Hey… at least we got a late first round pick. Too bad we didn’t have a lottery pick that we traded for a late first a few years back…oh.
3 Likes
At this point we are going to never have to trade a first for Kai.
I’m hopeful we can turn the Heat first for a few second rounders. Then trade Lowry for a few 2nds as well… that’s the Hornets way.
That said, Im excited to see Nick Smith Jr take on a bigger role the rest of the way.
3 Likes
8 Likes
I love that you’ll never let that go! I still cringe at the thought of what Mitch did.
2 Likes
I would’ve liked to have seen more in return, but this is on par for what I had imagined.
I mean, if they want to attach firsts to Lowry or Hayward to trade for useful veterans they can, but I don’t think it’s what they’re going to do at this point.
Like I said, this is fine. Picks are trade grease, so even if they’re far in the future that’s not really a problem because they hang around as a useful asset. Lowry doesn’t matter one way or the other beyond his cap figure - I genuinely wouldn’t even ask him to report if I were Charlotte. Shop your expirings around to act as a third team facilitating one or more major trade(s) in exchange for picks/youth and, failing that, offer Lowry to Chicago for Lonzo’s dead deal and that heavily protected Portland first they’re sitting on. Get spare picks, rebuild around the young guys, and accept that this season and maybe next year are largely write-offs to (hopefully) set up a successful second half of the 20s.
is that an expiring for some reason? I thought he still had another year on his deal.
I think he means that he will never play basketball again.
Gordon Hayward to Philly makes a lot of sense. They have a lot of expiring contracts on players who spend a lot of time on the pine and they have something like 8 future 2nd rounders
Well that sounds like a terrible use of 20+ million in cap unless you know he will retire.
That was my immediate thought with both him and simmons. But then when I looked at them both expiring at the end of next year it could make sense. Let’s say you want nothing to do with the current free agents of the summer, you basically roll over our cap space this year into expiring deals next year. Picking up three or four assets along the way. Again, my issue is I don’t trust this franchise at all to do anything valuable in that strategy.
1 Like
He does, and it’s the only reason Chicago would be willing to offer anything for Lowry. Being able to rent out next year’s cap space is the primary utility of Hayward and Lowry’s contracts at this point.
2 Likes
I’ve basically been in line with your thoughts on all this…so well done!
I do take heart that the new owners are directing Mitch but I’m also well aware that QC’s depiction of Mitch & Pat’s conversation could be a lot closer than one would think. You me and others would have long ago canned all these guys but here we are. It needs to be done.
2 Likes
We still have to meet a minimum salary and we’re not going too far next year so we might as well use the money for assets vs players who aren’t in our plan going forward.
If we are in the lottery next year that pick owed becomes 2 2nds.
1 Like
I’d be willing to take an additional year of a bad contract, provided we’re talking about a rotation level, good character, vet.
I need a 1st, or a rookie contract player, for each year of additional salary I’m taking on.
My target is a playoff series win 3 years from now. So, I can stomach a bad contract on the books that expires before that.
Damn guys, I just got this year’s city edition Rozier jersey for $29.99 plus free shipping with a code. I’m broke AF right now, but damn. That’s a great deal.
https://www.fanatics.com/?query=terry%20rozier&_ref=p-THKU:m-TYPEAHEAD:i-r-0c-0:po-0
1 Like