2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

no. the defense can come via trade and at various positions, imo.

and i'd rather preserve assets than not solve problems using the only tools at our disposal.

we're going to lose games incorporating new guys to the system, too, so they better be home runs, imo.

 

i like that lineup and think it would be better than the current team. but we haven't even determined yet that the asking price for bogdanovic is what we're saying.

supposedly, houston's asking for a first AND a good young player for gordon. what do you think det's asking for right now? not what they'll eventually get, but what they're asking.

 

young players have substantially less trade value than picks several years out, past when your stars will be viable. those are really valuable trade chips. nobody wants our youth on vet mins because they can't lock them up.

 

While we've tossed out some names, I'm actually pretty open to the player we add at this point.

So while I do think we need to make some moves, I'm not fixated on one particular thing.

 

yeah, i'm on the fence about an unprotected pick, but i'm still not sure that's all detroit is asking for. that was shams' 2nd or 3rd hand speculation. i feel like some team would have ponied that up by now if that's all it was.

 

We would know if Detroit would do the deal for an unprotected by now, that's negotiations, "We'll give you a protected" "No, we want an unprotected + ?" Rob & Co apparently don't feel Bog moves the bar enough if it is only a protected (and not also one of our youths).

 

I'm hoping to see something more substantial done.

Bogdanovic is a great fit, but doesnt solve all our problems.

 

This is a good point. A 40% shooter probably helps lower the chances of us being blown out due to bad shooting.

I’d trade a lottery protected first for Bogdanovic.

But I’d trade two unprotected firsts for OG. His perimeter defence changes us as a team. 4 of 5 positions would be good defensively: Schroeder / Reaves / OG / AD and Lebron would be the 5th. It’s a big dynamic change for us and would propel us to the most dangerous team in the west when healthy.

 

Anything more substantial and you’re basically punting the season away anywho. You’re not integrating 3-4 pieces in time. One yes. Give me a SF whether it’s Bog, OG or other.

 

You know Bev hasn’t been good to start the season, but he has found his shot and he is still decent defensively against guards. He isn’t this terrible thing weighing us down anymore. Nunn has also been ok off the bench. The addition by subtraction isn’t a good argument for me.

In saying that I trade them both for an improvement at SF straight away. But I’m not desperate to make a bad trade.

 

I think you’re undervaluing our firsts. They’re lottery picks and maybe top 10s or better. We’re gonna be bad without Lebron and AD for a long time. What you do today is taking success from the future and bringing it into the present.

By trading for OG, at least you’ll have one piece that will make it through that 25-27’ period. With Bogdanovic or these other trade packages there’s no youth coming through and they’re gonna be retired when our picks our due.