« Reply #129 on: January 20, 2019, 09:06:48 PM »
We pushed them to 6th worst
It took me about 30 tries on tankathon for this to convey to Celtics
Meaning we are where we want it to be.. It will roll over if they can stay this bad or worse
I think I'd rather have it convey this year. Makes it a better pick to use in a trade for Davis (agree before draft, make trade when new year starts) and there are no guarantees of where it will eventually end up. Sure it might end up #1 in 2021 or it could end up in the teens in 2020 or 2021. Just too much unpredictability in those type of things.
I'm not sure that's true. I guess it depends on how the Pelicans view it but if I were the Pelicans looking to rebuild, I'm seeing that the protections on the pick go down more next year and then go away the year after, I'm seeing a Western conference that is still stacked, Gasol and Conley are another year older. I think it becomes a more valuable asset if it rolls over a season.
I think they trade Gasol and Conley though and get assets for them. The Kings elevated pretty quickly without any super high picks, just by having a volume of young players and cap space. The Nets, without any top tier draft picks, went from the worst teams in the league to above .500 and the current 6th seed in the East very quickly, just by acquiring a volume of young players and drafting well (from the end of the 1st round). If the Grizzlies trade Gasol at the deadline this year and move on from Conley next summer, there is a pretty decent chance that the pick to Boston that conveys in 2021 won't be a very high pick. Certainty is often far more important to value then uncertainty.
It took the Nets a while after the Pierce KG trade as we were netting top picks from them for a few years.
The Kings turned it around rather quickly but they did draft 2 top 5 picks Fox and Bagley as part of their core as well as having the return of the Cousins trade. Gasol might be leaving in free agency in which case they get nothing back in a trade. They could get solid pieces back for Conley, but it could be more draft picks, than ready now players. Plus the west is loaded. We’ll see.
I said they would trade Gasol at the deadline. They then trade Conley either at the deadline or in the summer. Probably get at least a couple of 1st's in those trades as well as some potential young players. They would likely get a top 5 pick with their own pick the next 2 seasons, use cap space to pick up more picks, etc. and can turn it around much like the Kings did.
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