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I don't want any long term bad deals because I don't necessarily think we can't compete if we trade AD. Especially if we get Simmons back.
I think Jrue, Simmons, Niko, and a bunch of cap space could net us a competitive team. Especially if say we sign a guy like Kemba or maybe even Klay if he wants money over more rings.
I wouldnt even take Zion honestly, he will have knee troubles later in his career, I would go Barret, Zion then Reddish..
And no, Carter Dunn and a top 3 pick would be great imo (I would try to pry their 2021 1st from them also).. If our picks lands in the lottery we could have:
PG: Payton/Dunn
SG: Jrue/Moore/Frank
SF: Barret/Miller
PF: Niko/Randle
C:Bol Bol/Okafor
Pretty solid team to build on
All these dudes end up with knee issues. Some are minor, some are major. I played a fraction of the basketball these dudes have, and my knees require constant maintenance. I'm about to start wearing knee sleeves under my suits!
What I've been told is that every pound of weight adds 4lbs of pressure on your knees. So in some regards I agree.
But I think the way forward for a small market team in the NBA is to bank on 7 years of a guy under control and contract, and then move on. I don't have any worries about Zion between now and that point of his career. It's why I think the Pels should flip AD. We went for it , it hasn't worked, let's start the next 7 year cycle. The trick is to avoid bottoming out between cycles.
Is Zion legit 285 though? That's huge for a 6'7 guy. I'm trying to think of players that size and closest I could come up with was Glen "Big Baby" Davis who was 6'9 and 289. He is 35 pounds heavier than LBJ who is considered a bowling ball in the league. We ware basically looking at a Defensive Tackle with ball skills. That size does make me nervous.
I don't watch college ball at all so I don't know anything about him. Maybe he's awesome. Just a quick glance at stats and a couple articles on him makes me believe I'd much rather Ben Simmons than Zion. I think with both not having an outside shot I'd always pick the facilitator. I do think it'd be cool to see a guy so massive play ball though. Is his ball handling good enough to get him over in the NBA?
he says he is 271 (back in august last year)
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