But it seemed like it wpuld be one or the othe. What would be the point of trading both? That would just be admitting that you have no idea what direction your team is going.
KD is old and could be injured again next year. You get off his money. I like Sengun a lot but you cant have him and Amen shooting like **** toggether. they are two of the worst shooters in the league. You trade him you get a superstar maybe you can get a myles turner or another shooting big after that.
Our direction can best described as "keeping our options open". Our best player is 38 years old next season and it looks like we have a talent deficiency, but we're not willing to part with any draft capital to add talent. The Sixers had five 1st round picks in the next five years and were willing to give up two of them to add an all-NBA player. They even got to keep the Clippers 2028 pick which looks like their most valuable one. They are competing and they didn't have to go all in with their draft picks to do it. We have seven picks within the next five years and I guess we're keeping all of them for now. We are clearly standing pat. If our direction is so clear, can you tell me with confidence whether KD will be here next summer? How about Sengun, Tari, Reed, FVV and Adams? I think the only players we'll likely keep with confidence are Amen and Jabari, and I'm not even that sure about the latter. If the future of our almost all of our rotation players are up in the air, then our direction is not clear. Again, I'm not even upset and am fine with putting the major decision making off until next summer. But after five years of rebuilding capped by a very disappointing season, I don't not blame anyone for being extremely upset. We trade for KD and then do nothing for a straight year? Yeah, I get why a fan would be depressed.
I would have traded Durant and picks for Brown. And Amen is the real question mark. If he doesn't make a leap next year then there is no way I would want him as an extension. I don't see the reason getting rid of Sengun. His contract is not terrible and when combined with Steven he played great. The problem is that we had no shooters. So it was either Durant or Sengun trying to make plays.
It was delusional to even think Jaylen would be a possibility to land in Houston. Rockets have players to offer but they’re undervalued and the traded players have to want to come here.
