I am sure Mitch is going to call Pacers and Kings and they will both decline and he will move on, it's worth a try. But I doubt he is out there and trading it for anyone. The one I am scared about and saw on these reports is Jimmy Butler, I don't think Mitch is this dumb to trade a 2nd for Butler.
hold on. you calling mitch dumb if he were to trade a project ultra thin dude that has a low overall fg% for a guy his height/length in college for jimmy butler?
explain to me how many 2 way allstar caliber players that can shoot the 3, lare in the nba at the SG/SF spots? KL from the spurs...we cant get him period. so who else? there is no one else aside from butler. butler is also athletic and he's not a super thin guy. which means his 220lbs can deal with sf's as well as larger SG's like klay thompson.
let me prove my point. lets look at what butler has done to klay.
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Player G W L GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Klay Thompson 7 4 3 7 33.4 5.7 14.1 .404 1.7 5.4 .316 2.4 2.9 .850 0.3 3.3 3.6 2.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 2.3 15.6
Jimmy Butler 7 3 4 6 39.4 6.3 12.9 .489 1.0 2.4 .412 5.0 6.3 .795 2.3 3.9 6.1 2.7 1.1 0.6 1.7 1.1 18.6
you see that^^^^ you see how jimmy not only shut him down and had him scoring at a lower clip than usual. he had him scoring with a lower fg% and 3pt% while also outscoring klay and having a decent fg% doing it.
thats what a 2 way player looks like. aint to many of these guys in the nba. so if you can get one that isnt 35 already. you better get him. especially if he's a 20 point per game guy.
lets say for fun. the lakers this sumer give up the #2 pick, and get Whiteside in Free agency(not for the max...he aint that good. and jimmy for a trade and some other nonsense personnel.
the lakers starting 5 in 2016-2017 season is
pg-D'angelo
sg-Jimmy Butler
sf-Batum(??)
pf- randle
C- Whiteside
Now if by a miracle we could convince batum to come thru? that would be perfect. another 2 way player that can hit the 3 ball and make a decent pass.
thats 2 great defenders in butler/whiteside, with 1 above average very long defender in batum.
this is how you build a championship team my friends. that group could matchup with anyone in the nba including golden state.
if you get super lucky you get butler and Durant(at SF). that might guarantee us a WCF trip next season. the spurs or cooked. they're old. portland needs like 2 more guys. the grizz are done too. clippers are injury prone and mentally incapable of getting out of the 2nd round.
