re: Shams: Recent imaging showed a regression in healing on Zion's foot

Let’s say a Zion trade nets us another Ingram level player.

At that point we would have Ingram, whoever we traded Zion for, Jonas, whoever we tanked for this season, and a bunch of picks.

It would be workable.

Trading Zion wouldn’t make us any more devoid of talent, because at this point our biggest talent can’t even be relied upon to play half of the games. I’d argue a properly managed Zion trade would raise both our ceiling and our floor if we can begin to start drafting correctly, I like having multiple paths to success. Right now, we only have 1. Zion being healthy. And so far Zion’s injuries/lack of conditioning/lack of defense have arguably derailed 3 out of 3 seasons. Even last year, all we needed to do was win 2 more games and we were in the play in.

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. This franchise will not win anything of substance if winning is nearly 100% reliant on Zion staying in shape and healthy.