MrMiyagi wrote:bwgood77 wrote:schnakenpopanz wrote:no one can convince me that this team would be worse with the status pre trade durant.
Yeah, a lot of arguments about it being a good trade, but are we really better? And now building for the future is infinitely tougher. If we don't make the playoffs, do they make a big trade? Or if we do and lose in the first round in embarrassing fashion?
The timing of the trade was awful. No need to have done it at the deadline last year. People love the Nurkic trade, imagine if he had players who knew how to find open space like Cam and Mikal. Everyone on this team just stands around.
Trading those guys was fine. They've proven themselves to be non-difference makers in Brooklyn. The problem was trading them PLUS all of our picks for Durant-when we were the only suitor. Makes 0 sense.
Make the trade. But tell the Nets they either get the players or all of the picks. 1 or the other. Not both.
Hell, I'd probably be advocating moving them now if they were here. Imagine if Giannis or Embiid become available in the next 12 months? Even on a bigger scale how about Luka or Tatum? Those players are who sell everything for. Not this, though as I've said, it's not really KD's fault as he has played awesome.
It's why we need to trade him this summer if we get too many more nights like tonight.