Poll: Brown for Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith, Reed Sheppard

[KG Living Legend]

 This leaves Houston with Sengun, Durant,  Jalen Brown,  Van Fleet core. Very serious title contender.

Boston gets a freak athlete in Amen Thompson who can't shoot, but that might be good for Boston. Jabari Smith Jr who is an excellent shooting big and good defender.  Reed Sheppard also an emerging shooter.

 I would prefer this package to Giannis.

Queta
Jabari Smith
Tatum
Thompson/Sheppard
White/Pritchard

Baylor,  Hugo, Walsh,  Garza,

 If we can make a trey Murphy trade as well we could be very dangerous.

[Who]

I feel like Amen Thompson, Jayson Tatum and Jabari Smith Jr are all at their best at the same position PF. As a result, I am not sure how much I love them together on the same team.

[Who]

Queta
Jabari Smith
Tatum
Thompson/Sheppard
White/Pritchard

Baylor,  Hugo, Walsh,  Garza,

In this trade, I would lineup like this:

G: Pritchard, Reed Sheppard
G: D White, Baylor
F: Amen Thompson, (Tatum)
F: Tatum, Jabari Smith Jr
C: Queta, (free agent)

I would play a 3 man forward rotation of Tatum, Amen, and Jabari. They are all interchangeable with one another.

That would also allow you to get more shooting on the floor. I don't like the idea of Amen & Queta together. Queta is a garbage man. Amen can't make a shot outside of 10 feet consistently. So the spacing will be poor with the two of them on the floor together. I'd like to get extra shooting alongside them.

Jabari is a solid shooter but not a great shooter. Pritchard is far better. Jabari is a non-passer and a limited ball-handler. Pritchard is a quality ball-handler and ball-mover. So that will give the offense more flow. It also creates an opening for Reed Sheppard as a bench guard.

Jabari and Amen would appear to take away most if not all opportunities available for Hugo Gonzalez & Jordan Walsh. They will eat the forward minutes. Neither J Walsh or Hugo are skilled enough to be guards. Baylor would have the upper hand over them on backup SG minutes. If we were to do this trade, we might be best off moving Hugo & J Walsh on to other teams in a separate trade or two. Maybe see if we can get an upgrade in the backcourt.

Not in love with Pritchard & Reed Sheppard on the same team. They duplicate one another. Reed a poor man's Payton Pritchard. Not sure how well they would play together alongside one another. Both small guards. They would make our backcourt very small. It would probably work fine in the regular season but more problematic in the playoffs. Reed's minutes might be limited to 15-20mpg behind Pritchard in that case. Baylor getting 10-15mpg at SG behind D White.