Are you okay? Reading this is giving me a migraine

I don't think Davidson and King realize that this team isn't getting back into the wildcard hunt yet

so you admit it's an over pay....and that columbus would be helping the hawks out by trading for him at all. That's some interesting logic

If he was a RD and could come with a cheap extension, maybe. CBJ have no need for LD - our blue line is already either stacked with long terms pieces, or uses the space to give young guys playing time.

Not to mention, looking at CHI’s upcoming schedule, it’s going to get tough. All told, I expect their pick will probably be Top-10.

I think the better question right now is what this team does at TDL. Trade away all the players you can for futures and hope you are bad enough that it turns out to be 1 or 2 OA (while risking a better pick go to CBJ), or try and fight it out this season so the conveyed pick is as “good” as possible, and chalk any anti-tanking to a sort of “we’re trying to build character” type excuse?

The pick already sent to CBJ is a "sunk cost" you can't change it. It's not wasting time if your CBJ. If you can make that pick a better pick while also helping your own team...why not.

KD can't focused on the CHI 2022 1st even if they trade everyone away. He needs to focus on whatever he thinks makes this team better.

If CBJ can make a projected #7 to a #4 all while making your own playoff chances better...it's worth it.

I get what you’re saying. Even if he is your #1 LD, I’m not sure the loss of DeHaan, considering how bad CHI otherwise may be, is enough to be consequential in anything more than, what, a loss or two? The guy hasn’t scored a single point all season.

So, what I’m saying is, I’m not sure giving up a 3rd rounder is enough to make a difference in order to “buy” a loss or two. Plus, for every draft spot “worse” for CHI (slash better for CBJ), the odds you gain of the better draft spot have to be taken in with the improved odds the pick is 1 or 2 OA, and is retained by CHI.

And I mean, if that happens, sure the pick is then unprotected in 2023, but if CHI gets a Shane Wright, I don’t see them as being a worse team next year. Still probably bottom-10, but not worse.

Then again, I don’t follow them as closely. As a CBJ fan, I’m just tracking them because of the pick.

Overpay