Trying to get on Dame’s Christmas list. Hard pass on that deal. It’s a joke.
I don't believe that is how Leon Rose is wired. Nor THIBS. What Knicks management and coaching staff did last year, the patience, the prudence, paid serious dividends.
Can you picture Thibs turning beet purple when asked his thoughts on RJ being traded?
As for MASS DUMPS of #1 Picks?
My GOD. Been there. Done that.
Looking for a nanosecond at your fave team, the Atlanta Hawks.
Onyeka Okongwu, 20 [#6 pick, 2020] C/PF
DeAndre Hunter, 23 [#4 pick, 2019] SF/PF
Cam Reddish, 21 [#10 pick, 2019] SF/PF
Trae Young, 22 [#5 pick, 2018] PG
Kevin Huerter, 22 [#18 pick, 2018] SG/SF
John Collins, 23 [#19 pick, 2017] PF
And we all know about their vets, acquired through trades and free agency: Capella [27], Gallinari [32], Bogdonavich [28], Williams [34], Snell [29], Hill [30].
I could 12. Twelve DEEP. And a core of six very young, very talented players.
And Ian Begley and the rest of these dubious douche devices is okay with trading our three [pick 'em] of our best YOUNG players and multiple #1 draft picks. RJ [21]. IQ [22]. Obi [23]. Mitchell [23].
Randle is going to be 27; Vildoza is going to be 26. Pelle is 28.
French Frank and Kevin are also VERY YOUNG, though it would be surprising if both/either of them are back.
A "HARD NO"
Again, I love DAME. Great player. Great competitor. Great character.
He is 30, which admittedly ain't all that old. One could make a case that he is IN HIS PRIME.
However, trading away the equivalent of FIVE #1 picks, and freezing upwards of 40-50% of our future cap space on someone who will be pulling down $54,250,000 in 2024-2025 [$43,750,000 $47,250,000, $50,750,000, $54,250,000].
The Hawks were patient and purposeful, and now they have a very deep, very young roster, and look to be VERY COMPETITIVE for the immediate future.
PATIENCE. DRAFT PICKS. Judicious Use Of Cap Space.