I think the trade would be…
Harrison Barnes
Kevin Huerter
Sasha Vezenkov
Chris Duarte
for
Zach LaVine
Alex Caruso
Torrey Craig (could remove him if he opts out)
Now I’m on the record for being against a LaVine trade mainly because 1) it looks like we already have a great starting SG on a heck of a deal (Ellis) and 2) I want to be adding defensive, two way players around Fox & Sabonis
Having said that, it would be interesting to have a collection of Fox, Mitchell, Ellis, and Caruso harassing opposing offenses each night (not to mention Murray on the wing) and perhaps it allows us to get away with 1) adding a non-defensive, “star” SG and 2) not having good length at SF, PF, and C (since I’m assuming we’d be starting LaVine, Murray, and Sabonis) at those positions.
I could see this being sort of a last resort for McNair. If McNair wasn’t able to move #13 for an upgrade AND if Monk walks in FA, perhaps McNair gets desperate enough to make such a deal.
I could see the minutes rotation breaking down to something like this…
PG - Fox (34) / Mitchell (14)
SG - Ellis (26) / LaVine (12) / Caruso (10)
SF - LaVine (20) / Caruso (16) / Murray (12)
PF - Murray (20) / Lyles (16) / Craig (12)
C - Sabonis (34) / Len (10) / Lyles (4)
Fox = 34 min
Sabonis = 34 min
LaVine = 32 min
Murray = 32 min
Ellis = 26 min
Caruso = 26 min
Lyles = 20 min
Mitchell = 14 min
Craig = 12 min
Len = 10 min
…that’s just too many “small ball” minutes for my liking, and I don’t like the idea of our starting lineup being a “small ball” lineup either. I still think it makes more sense to target someone like Grant vs. another SG.
Harrison Barnes
Kevin Huerter
Sasha Vezenkov
Chris Duarte
for
Zach LaVine
Alex Caruso
Torrey Craig (could remove him if he opts out)
Now I’m on the record for being against a LaVine trade mainly because 1) it looks like we already have a great starting SG on a heck of a deal (Ellis) and 2) I want to be adding defensive, two way players around Fox & Sabonis
Having said that, it would be interesting to have a collection of Fox, Mitchell, Ellis, and Caruso harassing opposing offenses each night (not to mention Murray on the wing) and perhaps it allows us to get away with 1) adding a non-defensive, “star” SG and 2) not having good length at SF, PF, and C (since I’m assuming we’d be starting LaVine, Murray, and Sabonis) at those positions.
I could see this being sort of a last resort for McNair. If McNair wasn’t able to move #13 for an upgrade AND if Monk walks in FA, perhaps McNair gets desperate enough to make such a deal.
I could see the minutes rotation breaking down to something like this…
PG - Fox (34) / Mitchell (14)
SG - Ellis (26) / LaVine (12) / Caruso (10)
SF - LaVine (20) / Caruso (16) / Murray (12)
PF - Murray (20) / Lyles (16) / Craig (12)
C - Sabonis (34) / Len (10) / Lyles (4)
Fox = 34 min
Sabonis = 34 min
LaVine = 32 min
Murray = 32 min
Ellis = 26 min
Caruso = 26 min
Lyles = 20 min
Mitchell = 14 min
Craig = 12 min
Len = 10 min
…that’s just too many “small ball” minutes for my liking, and I don’t like the idea of our starting lineup being a “small ball” lineup either. I still think it makes more sense to target someone like Grant vs. another SG.