Lol this is exactly how I felt when I got the notification
Human-Length9753
Some of y’all are waaaay overvaluing an expiring Alex Caruso. I’d much rather take a shot on a guy like Giddey than a draft pick outside of the top ten.
ducksonaroof
it was Giddey OR picks
Shuayb11AC
Yo some of you need to understand that the outrage is not that Caruso outrightly demanded picks in return in any deal.
It’s specifically that OKC, with their hoard of draft picks that they won’t all be able to use themselves anyway, still didn’t have to use any in this deal. So it’s something that is telling of our front offices ability to negotiate with others, and has hurt our confidence in them to do these trades well in general.
Add onto that Caruso is a fan favourite and was all nba def, and that Giddey is coming off a season of allegations and losing his starting role now that his team is actually good – and this outcome is obvious.
It doesn’t mean Giddey can’t, or won’t succeed here. Seeing guards come over from the west has worked out quite well recently in fact (cherry picked examples but: Spida Brunson Hali) – the outrage just isn’t really about him.
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Lol this is exactly how I felt when I got the notification
Some of y’all are waaaay overvaluing an expiring Alex Caruso. I’d much rather take a shot on a guy like Giddey than a draft pick outside of the top ten.
it was Giddey OR picks
Yo some of you need to understand that the outrage is not that Caruso outrightly demanded picks in return in any deal.
It’s specifically that OKC, with their hoard of draft picks that they won’t all be able to use themselves anyway, still didn’t have to use any in this deal. So it’s something that is telling of our front offices ability to negotiate with others, and has hurt our confidence in them to do these trades well in general.
Add onto that Caruso is a fan favourite and was all nba def, and that Giddey is coming off a season of allegations and losing his starting role now that his team is actually good – and this outcome is obvious.
It doesn’t mean Giddey can’t, or won’t succeed here. Seeing guards come over from the west has worked out quite well recently in fact (cherry picked examples but: Spida Brunson Hali) – the outrage just isn’t really about him.