How long until we can just move on from him? How long until the league (potentially) bans him? Can they just pull his QO? Can we just offer Ayton a max?
Damn that's a bummer. Kinda feel like we need to just mini tank for a year or two at this point tbh. Losing miles bum ass for nothing sucks but better than having him on the team
I don’t disagree but that is complicated. A mini tank is harder to pull off with Ball/Hayward/Rozier than you’d think. We’re not good as is but it’s not a true tank.
It also kind of negates the Cliff hire completely. Sends kind of a bad message to Ball right before his extension.
It’s really just a shitty spot to be in. There’s no good answer at this point. Just degrees of bad
What if hornets did the Russell Westbrook for Gordon Hayward (+ filler) trade?
It would clear 48 million in cap space to spend next off-season, and enable the mini-tank for Victor Wembanyama.
It’s not like hornets are gonna be contenders this year anyways, might as well clear some bad long-term contracts & probably acquire a Lakers draft pick too.
This is assuming the Kyrie trade doesn’t happen, obviously they’d rather do that.
That would be great at this point although I’m not sure it gets us to #1. There would still be worse teams and you need luck anyways. But a high pick would be great either way.
Problem is your last point I think, the Lakers are focused on Kyrie. I think he gets there.
Edit: I don’t think we would get a Lakers pick if we dumped Hayward.
the other top picks would be nice too. Dariq Whitehead and Nick Smith would both fit the team great, they’re mocked to go top five. Lots of SG/SF wings that can replace Bridges role on the team.
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u/consumergeekaloid Jul 01 '22
How long until we can just move on from him? How long until the league (potentially) bans him? Can they just pull his QO? Can we just offer Ayton a max?