Camden wrote:I'm curious. Would anyone trade Andrew Wiggins for Jahlil Okafor straight up? Hypothetically, we'd be drafting Brandon Ingram this year to replace him on the wing.
Rubio / LaVine / Ingram / Towns / Okafor
Edit: I'm not saying we should trade Wiggins or that we need to trade Wiggins. Do not misquote me. I wonder if that could be a topic to discuss.
I wouldn't. If Wiggins ever becomes more efficient offensively, he can be a very good two-way player, even with some of the motor issues and weak handles/rebounding. I just have a hard time seeing Okafor ever becoming a plus defender. And because his greatest value is getting touches in the low post, you almost have to build the rest of your offense around him, which seems very limiting.
As for Ingram, it's purely speculative to believe he will be an equal or better player than Wiggins. And how long would we have to wait? Wiggins has been cutting his teeth now for nearly two seasons. And Okafor is a full season behind Wiggins as well, with horrible On/Off numbers thus far.
Now there might be other Wiggins trade proposals I'd be interested in that yielded an established talent, but I haven't really thought of any.