2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

I know your just wishful thinking, but no thanks because even with all that we aren't getting past GSW or maybe even SAS with that team. Thus, we'll be in playoff purgatory. Good enough to be in the playoffs but never advance to WCF or Finals. PG & Butler will age and in 4-5 years of just continuing this trend those guys with be fading away, we'll be right back to where we are now but without any young, upcoming players.

 

I'm for getting Lowry if we can.

I would prefer Teague just because I think we can swing signing Teague along with PG and Butler and I'm afraid we can't afford Lowry, PG and Butler at the same time.

Either way, a lot of this hinges on getting that pick as a trade asset.

 

Thanks for being a rational sounding board.

 

Read the first thing I posted in my long response and then read the one where I said obviously we'd do more than just get Lowry.

 

Are you comparing Lowry to Deng and Mozgov because that's ridiculous and I'm sure you know that.

 

No Lowry, dude turns into Casper the soft ghost in the playoffs. I'd rather suffer through our kids continuing to grow than overpay Lowry. He'd be the Deng of All-Star contracts.

 

Constructive criticism: your reading comprehension needs some work.

 

We have no one on our team right now that can even get us to the playoffs at all. I'm not going to limit our options just because Mitch and Jim gave Deng a bad contract. Lowry makes us better, makes us closer, makes us more attractive, and would only cost cash.

I'd prefer probably Teague, but I see no reason not to add Lowry if we can.

 

I'm not interested in being Toronto West, getting to the 2nd round and out. I'd rather suffer and grow our young guys, or try and trade them for guys that will take you further than round 2. This isn't an isaiah thomas situation where it's settling for a "2nd tier guy" to get better now and worry about the rest later, this is sinking like Mike Conley money into a player that simply isn't worth it. I know the price has gone up on all players in the NBA, but I'm still not gonna say oh ok, well that's his price so give it to him. No thanks, I'll pass and be patient for something better. Don't like Lowry.

Same as I didn't like Mozgov at his price, I wouldn't like Lowry at his, don't care what the market is.

 

This is the second time I've seen Lowry compared to Mozgov or Deng and I find that wrong. Mozgov hasn't sniffed Lowry's individual abilities in the NBA. Deng hadn't been an All-Star in 3 years when we signed him.

And once again: this is obviously not the first step. You sign a guy who makes the team attractive. Waiting for the kids to do something is waiting for nothing. The overwhelming odds are these kids will not be enough to win a title. Not to mention, signing Lowry has literally nothing to do with the kids. We sign him and the kids stay. We didn't have to trade for anybody. Also not to mention, I made it abundantly clear that Lowry isn't the final answer. He's the first piece in attracting bigger fish in FA. We aren't going to magically convince the best players in the league to come here when we're winning 20 games on a team full of college players.

 

That's the sort of thinking that got us here.