Trade: SAC & ORL

[fauxcreative]

Magic Trade:

Stephen Curry (23.0)
Aaron Gordon (7.2)

- Magic cover 21.0M on Curry for 2022

Kings Trade:

Pick 1.02
Payton Pritchard (0.8, 0.8)
Zeke Nnaji (1.7, 1.8, 3.2, RFA)



I've done a lot of rebuilds, and one of the things that I am very much in favor of is practicing "risk mitigation". There are plenty of guys I like at the 1.02, but there's always the X% chance that the pick busts, or that the player is "good but not great". Basically, "missing" on a pick as good as the 1.02 sets a rebuild back a few years, if not more, especially given that I'm relying on a lot of mid-late picks to build value. Everyone knows Steph is a stud and his game should age well, so despite his age, I like him more for my asset profile as I try to turn this team around than the 1.02 (and his extension value is reasonable). Plus, snagging Gordon for an upside value dart throw is a nice get as well. 

Pleasure dealing with the Magic as always. Good luck with the 1.02!

[hericonejito]

Magic confirm. Got this team last year and had steph and plenty of picks. He did his best to carry this team last year but we still just missed the playoffs. Getting pick 2 for a player like Curry is a fair trade for both sides. Gordon without Curry is like Robin without Batman so it would do no good to me, and taking two first round picks back from last year was a no brainer. This deal also helps me to free space for the next years RFA class which is hot, and with another good pick next year probably my rebuild will start to pay off.

Pleasure doing business with Sac

[tomviolence]

approve

[Laimbeer40]

Another example of how valuable a top pick is in this league.

Approved.