If we're trading for Brown, KD has to be the one going. They're both good players but having just one hard caps a team in insecure weirdo energy. Having both is a guaranteed toxic locker room.
I'm starting to get nervous we might actually get involved. What if we do something like FVV, DFS, and Reed for JB? We'd give up a very significant portion of our pick capital (if not all) in a scenario like this, but we'd have a core of Alpi/Jabari/KD/JB/Amen, with a decent bench (assuming we keep Tari). The salaries are close. I'd imagine we'd be competitive if we can stay healthy.
Something is definitely up, we all know Ime loves JB, and for FVV to post all those cryptic IG posts is suspect. Now, Boston is saying they need to get a star player in return…. We have KD (one of the biggest stars ever) they just signed Mitchell Robinson for their center role and signed Mike Conley… this is pointing towards a KD for JB trade. I could see us giving up one more player and maybe a pick.
I doubt Boston would do it, but that would be the kind of trade I could at least be ok, if not super excited over. If it was 4 picks I’d want it to be 27 Phx, 28 Hou, 29 Phx or Dallas, 30 hou. That would at least hold out some good assets moving forward and we would have KD’s expiring to make further moves at the deadline or in 27/28 season. Amen, Brown, KD, Jabari, Sengun would still aesthetically suck, but it would at least give us some semblance of being competitive. I think Ime would be happy. He could just hand it over to Brown or KD at the half-court line and not have to do any offensive coaching at all. An Iso-centric offense on steroids.
I’d rather trade for Jamal Murray if that’s actually possible. Feel like he wouldn’t cost nearly as much in picks. Would be much better for team play and development vs KD or Brown KD, Reed, Fred for Murray, Johnson, Nnaji works Play with an all star PG next season and fill out the rest of the guard rotation with both 27’ picks
If we’re giving up Reed, I’m not also giving up a ton of draft capital. Now, modify the trade a little to be, say, Brown and Queta for something like FVV, DFS, and Adams, and I'd empty the draft coffers.
Any combination that included KD going out for Brown doesn't make us any better. We're still a first round exit team at best. Only way this works is to have KD, Brown, Amen, Jabari and a healthy FVV as our starting 5 most nights.
Why is everyone trying to trade KD? Because of some tweets?! He's the slim reaper. Without him we would have been irrelevant. We needed the other guys to step up and many didn't. FVV I get. Can we chill on KD? Maybe instead, focus on what's around him: Amen: Become more then a slasher on offense R33D: Improve 3pt efficiency and become more offensively Bari: Keep improving your mid range game and offensive rebounds AlP: Be better all together. Too skilled to struggle the way he has Tari: Build IQ Now we have Smart and Bogi. I'm sure players like Okogie and Tate/Holiday will sign for vet mins. Now if we are flipping FVV, DFS and fillers for JB...I'm down.
