Nalod wrote:ATL paying this guy 7 mm a year and he has two more years left!!
He was in a duel role as head of personnel/Gm....what ever you want to call it.
He got to keep that money via contract but he is just coaching. ATL will want compensation.
RIght guy is worth a late 2nd rounder.
I'd like to see this guy interview with us. I suppose ATL is in full rebuild mode and want to get from that contract?
He is scheduled to visit with Suns, who are also rebuilding but having been stacking talent and picks.
I'd like to see us interview him, but do we have the assets to get him here without giving too much up?
The Suns have two first round picks and two second round picks. They also have a 2019 first round pick from Milwaukee and a 2021 first round pick from Miami. And then they can start considering whether they want to move any young talent like Dragan Bender, Marquese Chriss, Alex Len, Elfrid Payton and Alan Williams.
In our case we only have our first and second round picks this year. In terms of incoming picks we've got second round picks from Orlando/Cleveland/Houston (2019) and two from Charlotte (2020 and 2021). So we don't really have a ton of picks to throw in any deal and we don't want to get into the habit of giving up future first round picks again. Talent wise we do have some talent that might appeal to them, but we aren't really in a position to give up too much for a coach.
For me, I'd prefer to see us look for options that aren't going to cost us picks unless we can get away with only sending second round picks for him.