Time for a change?

[Donoghus]

Running it back with the Jays is mostly fine, but you're gonna need to reshuffle and organize the rest of the roster better. If it means trading White, or Hauser, or both in deals to acquire additional outside talent while also using the MLE to add a FA, then you gotta do it. But standing pat basically and only adding maybe 1 player while keeping everyone else besides Vucevic would be malpractice too.

Hauser to me needs to go regardless. Let the young guys get more playing time and open up some money that way, Hauser has also been meh these last few postseasons and if he's not hitting 3s he's not as useful. I'd prefer a more veteran wing backup or just another point guard-type while Baylor and to an extent Hugo can potentially develop into the Hauser-role more next year.

White isn't untouchable to me. If they keep him, fine. But if a deal can be made to upgrade the frontcourt, I'm fine with that too.

This is pretty much where I'm at.  Keep the Jays.  Everyone else is expendable to a point.  I think they should move Hauser and hope to see more development with the kids. Tinker with roster. Reset that repeater clock and let loose come '27-28.

[Phantom255x]

Running it back with the Jays is mostly fine, but you're gonna need to reshuffle and organize the rest of the roster better. If it means trading White, or Hauser, or both in deals to acquire additional outside talent while also using the MLE to add a FA, then you gotta do it. But standing pat basically and only adding maybe 1 player while keeping everyone else besides Vucevic would be malpractice too.

Hauser to me needs to go regardless. Let the young guys get more playing time and open up some money that way, Hauser has also been meh these last few postseasons and if he's not hitting 3s he's not as useful. I'd prefer a more veteran wing backup or just another point guard-type while Baylor and to an extent Hugo can potentially develop into the Hauser-role more next year.

White isn't untouchable to me. If they keep him, fine. But if a deal can be made to upgrade the frontcourt, I'm fine with that too.

This is pretty much where I'm at.  Keep the Jays.  Everyone else is expendable to a point.  I think they should move Hauser and hope to see more development with the kids. Tinker with roster. Reset that repeater clock and let loose come '27-28.

My preference would be:

1. Trade Hauser + picks to Dallas for Gafford and absorb him using the TPE

2. Sign 1 of Timelord, Porzingis, Nurkic or Mamu using the MLE

My dream is trading White + pick(s) for Kessler and a role player from Utah but I have no clue if Utah is willing to trade Kessler, but he's been my dream target for a while. Wendell Carter from the Magic is another intriguing option but idk what ORL would want and also, is he even expendable.

Anyways, in that scenario they'd still need to add another guard (like maybe Ty Jerome from Memphis if they are looking to shed salary) but the frontcourt looks a lot better like that and you still keep the Jays and probably White too.

[slamtheking]

I wonder if the Thunder would move Caruso in a mostly cost savings move.  He fits into Boston's TPE.  Hugo and 2027 1st for Caruso.  Something like that.  Thunder save a ton of money, get a young player and a pick in 27. May not be enough for Caruso, but the financial savings is huge and the Thunder Don have Topic that can fill some of the Caruso role.

don't like it.  not giving up Hugo for Caruso.  Hugo will end up being the better player by far career-wise.   Will be similar to the C's trading Joe Johnson for Rodney Rodgers instead of moving Kedrick Brown.

Hauser and #27 - probably worth it. 

[slamtheking]

Running it back with the Jays is mostly fine, but you're gonna need to reshuffle and organize the rest of the roster better. If it means trading White, or Hauser, or both in deals to acquire additional outside talent while also using the MLE to add a FA, then you gotta do it. But standing pat basically and only adding maybe 1 player while keeping everyone else besides Vucevic would be malpractice too.

Hauser to me needs to go regardless. Let the young guys get more playing time and open up some money that way, Hauser has also been meh these last few postseasons and if he's not hitting 3s he's not as useful. I'd prefer a more veteran wing backup or just another point guard-type while Baylor and to an extent Hugo can potentially develop into the Hauser-role more next year.

White isn't untouchable to me. If they keep him, fine. But if a deal can be made to upgrade the frontcourt, I'm fine with that too.

This is pretty much where I'm at.  Keep the Jays.  Everyone else is expendable to a point.  I think they should move Hauser and hope to see more development with the kids. Tinker with roster. Reset that repeater clock and let loose come '27-28.

My preference would be:

1. Trade Hauser + picks to Dallas for Gafford and absorb him using the TPE

2. Sign 1 of Timelord, Porzingis, Nurkic or Mamu using the MLE

My dream is trading White + pick(s) for Kessler and a role player from Utah but I have no clue if Utah is willing to trade Kessler, but he's been my dream target for a while. Wendell Carter from the Magic is another intriguing option but idk what ORL would want and also, is he even expendable.

Anyways, in that scenario they'd still need to add another guard (like maybe Ty Jerome from Memphis if they are looking to shed salary) but the frontcourt looks a lot better like that and you still keep the Jays and probably White too.

Gafford isn't the type of player the C's should be spending picks on to acquire.  They don't have spare picks to use in deals.  if they're going to trade their first rounders away, it needs to be for someone at all-star level.  Gafford isn't that.