I would love to keep him, but the bridge may be too burnt to reconstruct.
Now that the Lakers got the 4th pick I much rather deal with them over the Knicks.
Ingram, Kuzma, Ball, & DeAndre Hunter(the next Kawhi hopefully lol) is a way better haul than what the Knicks have to offer IMO.
C: Okafor
PF: Zion
SF: Ingram
SG: Jrue
PG: Ball
F: Kuzma
F: Hunter
Then turnaround and possibly trade Ingram or Ball or both. It just gives us some serious flexibility. I don’t think Ingram’s medical stuff is as bad as some think. He balled out their for a stretch last year. He could play the 2 at times with Hunter at the 3 and Jrue at the point. It seems that the Ball kids are starting to distance themselves from that idiot dad of theirs. The kid has some serious potential at the point. I love Hunter’s potential over Barretts really. Hunter and Kawhi are almost identical type players going into the league. Great on defense and needed to work on offense. I just love his defense for guys like KD & Kawhi.
I wish AD would of waited to demand that trade cause he may of had a change of heart now. We got our big 3 with AD, Zion, and Jrue. But I don’t know if he can come back and save face after this last year. But we will have some cap to add a pretty good player to that list above as well.
It’s great to be a Pel fan again!! Zion none of those other teams like the Knicks swept a team that’s in the western conference finals like we did last year to the Blazers, so it’s not the end of the world my boy!!