The 'bag of balls' turned out to be a pretty solid package
How so?
Yeah, the current tally for what they got now that Chris Paul is flipped is looking much more reasonable:
Jordan Poole
Ryan Rollins
Patrick Baldwin Jr.
2030 GSW first-round pick (protected)
2027 GSW second-round pick
Landrey Shamet
Cash considerations
(6 Second Round Picks)
2024 second-round pick
2025 second-round pick
2026 second-round pick
2027 second-round pick
2028 second-round pick
2030 second-round pick
(4 first round pick swaps)
2024 first-round pick swap
2026 first-round pick swap
2028 first-round pick swap
2030 first-round pick swap
They sent out Beale, Isaiah Todd, Jordan Goodwin, and Trayce Jackson-Davis.
Jordan Poole is a decent player, contract notwithstanding. The rest of the players, not so much. The Second round picks and swaps are hard to gauge right now in terms of value, but there are a lot of them. It is a lot less than I thought they might be able to get. People here were actually suggesting trading Brown for Beale. I think the bag of ball things came from thinking that WAS was going to just release Chris Paul, that he had no value. But instead, Chris Paul got Jordan Poole and a couple more picks/prospects.
What I found interesting is to compare this to the Marcus Smart trade. It is a 3-way, so it is hard to say exactly what the Celtics got for Smart but it is very clear what MEM gave up for Smart; Tyus Jones and two picks. After more draft night swapping, this ended up being what Smart went for:
Tyus Jones
2024 1st GSW (Protected 1-4 in 2024)
2024 2nd Dallas
2025 2nd Best of Detroit, Golden State, and Washington
2026 2nd Best of Minnesota, New York, New Orleans, and Portland
2027 2nd Atlanta
So a better first round pick, 4 vs. 6 seconds, a comparable player, but no swaps.