What does drafting Jaylen say about our FA/Durant pursuit?

[Royrebirth]

We just drafted a SF who could maybe slide into the 4 or 2, but primarily, he is a 3. Crowder, additionally, is best as a 3. I doubt Durant will want to play 4, but now we have 2 SFs competing for time unless we're going to send Brown to the D-League (no chance).

Unless there's a deal coming - and rumors are that they're keeping Jaylen - we are very short in the frontcourt and pretty stacked everywhere else. What do you guys think are our objectives going forward with FA? Are we still in the Durant pursuit?

[oldtype]

Trading for Butler was always a precondition for the Durant pursuit. It's now dead.

[hodgy03038]

I'm sure we will still pursue KD but this is probably the last team that he would go to that could pay him.

Why would he want to come to a rebuilding team? I don't think he can wait until 2019-2020 for our projects either.

[BitterJim]

We just drafted a SF who could maybe slide into the 4 or 2, but primarily, he is a 3. Crowder, additionally, is best as a 3. I doubt Durant will want to play 4, but now we have 2 SFs competing for time unless we're going to send Brown to the D-League (no chance).

Unless there's a deal coming - and rumors are that they're keeping Jaylen - we are very short in the frontcourt and pretty stacked everywhere else. What do you guys think are our objectives going forward with FA? Are we still in the Durant pursuit?

I don't think it effects the Durant pursuit at all.  If anything, it makes Crowder more disposable in a trade for another player, but it won't effect Durant.  If you have a chance at a top 5 player, you take it, you don't say, "Yeah but we have some young guys at that spot, so we'll pass"

Trading for Butler was always a precondition for the Durant pursuit. It's now dead.

Source?

[max215]

I don't think it says much of anything, Danny took BPA. On the note of where Jaylen will play, I expect him to log minutes at 1-4 on both sides of the ball.