Yeah, thanks for reminding me about the #22 pick. YAWN
While turning any draft pick into gold is always possible (e.g. Isaiah Thomas at #60), getting #22 is nowhere near valuable enough to prioritize having in any potential deal.
It’s a complete unknown. And not even a lottery pick. In a draft that is widely seen as 5 players deep then everyone else.
What the LAL are reportedly offering would be equate the KINGS trading a $50 bill for a $20 and $5 worth of lottery scratchers hoping you get lucky.
No thanks.
And I can’t keep stressing this enough — you shouldn’t ever trade with a hated rival unless it’s heavily tilted in your favor. The reported offer doesn’t remotely come close to that.
If the LAL really want Buddy Hield, McNair needs to make them drastically overpay. However, beyond their top 2 players, they lack anything worthwhile to overpay with. No premier draft capital, no worthwhile young talent.
Montrezl and KCP are ok, but neither are centerpieces to a trade. Neither is #22.
All 3 might be ok in a potential deal if the team were Charlotte or New Orleans. But when it’s LAL involved — that ain’t nowhere near enough to land arguably the best volume perimeter shooter not named the Splash Brothers.
