« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2017, 09:56:40 PM »
No, no, and no. If he's not going to be resigned, better to have him as a mentor for Fultz and let him walk in free agency. The question marks about Fultz -- intensity, winning attitude -- are the qualities IT has in spades.
You'd rather he walk for nothing in a year than trade him for a young player with all star potential? That's crazy to me.
Well how about you think before posting? I haven’t seen one reasonable IT trade out there yet and thats mostly because they come from overreacting posters who think for a whole 2 seconds before posting their trade IT idea. Why in the world would these rebuilding teams like Philly, Orlando, and Minny trade their valuable young assets for a 5’9’’ 28 year old point guard who has 1 year left on his deal? None of those teams are making the jump with Thomas and yet you expect to get Gordon and #6, or Lavine and #7, or Saric and lakers pick? Not only does that ruin our chances next year by getting rid of our best player and only player who can create his own shot, but there isn’t a chance in hell that one of those rebuilding teams trades for him. The only way IT would get traded is if there is a playoff team that needs a point guard and has young assets to trade for him, and there just isn’t a team like that out there.
The entire premise is ridiculous. Why can Fultz only be "mentored" by someone who plays the same position? What about IT makes him an ideal mentor besides being good at basketball? How valuable is this mentorship, exactly?
If you don't think IT can fetch one of those guys on the trade market, I understand. But that's not what tarheels said. What tarheels said, I find totally crazy.
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