« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2017, 04:05:20 PM »
There is no point in selling off players if you are going to keep Thomas and Horford.
And there is no way you are getting 12 for Crowder let alone adding Ellenson and Johnson. Crowder is a bench player. Those guys just don't have much value.
I don't think this is true, but I'm willing to admit Crowder might not fetch quite that much value.
Crowder is an average starter at a position that is fairly weak league-wide. He's also locked into something like 30-40% of his open-market value for another 3 years after this season.
He's definitely got more value than a bench player.
As for Thomas / Horford, ideally if you're going youth movement you would trade away those guys for major assets, but realistically nobody is giving you the haul you want for Thomas, and nobody is trading you major pieces for Horford.
Moranis -- would you trade Horford, Jackson, and Mickey for Kanter, Singler, and McDermott?
I feel like OKC might consider that. Horford and Adams could be a solid frontcourt.
Jeff Teague was traded for the 12th pick in a much weaker draft and Jeff Teague is better than Jae Crowder. Now Teague had 1 year left whereas Crowder has 3, but there isn't that much value difference there.
If Crowder is worth what you think, Boston wouldn't be down 0-2 as the 1 seed. The simple reality is he is a role player best served coming off the bench as a 3 and D type player. You don't get a lottery pick, a recent lottery pick, and a recent mid 1st for that type of player.
And no I wouldn't do that Horford trade.
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