Recent content by Bosnian Diehard

This is great news for my Zion to the Kings hopes! ;)

If we do keep Zach/Domas, I would love a trade like this. Gotta build a deep, deep squad with size/length around those two.

That’s fair, maybe that’s true but I would also argue he is the focal point of every defense in the Playoffs to a very high degree. If he had a guy like Sabonis or another star alongside him, I think that would help take the pressure off him a bit in those series where teams get to really key in...

I don’t think a team with Sabonis and LaVine as its’ best players has a shot at the Playoffs in the West, maybe they could in the East. LaVine is the biggest example of a good stats bad team guy that I can remember. Plays well against bad teams and is often invisible against the great teams...

But this is the point to me - we can actually hope for a Playoff appearance. With LaVine, there’s not shot imo. (Just want to restate, I muuuch prefer a full rebuild - just operating on the assumption we won’t see one under Vivek). We can also choose to flip Sabonis for a player of a similar...

Yes Playoff proven. He averages 26/9 in the Playoffs and has had some clutch monents, he doesn’t fade in the Playoffs like how some modern stars (Sabonis being an example, until he proves otherwise). Also, how many times over the years have we argued guys like Cousins and Fox should not have...

Trae is bad on defense but so is LaVine. But Trae is a much better offensive player, more consistent, Playoff proven, much younger, and less injury prone. The trade would also balance our lineup and ironically make us better on defense simply by clearing up a starting spot for Keon. Ellis is...

To me, the top priority is taking a swing and trading for a star. My list of people I would consider, depending on the price for each, would be Ja, Trae, LaMelo, Zion, and Harden. I didn’t include KD and Giannis because they have the power to block a trade to Sacramento, I would assume, that the...

The whole point is to raise our ceiling because, as constructed, this team is a play-in exit at best. If you have Zion as your best player, you can be a competitive Playoff team. And I’m saying out of the group of Zion, Trae, Ja and LaMelo (stars rumored to potentially be placed on the trading...

Part of the reason I like the idea of trading for Zion is he is already secured for three more seasons, with each of those being non-guaranteed. They become guaranteed after he meets/is below a stated weight limit and it becomes more and more guaranteed the more games he plays. His Spotrac page...

Sounds a bit crazy on paper but it can be tough to judge these things without full context. For example, maybe Domas thought more practice was needed in this particular case because of all the new players we had who had to learn the system.

Plus there’s rumored to be outs in his contract so if he becomes a malcontent, we wouldn’t be stuck with him. I think he is the best player/highest ceiling of all the rumored stars to be on the move. Not as hard to build around either, just give him shooters and a couple defenders (Keon/Keegan).

I get the injury concerns for sure. I will say, New Orleans has a terrible history with injuries, so maybe he would be hurt less often here? Also, there’s the fact that the Pelicans didn’t allow him to play back to backs at all this season. Could be cause for concern or could have been them...

My thing is, if we’re so insistent on winning now and not doing a rebuild, then let’s just go all in and go for a star guy with some baggage if need be. Zion, Ja, Trae, LaMelo, etc. staying put does nothing, we need to take a swing at some point if this is the route Vivek wants to go.

Also shoutout @Revrag for helping me merge my old account with the newer one!