I take Barrett. And don't bother with AD. C's could become the next Warriors in 2 years.
Irving, Brown, Barrett, Tatum, Horford
Smart, Hayward, Baynes
Plus Clippers and C's pick.
Then Grizz first in 2020.
One thing I am not sure about is if you were able to deal Hayward and Clippers 1st for cap relief. If Horford is up with that cap relief maybe you have enough $ to sign AD. Again not 100% sure but man Irving, Brown, Barrett, Tatum, Davis and Smart as your core is nuts.
Agree, that would be nuts.
But I think Ainge has already made up his mind about trading for AD and it would cost the Celts Jayson Tatum.
If he made up his mind this early than he isn't a good GM. Getting a top three pick is franchise changing you don't have to deal Tatum for a 4 year compete window of Davis and Irving. Instead you have a 10 year window with Tatum, Brown and Barrett.
2 All-NBA caliber players = 4 year window
2 young guys who have shown the potential to maybe one day be All-Stars, if all goes well, and one guy who hasn't proven anything in the NBA = 10 year window
C'mon man.
How do you think the NBA works? You have to build from somewhere and every great player had to grow to be great. You cant dismiss obvious talent that Tatum, Brown, and Barrett show at their ages. Also there is still room for Irving and Davis if you manage the cap. You get all of it. Don't dismiss the full conversation
You just said prior to my reply that getting a window of Davis and Kyrie would involve dealing Tatum.
I get that every great player had to grow to be great. What I'm saying is it doesn't look like our young guys are on that track. Kevin Durant and LBJ were already borderline MVP candidates by their second year. Steph was already scratching 50/40/90 on 18.6PPG in his second season. Kyrie was averaging 22/6/4 in his second season. Paul George was an All-Star in his third season. AD was averaging 24/10/2/3/1.4 by his 3rd season. Heck, even Giannis' third season was better than the season's our young guys have put together.
The only #1 option on a true contender I can think of who didn't look like they were going to dominate from day 1 is Kawhi, but he is by no means the rule. Plus, he got to be coached by arguably the greatest coach ever.
All I'm saying is I don't have hopes for JT & JB ever developing into more than DeMar DeRozan type All-Star players. AD and Kyrie have already eclipsed that level, and would give us a definite shot. I dunno that building around our youth would
I'd didn't say it had to take Tatum it was the other poster I quoted. I said try to stay as is, clear cap and sign AD. Idea is you then still have Irving, Brown, Barrett and Tatum to go with Davis. A much longer window.
As for guys showing a greater promise you had the answer already. Guys like KD and LeBron ect those guys had no player to differ to and were given the keys day one as the stars so their growth was substantial. Leonard did have guys on his team thus he grew slower. There is actually a lot of stuff written on growth that show the same plays out every where. Guys grow faster when given the keys early. Tatum and Brown never given that so it's slow.