Onus wrote:CDM_Stats wrote:Onus wrote:You'd want Trae on the Magic?
If the Magic could swing a deal using guys like Black/Cole Anthony and a 1st or 2, I think thats a win-win. Magic could still re-sign Fultz (say at 15m/yr), and they'd do a lot to address their shooting problems. Hawks would likely need to re-route Black but he's still got upside as a light shooting/heavy creating PG.
Trae / Fultz
Suggs /
Franz / Jett / Houstan
Paolo / Isaac
WCJ / Mo
And they'd still have roughly 30m in cap to play with if they wanted to make the tragic mistake of adding Klay. Still think Hield would be better, and cheaper, and give them more space to get a 4/5 to account for Isaac's unreliability and Mo Wagners meh impact. But whatever.. I think it could have legs, if they wanted to go down that road
You think Trae is going to fetch roughly 3 1sts? DJM wasn't getting that.
I think Trae will net the Hawks more than DJM would have. There will be plenty of GMs in irrelevant situations who will be desperate for relevancy. Personally, I'd stay away from Trae, especially at his salary, but he'll be viewed as a bankable star. More important than winning games, for a lot of franchises, is getting seats and jerseys sold. Trae does that. I would imagine there will be plenty of suitors outside the Spurs/Magic teams that might have interest due to the way their teams are built. 3 firsts isn't that crazy. Again, I wouldn't trade for Trae but there will be enough teams that want him on the roster to drive the price up.