Aloha,
Russ the season for the Laker faithful to dream of that mega trade that wins a title. And and of course it would be amazing. But I don’t see a package of THT, Nunn and that distant 1st rounder is going to land us a big star. I will never say never and I would be ecstatic if it did, but very pragmatic and I just don’t see it.
Now we do have additional sweeteners that we could add beyond 2nd round picks. Malik has been playing like a star and Austin is that high IQ glue guy that every team covers. But the question is by adding those two to a trade for one player make us better?
THT has been up and down this year but is becoming more consistent. Nunn was declared one of the steals of free agency and the talk of training camp. I have no doubt that he will be very good for us down the stretch. Of course is playing like a star and Austin is becoming more valuable by the game.
Now Turner has been mentioned as a player of interest for us. Would his defense and rebounding improve is, or would keeping our guys and playing AD at 5 be the better move. Same with Grant , are we better giving up our young assets or would we be better landing him.
My answer is, the more we have to add to a trade, the less impact that trade has on improving the team. And unfortunately if we want a star it’s going to cost us more then THT and Nunn.
Well written, well-conceived. The answer you gave at the end of the article is exactly what I have been having in my opinion all the time. You don’t go for a trade where you give away more than the impact you bring in, no matter what player your target is.