agreed, blow this thing up...nuke it with an atomic bomb my fellow tank squad members, it’s time to suit up and report for duty...let’s roll out
There is nothing to BLOW UP, it is simply a matter of trading some aging guys for younger guys....PJ, EGo for instance. DD
The following should be shopped at the dead line as part of a tear down rebuild. Victor Oladipo Eric Gordon Danuel House Jr. PJ Tucker David Nwaba Sterling Brown Ben Mclemore
We should tank the way the Pistons are tanking right now lol. They're playing 4D chess in here. They only have 6 wins but those include wins against the Lakers, Sixers, Celtics, Heat and Nets. Win the big games for the fans and lose the rest for the draft.
They are free agents at the end of the year and you will either have to overpay or let them walk to a contender.
I get that. But a half turnover of the roster at the deadline doesnt seem likely. Rather see Nwaba walk away or we pay him.
I could actually see Brown sticking around as an end of the bench 3&D guy who can cover 2s and 3s. I doubt he will be expensive given where our cap should be after ridding ourselves of some of these salaries.
Gordon needed to rebuild his value, which he had none of. We may actually be able to get an asset for him if he keeps playing well. Nobody really wants airhead House or Wall's contract. The best thing we can do for them is to let them keep building their value so we can trade them. Oladipo and Tucker are the only players who probably should be traded before the deadline. People act like we're holding on to a lot of asset potential.
A rebuilding team has possibly their best/second best player out right now in Wood. Dipo and Wall are out every other night. Dipo isn't staying long term. I swear people who want to blow everything up can't even handle blowing everything up. It amazes me. The team was actually fun to watch IMO when Wood was healthy, and we have a few young pieces in Wood/Tate/Mason/Kevin Porter Jr/etc to keep an eye on. Calm....down people. It's like the people that wanted to blow everything up can't handle losing. You can't have both man.
OKC has great combined odds for landing a top 4. Maybe they get "lucky" and win a spot with our pick plus their own/MIA pick...
??? No way we get our top 4 protected. We'll get the heat pick either way. Probably pick 16-20. Really no reason to blow it up this year. Trade Dipo is a must. But beyond that. Let's make a run. If Utah gets the 1 seed. I'd like to get the 4th 5th or 8th seed. We'll matchup up well vs them fully healthy. Obvs means trading for a 3rd string PG & C to keep us afloat for the next 2 months till the return of Wood Wall & Exum
