nope. not now. that is nuts.
Marcus needs to be able to run the point and Tatum needs to play the 3.
Smart
Brown
Tatum
FA Pf
FA center
Hayward super 6th man
Baynes
At center I'd love Vucevic or Cousins. Both would need a defensive pf to help. My choices would be Taj Gibson.
I'd trade all the picks but 1 for a chance at Garland.
Smart
Brown
Tatum
Taj
Vucevic or Cousins
Garland
Hayward
Baynes
Robert Williams
I think this team could win the east.
Take the 1 draft pick and take Chuma Okeke.
It would be cool to see Mirotic and Vucevic. I am on board giving up the Memphis picks (and 2 of this year's firsts) to get Garland.
Garland
Brown
Tatum
Mirotic
Vucevic
Then
Smart
Hayward
Baynes
I think you have to put a defensive minded pf with Vucevic.
Orlando tried that with Ibaka. It didn't work well. I don't think it would fare any better with Taj Gibson.
I like what Orlando have with Aaron Gordon. A two way PF. If there was a way to get someone like him, I'd be all for it.
In the meantime, I feel better about someone like Mirotic than Taj Gibson (who I think has been a noose around the neck of Minny's offense for the last two years next to Towns and should really only be a 20mpg backup center at this juncture in his career like Baynes is).
Mirotic will open the offense up. Give Boston a feared 3 point shooter. Create space for Tatum, Vucevic and Jaylen to operate. Garland too if he were to join. Gibson would do the opposite and make life harder for all of those guys offensively.