Dan Z wrote:bpcox05 wrote:Dan Z wrote:
Say that to the team that won the NBA championship last year...
The other reason why I asked this question is because of your trade. You trade Sabonis for Ingram and how much money and assets do you have left to get a decent center? Who is the backup center on Sacramento right now? Alex Len and Javale McGee? You won't want them to be full time starters.
If we did trade Sabonis in one of those deals, I’d probably be calling up HOU next to see how I could get Steven Adams. He’s a better rebounder than Sabonis and just as good of a screen setter. His defense, toughness, and strength would be excellent to have at C with the rest of that core.
You could also use your exception to bring aboard a C like Hartenstein, Bitadze, Bamba, etc.
You'd be okay with Bitadze or Bamba as your starting center? With Len or McGee as backups?
Hartenstein will probably cost more, but I have no idea how much.
Houston isn't trading Adams....they just traded for him. I can't even see what the Kings would offer that would make them consider it, plus he has injury concerns.
I do agree with you that teams don't need a star center to be successful.
More so Bitadze than Bamba. And I think Hartenstein would be right around that exception.
Why wouldn’t Houston be open to trading Adams? They have a young up and coming, near all star C in Sengun already. Adams is more of a luxury than a need for them IMO.