So your plan is to trade Reed for whatever we can get, and trade Sengun and a very valuable Nets pick, all so we can bet on Acuff, a rookie point guard who I do like, but whose defense in college was some of the worst defense anyone has ever played. It isn't a smart plan imo at all.
so I never said anything about trading Reed. But yes, I would trade Sengun for a swing at Acuff. I think his defense will get better. I didn’t mention our 2027 nets pick, but it’s not valuable.
I wish OKC would just beat SA real quick, sweep the Knicks and get this season over with already. It's time to move on to next year.
if you don't trade Reed then he becomes a 3rd stringer - so not trading him is crazy. Not trading him and just letting him ride the bench and lose more value is worse than trading him for a bad return. And that 2027 nets pick is very valuable. It'll have as good a chance of any other pick of being number 1 next season.
Stone's gambles rarely get praised until the player performs beyond a doubt as good. Even then, if 1 team makes a better pick below Stone, he will get criticized. 2027 is a weaker draft than normal, but that doesn't mean the Top 3 picks will be worse than the 7-10 picks in 2026. The odds of any individual pick Stone has acquired being a great pick is low. Maybe all the picks coming up fails and the Stone haters will say, "I told you so". If one lands with a No. 1 overall, it will be luck. Odds are, one of the picks hits. Which one. Who knows. So any individual pick may not be great, but still good value overall in the 2027 and 2029 draft.
Haven't seen Miles "Deuce" McBridge of the Knicks mentioned. He has an expiring contract for 2026 at $3.9 mil (2.4% cap). He's a PG that leans a bit more combo guard with good shooting on a bit of volume. Doubt the Knicks will be looking to extend him with their massive payroll moving forward.
that 2027 nets pick is not valuable. You couldn’t trade both 2027 picks (nets and Suns) for #6 in this draft. The 2027 draft is terrible. We likely have a 13% chance at #1 with both our picks combined…in a bad draft. That Nets pick very well could be 5% odds. Not sure why u think it’s valuable, but it’s not. I don’t care about Reed. He will sink or he will swim. He’s not a 3rd stringer. I guessing u are saying that because u think that 33yr old Fred coming back from ACL surgery maters. But it doesn’t. He’s not gonna be the same player. We only have one guard under contract beyond next season: Reed. We need another guard. I’m fine trading Reed if we get a good offer. I’m fine holding onto him to see if he learns to dribble. Regardless it shouldn’t impact drafting one of these stud guards in this draft.
that's crazy to me, but agree to disagree. If you don't think Fred is going to be the starter next year, then you haven't been paying attention.
Over the last 20 years only once [Paul George 2010] has pick 10 been a true #1. I am not an Alpy believer, and am keen to trade him, but not for Khaman Maluach!! Or whomever gets picked 10 this year [even in a strong draft it is a long way from a home run]
u don’t pass up a franchise changing guard talent because u have 33yr old Fred voming off ACL surgery and Reed. There are two guard positions. U need a good 3-guard rotation. Fred is best as a backup at this point in his career.
Could you explain this to Ime Udoka? Stone: "Maybe we need a point guard after all...." Udoka: [angry scowl] Stone: "OK, OK, you win...."
I only brought up Fred because you questioned why I was saying Reed would be third string if we traded for pick 6 to draft Acuff. Also, I do like Acuff, but you're overly high on him. He looks good on offense, but calling him franchise changing is very presumptuous, considering how drastically awful his defense was in college. Again, I like him, but trading Sengun and picks and needing to dump Reed all for a rookie who has serious flaws of his own, and who our dumb ass coach would definitely be bringing off the bench behind Fred -- it is not smart stuff imo edit: like, if we were trading Reed and Sengun and picks to get up to 3 and take whoever fell of AJ, Boozer, or Peterson -- ok, now that's super interesting to me. But totally rebuilding around Acuff is nuts, and I LIKE Acuff
Rockets In: Ja Morant / #3 Pick / Clippers Filler Memphis In: #5 Pick / Alperen Sengun / Filler Clippers In: Kevin Durant / the better of next year's Brooklyn/Suns Pick
I’d need years of therapy going from thinking we were a contender prior to this season….to a year later watching us trade KD/Alpi all so Ja can go 5-15 for 30 games On the bright side, Ja would get Ime fired. And truth be told: the #3 pick could alter this franchise for 10+ years if we knock it out of the park. I’m just not sure I trust Stone to nail this pick, and not particularly wild on the idea that guy is Boozer’s kid. Bonus points for creativity…just re-direct Ja to another team!
Here's a KD trade proposal: Send KD to Dallas, maybe throw in that 29 swap from Dallas that we own get back pick 9 in this draft and a few role players (PJ Washington, Naji Marshall, and Caleb Martin works salary matching wise) Get the snake off the team, add much needed depth to the bench, grab a good young prospect at pick 9 (I'd be targeting either Burries, Mara, or maybe get really lucky and one of the top guards like Brown falls to 9). Re structure around the young guys to see what Sengun and Amen can actually do so that we can make an educated decision about how to move forward as a franchise, and how much to pay Amen.
It's an interesting trade... Seems plausible if that's the direction the front office wants to go and the other two teams want to play ball. The two big moving parts would be, what is the Clippers status on trying to contend this season and holding onto Kawhi, and how does Memphis feel about the options at #5 vs Boozer or whoever is available at #3?
