BRIGGS wrote:Looking for cheap good 2 guards we can swap for on e the inexpensive side. So much parity its hard to come up w trades

Thought Charlotte got a steal on that signing and was upset that we signed EF over him. Love his length and athleticism. His 3pt is volatile so, he is somewhat of a feast or famine. TripleThreat raised issues about his mentality during his FA, which got in my head. Haven't watch closely but haven't seen any drama in Charlotte. I think he works really well with a PG like Melo. After consolidating some of our talent in a more star level trade, he is certainly of the archtype I'd be looking for. He and Reddish make a pretty long and athletic wing pairing, who, if a good shooting coach could get a bit more consistent shooting from, they'd be phenomenal. Age wise, I'd stick with Reddish here unless you clear out the glut at the guard position.

BRIGGS wrote:Looking for cheap good 2 guards we can swap for on e the inexpensive side. So much parity its hard to come up w trades

He's an inconsistent gunner. But his length and size as well as his 3 pt threat, is what this team needs. He's another Cam type build. Still another roll player to add to our roll players. But I think it's time for a roll player refresh move. Sometimes lateral moves works, once the FO realize which direction we should go and who to build around.

Yes, I agree we need some trade swopping. EF for Oubre....RJ for ? Randle for ?

We have a good team, but we need specialist. We have too many players that can do a lot. But no 3 pt specialist or defensive specialist (Deuce? Cam?) That Thibs will or can play in his 9-10 man rotation.

We probably should be sellers and not buyers at this deadline.

We also need to take a close look at RJ and if we can find a buyer of him (doubt it), but I could see selling Toronto on his upside with home cooking/smaller market vs. the pressure of NYC.

The only way we should be a buyer is if we can find a way to turn 2 or 3 of our young talent (Obi, Cam, Robinson, Etc) into a clearly better single player.

franco12 wrote:The only way we should be a buyer is if we can find a way to turn 2 or 3 of our young talent (Obi, Cam, Robinson, Etc) into a clearly better single player.

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SupremeCommander wrote:

franco12 wrote:The only way we should be a buyer is if we can find a way to turn 2 or 3 of our young talent (Obi, Cam, Robinson, Etc) into a clearly better single player.

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I wasn't sure if you were agreeing with me or posting a phone number in a foreign country.

I still feel regret at not being able to trade for Mitchell- for all the concerns about his size, I have to imagine we'd have a very similar record to Cleveland.

And the best part of that deal might have been getting rid of RJ, though I suspect Ainge rightly saw him as a dubious talent.

And I should add - if we turned down trading for him, and kept our picks, we better realize quickly that unless there is a miraculous deal out there for a all star caliber player, we should be focused on maximizing our ping pong balls.