Tanking and trading for draft picks gives us the highest number of most likely opportunities to take advantage of.
Right. And not taking the option that gives you the best chance at th most talent and success would be insane. Tanking is the only option that gives us a decent chance at competing this decade.
I didn't say that. You said that. It's very clearly written exactly what I said. If you aren't doing your best to be the best you can then you are insane. Absolutely 100% in my opinion.
Yes, 100%. We need more talent all up and down our roster. There is no other way to reliably increase our overall talent level than by drafting as high as possible.
Yes it is. If we are not tanking we are committing to be middling at best for the next decade. It really is as simple as that.
Agreed. Certainly we should move the vets who are in the way so we don't have to fake injuries, etc.
Our vets are proven to be incredibly flawed. Anybody we trade them for will be too flawed to help their current team. Trading our worthless vets for other worthless vets doesn't do anything for us. We need to increase the overall level of talent on our team. They will, at best, help us be good enough to miss out on getting real talent in the draft.
Eventually we can make trades to fill out the roster. The Deni trade was not good (after seeing him play). He's not good enough, and neither are we, to give up 2 draft picks for him right now.
I think you have some tunnel vision as well. Do you recall what Portland traded for Grant? A future 1st. Part of the package they sent to the Wiz for Deni was a 2029 1st. Future 1sts are liquid gold in trades that other GMs are willing to give up today for less as they're concerned about winning now and keeping their job. Those picks increase in value as they come closer to being real... buy low sell high or maybe use the pick if it suits them. Accepting that Portland is not winning a championship next year, time is on their side for a true rebuild. Acquiring future picks is one of the paths to potentially achieve that goal.
Yes we traded a distant first to acquire Grant and two firsts to acquire Deni.
Bro, you still going back and forth with this guy? It's a waste of time, just scroll past or ignore his posts, it will make this place a little more enjoyable
That was already a good trade for a great young player. Unless those picks have equated to anything better, we’re not gonna pencil in untapped potential to mean anything
That's the point. You need as many shots at the draft as possible to pull as much great talent out as possible. This is the situation we are in. All of the teams who successfully rebuild in less than 6 to 10 years (outside of destination markets) have done it by drafting a lot of good players. Not by trading potentially great draft picks for role players.
That response misses my whole point. Future picks are assets that can be acquired now for less then they'll be worth a year or three from now. The closer to the pick date, the more the pick is typically worth. They don't have to be held onto and utilized by a team whenever said pick comes up, they are also a trade asset that can be used at any point prior like Portland used future picks to acquire vets Grant and Avdija
If that's a top five pick that could be the player you need to put us over the top when Sharpe is in his prime (or could be traded for that piece).
No, I've always maintained that we can and should trade picks for players who fit better once we have enough players in place to be a competitive team and as a way to finish filling out the roster. I have never once said that trading should not be a part of the plan.