re: 10 teams have shown interest in Jrue

We give up the best player in the trade and get back the 6th pick in a bad draft, a terrible contract, and a player as bad on offense as he is good on defense.

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Just Al horford, thybull, #6 and future picks.

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To be fair you seem to have devalued draft picks to a pretty extreme level. You feel we have enough picks already and see no value in getting any more picks than what we currently have which just isn't a proper way to value them.

I agree with you that we don't want to just say "give me all the picks" and not try to win this year. But how much of a Jrue replacement do we need to not miss him?

Outsiders have pumped Gary Harris as an adequate Jrue replacement for the last few years. I think you can say Josh Hart is an adequate Jrue replacement as well. I know some people want him to be a bench player forever, but maybe his role changes from year to year like E'Tuwan Moore's has. The question is, can you properly replace Hart's bench role with Thybull in this case, and can you replace Jrue's creation on offense with a new player or more Ingram/Zion creation?

If the other teams are ok giving up that much stuff for just Jrue, I think you have to consider it IF you think Horford is and will remain a viable starter until he becomes an expiring contract you trade for another high level player.

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do we really want 3 more years of him at 27 million?

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Only about half of that is guaranteed in the last year.

ETA: I would do it, although it's still concerning that we don't have a solid primary ball handler after that trade. Would need to make another move for that piece.

Jrue is a good player, but I'm not sure how much of that translates to winning.

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What if they are trash in 2 years? What if they get hurt? What if no team wants them?

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The value of him at that point is his contract, which you can pair with picks to get a return of a player with a >20 mil per year salary. His value in that last year is no longer his on the court contributions.

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Either keep Jrue or get young assets that we know can be by BI/ Zion for 3-5 years.

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What are the picks in that trade? They are either young players that could be part of your team, or they are assets that can net you a player that can be a part of your team.

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19, #34 Sixers 2026 1st, Nets 2025 1st > Dinwiddie, Prince, LaVert, Huerter, Reddish, Hunter????

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Well we probably can’t get Dinwiddie, but it’s pretty intriguing in terms of future trade asset for a 3rd star which has to be a partial focus going forward.

Alright I'm gonna lay this out again because some people missed it a few months ago when we talked about Wiggins being a negative asset.

What is the point of trading Jrue for someone that we are going to trade for less in 2 years???

We have one of the best trade assets available who is a top 5 2 way player in the NBA. Why the frickity frick are we trading him for draft picks and a player that "we can trade in 2 years with picks to get another meh player". Get all the young players and contributors you can get for Jrue.

If you are already talking about how we can unload Horford or Wiggins, or etc in 2 years then it is already a trash trade.

Ok yeah but why are we trading Jrue for someone to " make the numbers work". Its the same damn thing as Dedmon I mean I get it but they don't help us. Why is it worth it in that regard?

The picks are kinda irrelevant. We would have #6 and #13 in this draft. We also have 5 1st the next 4 years and a bunch of 2nds. What does 2 future 1st 6 years from now do for us? And if we already have #6/ #13. What does #19 and #34 do for us > another young player?

They wouldn't be giving up #2 for Lonzo, they would be moving back 11 spots in the draft for Lonzo. They could then package 13 and the Minny pick with Wiggins and still get another piece that fits with them.

ETA: Right now the player being floated in rumors that MAY be able to get with the 2nd pick is.... Kelly Oubre...

I don't see how anyone can say moving down for Lonzo wouldn't be worth it

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The mind set yall are taking is just a little strange. You want to trade the best asset we have for picks and a lesser player so that we can then flip those picks and that lesser player for less value than what we traded our best asset for.

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You have to wait until a player that you want is available for trade. Maybe that player isn't on the market right now. If that's the case, you ship off Jrue and pick up more assets to make a trade next offseason (or the following). If you don't make a Jrue trade and he leaves, you get nothing out of it. This is basically kicking the can down the road until an opportunity presents itself.

I love that proposed trade. That is a ton of assets in return. I have wanted Horford forever. He solves Center for us for the next 2 seasons and is a fantastic mentor to Hayes and Zion. With them on cheaper deals, we should have the money to spare for the front court. Great value. In a vacuum, I think Horford would have more impact than Holiday for us next season. All the extra stuff is just gravy and gives us even more options.

Btw, for those that think that Horford's contract is bad, wait until Holiday gets his next extension (ala Eric Gordon, the real worst contract in the NBA)..