I'm hoping Lowry walks so it forces us to make this decision, but I really don't think we can compete at the top level right now, and it would be in our best interest to tank and basically go through the process that Philly did.
- We have all of our own picks
- We already have a base of some interesting prospects in Anunoby, Powell, Wright, Poeltl, Caboclo and Siakam
- Our best player (if Lowry leaves, DeRozan) is still in his prime and can be traded for value, as can Valanciunas. It's not a necessity to move Carroll, but if we can get value for him why not?
I'd just trade DeRozan, CoJo and JV for the best return we can get and then just try to be as bad as possible this upcoming season. The only team in my opinion that would be worse than us on paper is the Nets. Plus Masai could then use that as an excuse to get rid of Casey and bring in his own young coach (maybe Udoka) to lead the team going forwards. See what we have in the young guys currently on the roster, then add some more via the aforementioned trades and look to get a superstar (or multiple) in the upcoming drafts.
We've had a good run but I think a rebuild is necessary, I just don't see us peaking higher than the 2016 playoffs. Even the teams that are around our level are better positioned to improve than we are: Celtics (tons of assets), Wizards (younger than us), Houston (just got CP3), etc. And a lot of the teams below us are younger and will likely pass our level like Milwaukee and Minnesota.
- We have all of our own picks
- We already have a base of some interesting prospects in Anunoby, Powell, Wright, Poeltl, Caboclo and Siakam
- Our best player (if Lowry leaves, DeRozan) is still in his prime and can be traded for value, as can Valanciunas. It's not a necessity to move Carroll, but if we can get value for him why not?
I'd just trade DeRozan, CoJo and JV for the best return we can get and then just try to be as bad as possible this upcoming season. The only team in my opinion that would be worse than us on paper is the Nets. Plus Masai could then use that as an excuse to get rid of Casey and bring in his own young coach (maybe Udoka) to lead the team going forwards. See what we have in the young guys currently on the roster, then add some more via the aforementioned trades and look to get a superstar (or multiple) in the upcoming drafts.
We've had a good run but I think a rebuild is necessary, I just don't see us peaking higher than the 2016 playoffs. Even the teams that are around our level are better positioned to improve than we are: Celtics (tons of assets), Wizards (younger than us), Houston (just got CP3), etc. And a lot of the teams below us are younger and will likely pass our level like Milwaukee and Minnesota.
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