Yep, they’re both bad at the same time for long periods of time. They are an anchor to the team, and at least one of them needs to be upgraded.
If you look at the game logs, in the games he scored less than 10, he played 20 or more minutes only 4 times. He was the 3rd guard behind Donovan Mitchell & Darius Garland who both averaged more than 30mpg. He may not score the volume of Jalen but he's going to have to be accounted for by the defense - they can't sag into the paint and leave that guy open. You don't shoot 44% on volume by accident. Having two ~40%+ shooters will open the floor & create opportunities for Sengun, Amen and FVV.
He’s a fine addition at a cheap enough price. Jalen has way more trade value than that, so if you can get Jerome cheap fine, but trading Jalen for him would be idiotic. Signing him and trading Jalen for upgrade(s) at other spots is definitely be a good outcome.
Here's an odd one. Would you trade Jalen Green for Naz Reid in a sign-and-trade? Start FVV/Amen/Brooks/Naz/Sengun. When Sengun goes to the bench, Naz slides over and Jabari takes his place at the 4 spot, then stays there when Alpi comes back in. This creates a lot more on-ball reps for Amen and creates significant minutes off the bench for Reed. Or, you could send Reed out in a second trade for a 6th man type of guy, if they don't trust him enough. (He needs to be getting minutes to develop if he's going to stay here.)
Reed is playing time away from being the player we hoped for when we drafted him. Everywhere he goes good things happen. I truly believe he was a thumb injury away from making FVV an afterthought. Reed’s game is so much more than just long shooting. He fills stat sheets. I placed this here because we have solution on the team already. A lot of posters throw RS in trades as filler and gave up on him because they don’t know how good he is because they haven’t seen him play.
I would do it in a second and thought about posting it a few days ago. I can’t imagine the Wolves would do it unless they didn’t want to pay Naz. If they pulled it off I would use him a bit different. Amen, TBD, Jabari, Naz, Sengun. I think you could trade FVV and two picks for Sexton and John Collins then it would be Amen, Sexton, Jabari, Naz, Sengun. Bench of Reed, Cam, Dillon, Collins, Adams. That’s a contending team.
F*ck off. You don’t even say which team this is a no go for. This is a Random Trade Thread by the way.
The difference in Jabari shooting above or below league average for the season is literally making Two More Shots. He was 98/277 which is 0.3537, Two more makes 100/277 is 0.361 .... which is above league average. We're talking about the slimmest of margins. Yes, he was drafted for his shooting and in year one was a disappointment but improved to roughly league average in year two and stayed all but flat in year three. The real issue with spacing is everyone not named Brooks or Smith. All of them (starters) fall short of league average. PG league average .354 FVV .345 SG league average .369 Green .354 PF league average .359 Amen .275 C league average .341 Sengun .233 SF league average .354 Brooks .399 Jabari might just be a role player but he's a good one on both ends of the court ... Sure, you could upgrade the position, but it would take a borderline superstar to do it.
Is it realistic to trade for Quentin Grimes through a sign a trade? I'd include Jalen Green and this year's 10th pick.
I woke up this morning with a crazy question. How many 2nd round picks is the #10 pick worth? Could the Rockets get 4-6 2nd round picks from the Nets for #10? The Nets could then look to move #19 #26 & #27 for future picks or walk away with 5 1st round picks in a “deep” draft. The Rockets walk away with a bunch of 2nd round picks which I think will be valuable for a capped out team like the Rockets or be used to grease the wheels on future trades. Thoughts?
I have no idea which way you’re implying but there is zero chance the wolves would do that straight up without picks and probably not even then
The easiest & best plan would be to trade Jalen, Reed, Cam, Nate Williams, and the PHX '27 & '29 picks for Booker, then use the 10th pick to draft the PG you like best among Kasparas Jakucionis, Jase Richardson, and Egor Demin: PG: VanVleet / Holiday / 10th pick Wings: Booker, Thompson, Brooks PF: Smith, Eason C: Sengun, Landale Basically, you've upgraded Jalen into a 28 year-old all-star by giving up 2 guys that Ime doesn't want to play and 2 picks. Booker's shot-making and passing would make everything easier for the rest of the guys. The core of the team stays in tact and Ime keeps all of his favs (Fred, Amen, Dillon). You also retain the Dallas pick, the Brooklyn swap, and all of your own picks for another big move if necessary. And you get an understudy for Fred.
Quality reply. Ok maybe a bunch of 2nds wouldn’t work but what if we could get some MIL or PHX swap rights from NOP, POR or WAS? Maybe #10 for a couple of swap rights?
Small move I could see really benefitting both teams Houston sends 2 2nds to Boston for Sam Hauser. We would be able to bring him in without sending out any salary using our NT-MLE. Gives us a lights out shooter (42% career) which is something we sorely lack. Boston sheds 10m in salary. Which they absolutely have to find a way to get under at least the 2nd apron next year, but likely entirely out of the tax to end the repeater cycle.
