re: Why we could still make the playoffs

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I also would say if this team has turned a corner, Griff's seat is probably hot enough to trade a ton of picks for someone like Fox.

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I don't think that has anything to do with the temperature of Griff's seat.

I mean, Griff has been trying to make a deal for a quality guard for a while. We were always involved in any rumors for Beal, etc. Griff tried hard to trade Lonzo for someone this past spring. He tried really hard this offseason to get one.

With Hart's contract, with the ease of using Sato and Temple's contracts, with the uselessness of Jaxson and Didi, we have plenty of dead salary we can use to finally get that guard at the deadline.

Right now, Fox looks like the most likely candidate, but someone else might look better in a month---we'll see. What's certain is that our Lakers picks have a much higher value than they did before the season.

And we have the $17 million trade exception to get someone back to replace whatever production we traded out.

The only way that Griff wouldn't try to make that deal for a lead guard is if we were actively tanking, and the only way that was going to happen was if Zion had a big setback.