Hmmā¦ wondering if weird year is making Hornets less interested in draft picks than usual.
Problem is, who do we trade to get him? And if thatās picks and/or youth, whatās the point of ādevelopment?ā
First thought is Rozier and expiring money. Isnāt Lavine on a relatively spendy contract?
I have been saying this for awhile now. Roster balance is what we need to be doing now. We need a bigger guard to play the 2. Rozier I think gets traded allowing us to turn the pg position over to Graham. The Bulls along with the Kings are cap strapped and are going to be looking for ways out. If not Lavine I think we will be looking at Hield from the Kings.
Iād take either one of those catsā¦
I think both are still a ways from their peak.
I think we could throw them
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Going and getting Lavine is a nice sentiment, but I donāt think Charlotte has the goods to get a deal done, barring some luck on lottery night (I suppose). Heās put up numbers that took his contact from an overpay to one thatās actually a pretty palatable deal. Charlotte should still be stockpiling picks instead of cashing them in.
Heās 25 years old and a borderline all star level player, heād fit our timeline imo. I go back and fourth if itād be worth it though
Iām in less get this thing started mode. I donāt want the picks anymore. I want a team that is going to have a chance every night on the court with the Lakers and Bucks and give them hell. The first round pick this year needs to be sent out in my opinion. No one in this draft is going to make us playoff contention.
This!
I am with you Tarheel
Getting Lavine would also alienate Monk from the future of the team most likely.
Thatās all well and good, but itās another thing entirely to pull the trigger when Chicago asks for, like, Graham plus Washington and two first-rounders for Lavine. I mean, you technically could and roll out something like Rozier/Lavine/Bridges/Zeller and go find a fifth starter somewhere, but cashing everything in to chase a seven-seed isnāt necessarily wise.
Chicago doesnāt need Graham they have Coby White. They donāt need Washington they have Lauri Markkanen. They could use Rozier maybe to help Coby White. The point for us here is we can take on more salary since we have cap space and send them less back allowing them more cap space.
Well this is what Iām talking about - trading for Lavineās an easy decision so long as itās for an arbitrarily low price that you set in your head (like Rozier and a first). Lavineās 25 and just averaged 25 a night on decent efficiency, plus heās signed for two more years after this one at under $20 million a year. Youāre going to have to really make it worth Chicagoās time to get him this off-season.
If Charlotteās trying to slap together a win-now roster out of spare parts and a first then you likely need to look at older veterans on declining teams - I bet you could get both DeRozan and Aldridge for salary filler and picks, but I donāt know that that builds toward anything other than a first-round playoff appearance.
Thereās no way Iām giving them Graham and Washington. Thatād be dumb for the Hornets. Granted, Zach is a VERY talented player but he would not make the team better if it had no players left for him to play with. Iām hoping theyāre just looking to see what Chicago is asking for and exploring possibilities rather than looking to ditch on the rebuild.
Yea, thatās why I donāt think a deal gets done. By all means, kick the tires on a teamās asking price, but thereās just a big difference between āthe Hornets have interestā and āChicagoās having a fire saleā.
Why canāt we have both the rebuild and competitive team? Check out my GM for the off season thread.
I donāt think the Bulls have a super high asking price for Lavine. Theyāve kindve been open to trading him the past two years
I mean, thereās usually a few buy-low candidates around the league that can incrementally improve the team, but Lavine isnāt going to be one of them this off-season. As an aside, the idea that Indiana is going to trade Myles Turner for Zeller just because Zeller went to IU is the kind of wishful thinking Iām talking about.
Turner for Zeller and a lottery pick isnāt that bad of a deal if you can get a cheap young piece to fit with your team and a solid backup center. It may be a stretch but things have been given away for cap space. Boogie Cousins was given away to the Kings, Drummond was given away last year for a loaf of bread and potty meat. Not saying it will happen but you never know.