I would have rather kept Javale! This kid is not an upgrade to the position except age! Like I said I don’t put much faith in a kid who has a “chance” to be an NBA rotation player! You don’t rebuild with those kind of players!
That’s my point....what was the reason to make the trade? Was this just a salary dump? Wasn’t Javale coming off the books next season? We give up a player averaging 8.5 points and 5 rebs for one averaging 3.5 and 2 rebs a game! I always thought you make trades to improve your team. And Koby is becoming another Danny Angie....collecting all these drafts and doing nothing with them.
So this trade was made just to do right by Javale and get him to a contender. If that’s the argument here I can accept that! But nobody will convince me that this trade improved this team. And until Koby proves he can flip second picks into something constructive then acquiring second round picks is wasted energy.
Those are the exact type of players you rebuild with. You get as many of them as you can.
You know expectations are low when the go-to excuses are "but other teams do it too!" "we weren't the only ones who passed on [insert player here] in the draft!" Oof.
