- 잭로가 쓴 기사를 간단히 요약하자면 시나리오는 (당연히)두가지 입니다.
- 1. 로버슨과 추가적인 픽으로 믿을 수 있는 윙자원을 데려와 지금의 전력을 보강하느냐(개인적으로 이럴 일은 없을 거라 봅니다. 코빙턴같은 선수를 데려 온다고 우승할 수 있는 것도 아닌데 픽을 준다라)
2. 아니면 갈로, 슈로더, 아담스의 트레이드를 통해 리빌딩 에셋을 더 모으느냐.
- 과연 썬더가 5,6,7위 할 기회를 7,8위로 떨어트리느냐. 그렇게까지하면서 에셋을 더 모을려고 할까. 그리고 썬더는 어쨋든 사치세 라인 밑으로 내려가려는 노력을 할 것.
- 다만 다음 시즌 성적의 상승을 노리는 팀에서는 갈로, 슈로더, 아담스는 매력적인 자원들. 허나 갈로는 몸값이 너무 비싸 싸인 앤 트레이드로 이번 오프시즌에 나가지 않을까.(워즈의 의견)
- 슈로더도 다음 오프시즌이 더 가능성있어보이지만 그건 그를 원하는 상대팀의 의지에 달린 문제.
- 아담스도 똑같은 문제입니다. 다음 시즌 성적을 바라는 팀, 특히 샐러리에도 문제가 없는 팀들에겐 위의 세명은 매력적인 매물이기에 시기가 지금이든 이번 여름이 되든 딜은 이뤄질 가능성이 크다는 것.
- 결국 딜을 원하는 상대팀들의 의지와 프레스티의 선택에 달렸다는 뻔한 이야기. ㅋ
- 최근 다섯 시즌 사인 앤 트레이드 횟수입니다.
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The Thunder also have a starting-caliber center -- Steven Adams -- and could dictate how this deadline unfolds.
You know what would be really fun? If Oklahoma City -- hoarders of draft picks, once-presumed sellers of every high-priced veteran -- went the other way and packaged Andre Roberson's expiring $10.7 million and one of its gazillion extra picks for a real wing. Imagine if the Thunder got someone like Robert Covington, Beasley, or Redick to play some of the Terrance Ferguson/Luguentz Dort/Hamidou Diallo/Deonte Burton minutes? (Yes, Dort has been solid lately. Still.) Even Tony Snell, Trevor Ariza, Kent Bazemore, or one of Golden State's surplus wings might help.
Alas: Oklahoma City is a hair over the tax, and a team in its position should try to get under if possible. Given the Thunder's spot in the standings, the safest best is they stand pat with their major names: Adams, Gallinari, and Dennis Schroder. That is what most teams expect -- even teams who report the Thunder have not exactly shut down discussions.
That could change in a blink if the Thunder receive a meatier offer. The Thunder have a track record as practical, cool thinkers. They are a cinch to make the playoffs almost regardless of what they do at the deadline. I doubt they would let the possibility of falling from No. 5/6/7 to No. 7/8 preclude them from acquiring more assets in their rebuild.
This summer's cap crunch also might give the Thunder some leverage in the sign-and-trade market with Gallinari, and the regular trade market for Schroder and Adams. (Schroder seems a much more likely trade candidate for the offseason.) That trio of players doesn't make a ton of sense for rebuilding teams with money -- Atlanta, New York, Charlotte, Memphis, and Cleveland.
Good teams will have interest in Gallinari but not room to sign him. The Thunder can work that to their advantage.
That said, the Hawks and Knicks have signaled some interest in making jumps next season; New York is still in desperate need of a competent point guard.
The Hawks are slated to have about $66 million in cap space this summer. There is no universe in which they can use all that on players who are good and fit both of their roster and timeline. Having that much space is a recipe for paying a fourth option like a first option. The Hawks have some incentive to acquire a good player on a set-in-stone contract. They could also absorb such a player in the summer.