If were trading for Lawson, we need to capitalize on his low value right now and put together a package that gets us #7. Perhaps IT, 16, 33 and the DAL 1st for Lawson and #7. But not Faried. I love Faried as a player, he's like a big man version of Crowder, but he's not a good enough defender to plug into the defensive hole we have in the front-court, and he's not talented enough to change our offense around. If his contract wasn't so rough, I'd probably consider trading Sullinger for him as part of that package.
It may be a long shot, but I really don't want Lawson unless we get a higher draft pick AND one of our current back-court guys is gone. IT is a considerably more valuable asset right now than Lawson is, and even though they're close in age IT is on that incredibly cheap contract. Considering they're looking at a lengthy re-build, they may find more value in IT and handful of mid-late 1sts or Young than keeping Lawson and drafting at 7 or trading him to Sacto for a one spot pick swap and Nik Stauskus or Darren Collison.
I'm in agreement with you on Faried - he's like a more athletic, power forward version of Crowder, even down to the hair, lol . Why give up that much for the 7th pick, though? Do you have someone in mind for us to take at that spot?
Sure, I think any of the possibilities in the 6-11 range fit our team pretty well. Winslow or Johnson could very well be our future 2 way SF. Mario is a very good offensive talent at the 2 and 3 spots. WCS makes all kinda of sense for this team, as we need that D minded big. Turner, with his rim-protection and jump shooting ability fit into CBS' offense well. I like Prozingas in the limited tape I've seen of him, he could fit well here too.
But even more than that, getting up to #7 puts us in a position to not just get one of those guys but it puts us in a position to choose from a couple of them. Every draft is different, and to me the top 8 or 9 guys in this draft can be real difference makers. Trading up to #7 in this draft should cost a little more than it would in say, 2013.
Still, there's always room to tweak and Ainge is a master of getting his money's worth. What do you think it would take? I don't want to lose IT in exchange for Lawson unless we also get #7 out of it. But on DEN's side of things, IT is only a year younger than Lawson and chances are they won't be good for a few years. They're taking him because he's a VERY tradable asset.
So to me something like IT, Young, 16 and 45 for Lawson and 7 is fair. Or IT, 16, 33 and maybe the MIN 1st instead of the Dallas one. Lawson is a boarder line all-star who isn't so much of a defensive liability that he can start, plus he's a better passer and #7 for #16 is a pretty big jump down. Even if they're dying to get rid of Lawson, a rebuilding team like them probably won't move down that far unless they're getting at least a couple decent picks in return. #33 is borderline decent , but #45 isn't really. That's "traded for cash considerations" territory.