Yes. Even if we lose Lowry.
The trade value of our four starters is much, much higher than it was at the beginning of the season. This is partially due to some great playoff performances by Amir, Jonas and DeRozan, and posting a winning record.
There is absolutely no way that DeRozan would have made the All-Star team without the team being a few games over .500. Now his stock is at an all-time high. Early in the season if you proposed a Kevin Love for DeRozan + Pick trade, Minnesota would have laughed in your face, now, it's an offer they're going to at least mull over.
We also still have cap space, as well as 1 First Rounder + 2 Second Rounders. And by not trading Lowry mid-season, we are in the best position to resign him.
Also remember — Tanking guaranteed NOTHING this year. There were at least 8 or 9 teams aggressively vying for the worst record by the All-Star Break. There was a strong possibility that if we did trade Lowry, we would have still not have been bad enough to get a Top 5 pick. We would have likely have had to trade DeRozan and fire Casey as well for a chance at a high pick.
When you factor in how aggressively other teams were tanking, and how little other teams were offering for Lowry, the prospect of tanking this year would have been a huge gamble at a steep price.
We came out ahead. Even if Masai wanted to reset the entire roster, he's in a much better bargaining position now than he was if we had tanked.
The trade value of our four starters is much, much higher than it was at the beginning of the season. This is partially due to some great playoff performances by Amir, Jonas and DeRozan, and posting a winning record.
There is absolutely no way that DeRozan would have made the All-Star team without the team being a few games over .500. Now his stock is at an all-time high. Early in the season if you proposed a Kevin Love for DeRozan + Pick trade, Minnesota would have laughed in your face, now, it's an offer they're going to at least mull over.
We also still have cap space, as well as 1 First Rounder + 2 Second Rounders. And by not trading Lowry mid-season, we are in the best position to resign him.
Also remember — Tanking guaranteed NOTHING this year. There were at least 8 or 9 teams aggressively vying for the worst record by the All-Star Break. There was a strong possibility that if we did trade Lowry, we would have still not have been bad enough to get a Top 5 pick. We would have likely have had to trade DeRozan and fire Casey as well for a chance at a high pick.
When you factor in how aggressively other teams were tanking, and how little other teams were offering for Lowry, the prospect of tanking this year would have been a huge gamble at a steep price.
We came out ahead. Even if Masai wanted to reset the entire roster, he's in a much better bargaining position now than he was if we had tanked.
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