Hello Brooklyn wrote:vincecarter4pres wrote:Netaman wrote:I think Trae is a solid fit. Don't know how high that price tag is, but I think he fits as well as he can anywhere else with the Nets length/shooting.
Mitchell is a better fit if he's available because he's a better defender, though he's a couple years older.
i'd take either of them though. both help maximize claxton and bridges, not to mention camj, clowney, wilson, etc.
cam t probably isn't a great fit with either of them, but he may be the centerpiece for a follow-up trade.
I think if you go for Trae, you’re admitting you’re ok being a lower seed playoff treadmill team for a few years while you bridge the gap to the juicier Phoenix picks, assuming you keep (some of)them.
And honestly it’s not the worst spot to be if Trae comes cheap asset/draft pick-wise, agree he will maximize Clax and Bridges and maybe even Cam, or you find a way to add another good off ball centric guy to the mix as well. Could always make a surprise run one year. Clowney could even morph into a stud who also fits perfectly with a ball dominant assist wizard like Trae.
And then maybe finally you find a franchise savior through one of those Phoenix picks, or those packaged with Trae land a guy like Luka, SGA, Ja, etc., 2 or 3 years from now.
As for Trae vs. Mitchell, Mitchell to me is better, well because he’s better. Not just because he’s a better defender.
If we can't get Mitchell then I would go for Trae. Absolutely.
I think Trae/Bridges/Claxton and good coaching can get to the playoffs. Maybe even the 2nd round with some luck.
And I'd rather just watch a team with a chance rather than watch us suck with no picks.
I also think people have too much faith in the Phoenix picks. I'm not entire sure Phoenix is going to suck in 27 and 29. We will see buth its still an owner with unlimited money and they have Devin Booker.
I think you can definitely get to the second round multiple times. Like not a lock to do that most years, but good enough to put up some big win totals RS when healthy and wind up with home court first round 2 or 3 times out of five.
And the roster would be young enough.
Keep the cap flexibility to sign an Ingram next summer, or trade for him at the deadline without giving up any high level assets.
Trae
Bridges
Ingram
Clowney
Clax
With a good bench?
Could make a surprise fake but enjoyable run one year when a couple of the top teams inevitably lose a top guy to injury for the playoffs.
And I do think those Phoenix picks are liquid gold, their cap and flexibility and draft pick situations are a complete abortion.
So you bridge that gap till a couple of them land high lotto and one of those becomes a franchise cornerstone kid.
Plus everyone is young enough to be there for that player’s rise.
I’m with you, the above team without the drafted stud is not a contender, but I’m sick of watching a bad product, without our own picks, or false hopes of flakey has-beens.