re: Griff started off with a roster of Zion, AD and Jrue.

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He chose the package and what team to trade him to

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Package, yes.

What team to trade him to? Not really. AD and his team poisoned the well to the point where the only serious bidder was the Lake Show.


If Griff doesn’t take that package, at best you are looking at a deal like the Spurs got for Kawhi, the Sixers got for Ben Simmons, or the Blazers got for Dames.


The Spurs got Derozan and Jakob Poetel. Solid players for them but Derozan left as a sign and trade to Chicago and Poetel got flipped back to Toronto.


Simmons effectively fricked up the chemistry of the Sixers by sending some key subs out and Harden coming in after sitting most of a season.


Portland bottomed out by dumping Dames for Ayton, Jrue, and a pick then flipping Jrue for Timelord and Malcolm Brogdon.

The results were far worse than you would have expected given the incoming players plus Scoot Henderson.


We haven’t had massive success but, OTOH, we also haven’t completely flamed out while mortgaging our future like the likes of Houston, Brooklyn, Philly, Atlanta, Phoenix, etc.


We may not have a huge treasure trove left but we also aren’t a team like Atlanta which went all in on Trae Young and Dejounte Murray, losing some key players in the process and fricking up both their cap space and their picks for years.