I think we got the best of Fred that first year. I hope he continues his career. I wouldn’t mind if he continues his career here, but it would have to be on very low money and maybe with team options. Given the injury and age I probably wouldn’t sign him to a 2 or 3yr deal but I can definitely see a rebuilding team wanting to take that chance. He’s a huge culture setter and would be super helpful to a team like the Bulls, or frankly any of those teams in the early lotto. There’s probably more long term security out there for Fred at better money with another team. Given the Rockets obsession with him it will be interesting to see what happens. I’ve been reminded by others that preserving his salary slot is important
Love this! Like the thought process. Get more overall rotational depth. And getting younger. We have a solid core in place. I’m in the camp of moving on from KD. But Stone wouldn’t admit to his miscalculation. Sick of the tired trade proposals for Brown and Greek Freak. Show some imagination. Now if KD is sent out for one those two, cool.
All right, this one is probably getting too creative, the bigger the trade gets the less likely it becomes. But just going to throw it out there anyway. HOU in Jimmy Butler Kel'el Ware Miami's #13 pick in this draft MIL in Tyler Herro Fred VanVleet (opts into player option) Golden State's #11 pick One other future Golden State first round pick Boston's #27 pick #39 second round pick from us BOS in Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA in Kevin Durant GSW in Jaylen Brown It's a pretty clean swap in that BOS, MIA, and GSW are each buyers bringing in a single star player and getting better, and us and Milwaukee are sellers looking to get younger and taking back expiring money. The mechanics of the trade allow Milwaukee to get back a better draft haul than they could otherwise expect, Miami to gut its depth less than expected, and fewer draft picks to go out for any one team in the process of getting better. For our front office, I don't really see us being sellers with KD, but I can squint and see a deal like this being something they could sell, since we're getting back a comparable haul to what we gave up for KD (one young rotation player, one late lotto pick, and a veteran) and we're getting back a guy they can technically market to the fans as a "star player".
