Yeah, I got in early with Bane on my two fantasy teams and it is paying dividends already.
I agree that it'd be nice to have Bane on our team, but there were several issues - even outside of the Nesmith pick (which definitely played a part in it). First, we just had too many first and second year players on the roster, as is. Danny traded the pick for two future 2nds (no, not to shed Kanter's contract as is the common misconception) and that apparently was the wrong pick to trade.
And 2nd, and most importantly, there is just no way to know that we would have actually selected Bane. Sure, we selected him, but that was only so we could trade him to MEM. It was like when we selected Lucas Noguiera in 2013 - we didn't draft him to be the next star for the Cs, it was to use in a trade for KO (haha, and not Giannis...whoops).
Also, there is just no way to know whether or not he would be playing if he was on the roster. Forget Nesmith, the guy would have Tatum, Brown, Richardson, Smart, and Langford in front on him. Perhaps he would show enough to play more minutes, but PP isn't exactly getting that love right now. And Nesmith blew it open in SL and part of pre-season and he isn't playing at all. Let's face it, Bane ended up in a perfect situation for his development. Maybe we should just be happy for him, rather than play the what-if game every couple of weeks.
I'm happy for Bane on that tough Grizzles team. Bane would be starting in place of Marcus not competing with Jaylen and Jason. My starting 5 would be Schroder, Bane, Brown, Tatum, Timelord. We didn't have room for Bane due to Wannamaker, Poirier, Semi, Green, Edwards... 4 nickles for a dollar.
Hey, you don't have to convince me - I am fully invested in Bane stock. Ainge gambled that who he had on guaranteed money was a better bet than the 30th pick in the draft - who again, wasn't guaranteed to be Bane if the Cs kept the pick. While you guys were totally right in your assessment, it's all hindsight now for a lot of folks, including the front office. Like of course if Ainge could go back in time and ship off one of those guys above, he would do it to take Bane. Frankly, it's too bad we didn't trade the 14th pick for a future pick (or picks).
I disagree that he would be starting in place of Smart and think his fight for minutes would with Romeo at the back end of a 10-11 man rotation; but he'd still be a nice cost-controlled player who eventually would prove himself once the injury bug hits. Stinks for us that Bane is in MEM, but it's way better for him.
