Curious how folks are thinking about the intersection of three things:
1. Grant (likely S&T, but I guess you never know)
2. The MLE
3. PP and his desire for more PT
To me, these intersect with the answer to Brogdon's health to give a sense of their priorities across trade and MLE
What are MLE targets----I'd guess they want a wing who can defend and (secondarily) hit threes, as Smart and likely Grant will be gone. Always hard to know where market will fall on guys, possible candidates for that include Keita Bates-Diop; Troy Brown; Terrence Ross (not so much on the D); Jae Crowder (don't really think he's leaving MIL, but can imagine some warmth for Brad?); Josh Richardson; Yuta Watanabe (emphasis on the 3 of 3&D); Will Barton; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (seems likely to seek more PT and $); Dario Saric (more a big than wing, and likely to have more of a market, but hard to say given defensive questions....kind of a plug and play Gallo replacement in impact if not completely in style) Maybe Trey Lyles, who is more of a 4, and skews offense, but might fit.
If Grant Goes (as I expect) you'd like to add a defensive wing (ideally) or a defensive-oriented big to balance out Kornet a bit.
If you keep PP, you are out of the guard market and looking for wings or a big. If you deal PP, though, a bigger defensive PG or a more pure distributor is on yourlist.
What's this net out to? My baseless speculation/guess:
- They hold PP and promise him a bigger role post-Smart
- They do a Grant sign-and-trade, targeting picks as the real value in a deal. Though, I do wonder if there's an Atlanta deal for one of their wings (which would free up MLE to chase something else)
- They sign one of the above 3&D wings to the MLE day one. If I had to guess, Troy Brown or Watanabe with Richardson on the radar.