will keep trying to reload around him in futile fashion.
