Are you opposed to trading Jrue?

Does Jrue want to be traded? If he doesn’t, then I’m against it.

Not opposed, but feel his value may be higher in the offseason.

We have so many young guys and so many picks upcoming, its hard to imagine a perfect fit, even though I imagine Jrue leaving when his contract is done.

Open to? yes.
Do i want to? not really.

I've mentioned a Denver or Miami trade with Jrue a few times now. If we could get a future first, largely unprotected, much further down the line, i kind of like that idea.

You have to think long term here. What are we doing with Jrue long term? Do we want to keep him after his contract runs out, and for how much? Ingram is getting the max. Both Lonzo and Jrue will need new contracts after next year. Which one we keeping, or will we give them both big contracts?

I think Jrue's value is at an all time high right for teams like Miami and Denver. As i stated in the fake trade thread, Miami can get Jrue, and have more than enough to get DeRozan next year and i think having those 3 guys, who love to penetrate, and they'd still have Bam and probably Duncan Robinson and Nunn, that's a championship level team.
Thing with Miami is the deal probably works a lot better in the offseason, where they can give us their 2020 1st in the trade. They can't trade that pick until they make the pick, b/c they are trading their 21 and 23 first. Maimi is also in the tax right now, and can easily get out of it, which they should, so expect them to make some kind of trade soon.

If they gave us Justice, Herro, Johnson and their '25 first, I'd be happy. I know they say we want to win now and make the playoffs, and Justice is hurt and Herro isn't going to replace Jrue, but that deal makes a lot of sense for our future, and Miami's current situation. I also love the idea of getting Herro and having Redick mentor him. Would have loved that when we drafted Buddy.


All in all, i want to keep Jrue, but if the opportunity is too good, you have to take it. Yeah i want to make the playoffs, or at least get close, but not at the cost of missing out on a really good deal for our future. Jrue is not going to be on this team when Zion is a few years into his max contract.

He can either be our Demar Derozen if a disgruntled star demands out from a team not interested in rebuilding, or he can be our Kyle Lowry and help this team learn to win. You trade him if the right deal comes along, not just to cash out while his value is highest.