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The kings made the trade because two point guards that are excellent and need the ball are redundant. Kinda like Brown and Tatum.
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I don't see a good analogy here. Two true point guards like Haliburton/Fox is indeed redundant, but neither Brown nor Tatum are point guards.
You don't see the point? It's well documented that Tatum is the guy. We are atll an excellent team with Brown off the floor. Plenty of evidence of that.
However with Brown on the court and Tatum off, we are not a good team. Brown doesn't make Tatum better. If we could trade Brown for a player that compliments Tatum, probably worth it.
Keeping in mind we can't trade Brown until next year, what do we do with a swap that creates something of a backlog in the frontcourt, or our resulting lack of depth at the guard and wing?
So, let's say our lineup remains identical to what it is right now, minus JB, but with the addition of our Center or Big Man of the Future (COTF)...
Here's ESPN's depth chart, but with that substitution:
https://www.espn.com/nba/team/depth/_/name/bos5: CoBMotF, Horford, Queta, Kornet,
4: Kristaps,Horford, Brisset, Kornet,
3: Tatum, Hauser, Svi,
2: White, Holiday, Prichard
1: Holiday, Prichard, White, Banton
This still feels real thin to me. Maybe that doesn't matter, but I am not convinced that there are enough decent guys to spell White, Holiday, and Tatum to make up for this center unless he's a serious, serious talent.
In keeping with the theme of the thread, for example, I am not sure slotting Sabonis in here makes much difference overall.