CoolBreeze44 wrote:lipoli390 wrote:It makes no sense to trade him now. This is a strange season with Covid and we haven't had KAT on the floor much because of Covid and his wrist injury. The time to consider dealing him is the end of next season. By that time, we should know enough about the trajectory of our young players and the pairing of DLO and KAT as our two pillars to determine whether it makes sense to continue moving forward with him. At that point, we starting a League-wide bidding frenzy. KAT will command a very big return.
Lip, that's the thing. We know, or at least I do, that KAT and DLO are not going to work as our two pillars. We're wasting time trying to build around those two. If you want to try and get what you can for DLO (not much), we could try to build around KAT. But again we don't have anything to build with for a couple years.
No argument from me on that point, Q. Like you, I'm already convinced that those two won't work as our two pillars. I said that when we first traded for DLO, which was why I wasn't crazy about the deal. But I'm open to the possibility that I'm wrong and that the two can be a good enough tandem to get this team into the playoffs next season, possibly with a high enough seed to get out of the first round. In the meantime, I'd aggressively shop DLO and trade him if able to find a decent deal for him right now, But I think we'd be selling low and I don't think DLO's value goes down much from here. Once KAT is back, it should make DLO look better than he's looked so far this season, which might drive up his value.
If you get the chance, go back and look at the Wolves games against the Clippers and Miami last season after the trade-deadline deals. In the game against the Clippers, KAT played and JMac was our main PG. DLO was out that game. The ball moved beautifully and the Wolves won handily in one of their two best games of the season. JMac was terrific and a key to the win. You could see the potential of this team with KAT, but no DLO. In the Miami game, DLO played and KAT was out. JMac played substantial minutes that game, often alongside DLO, and was again pivotal to the Wolves win in what might have been an even more impressive win than the victory over the Clippers. That was an example of how good this team can be with DLO playing if he's used the right way, plays the right way and has another PG like JMac to facilitate better ball movement.
I'm not optimistic about this team going forward with KAT and DLO as the two pillars, but given the investment already made, this organization has to fully exhaust that possibility before moving KAT. If they can get a good deal for DLO yet this season or before next season, they should do it. But we should stick with KAT until the end of next season and see what happens with or without DLO. KAT will be just as valuable in the trade market then as he is now, if not more so.
