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I think both teams get better with this trade. It also shows that the Bulls have no faith in Lonzo Ball ever playing for them again.
OKC can create 33.7 million in cap space as well to either sign someone who can rebound or trade for one.Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:49 pm OKC just got better. This is why simply running it back won't work. We have to get better, and if we're not, we're falling behind.
Yep. I’m thinking Cool is right about this. OKC had the best record in the West. And they are so loaded with very young talent they would have likely improved substantially without making any moves. Acquiring Caruso makes them significantly better on its own. And as you noted, they can improve even more with their flexibility to create substantial cap space or (I’ll add) use all their cap exceptions. Of course, Boston will be at least as good as they were last season.rapsuperstar31 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:02 pmOKC can create 33.7 million in cap space as well to either sign someone who can rebound or trade for one.Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:49 pm OKC just got better. This is why simply running it back won't work. We have to get better, and if we're not, we're falling behind.
Dammit, D'N...my gal just proposed this trade to me last night, and I mansplained to her why it was not going to happen. And now it's a rumor!
Lip, I just spoke in detail about this yesterday on another thread. My conclusion was we shouldn't trade any of the 3 bigs before next year. It's not a perfect plan but feel it's the best we can do for next year's team. I also said we shouldn't extend Rudy, leaving us some flexibility in the next few years. I think our only chance is to keep the top 8 or 9 guys, get organic growth from Ant and Jaden, and hope the playoff experience makes guys like KAT and NAZ better next year. We also need to hit on our draft pick by getting an experienced guy who can play right away. Hopefully we can find our own Jaime Jaquez type player late in the first round.Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:36 pmYep. I’m thinking Cool is right about this. OKC had the best record in the West. And they are so loaded with very young talent they would have likely improved substantially without making any moves. Acquiring Caruso makes them significantly better on its own. And as you noted, they can improve even more with their flexibility to create substantial cap space or (I’ll add) use all their cap exceptions. Of course, Boston will be at least as good as they were last season.rapsuperstar31 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:02 pmOKC can create 33.7 million in cap space as well to either sign someone who can rebound or trade for one.Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:49 pm OKC just got better. This is why simply running it back won't work. We have to get better, and if we're not, we're falling behind.
Cool - I assume your point is that we can’t reasonably expect to improve significantly as we must without trading Rudy, KAT or Naz. If that’s your thinking, I suspect you’re probably right. The next question then is: Which of our three bigs should we trade? In addition: Who are some realistic trade targets we could get in exchange that would result in a significant net improvement? It seems really challenging, but not impossible, to get significantly better by trading one of our three core players. Thoughts?
