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Originally Posted by tyecopeland
Cowherds take is Wiggins, Poole and kuminga for LeBron. The math works on that one. And while I don't believe your take that moody isn't worthy to be an nba player, Wiggins is obviously a vastly superior player.
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Taking on Poole is the biggest problem in the whole thing, though.
Wiggins would make it a bit more interesting, though.
You're essentially getting Kuminga to offset the Poole contractual liability. Taking Poole and Kuminga for like a late 1st rounder would be an okay deal. Kuminga has more value than that but Poole takes some value off the table.
So if you do a little algebra and equate Poole/Kuminga as being worth roughly a late 1st, the deal becomes James for Wiggins and a late 1.
I mean it's not a GOOD deal, but it's a deal you might wanna make if you're the Lakers and trying to look to the future. But you're really banking on pulling a couple of cock-teases to their best level of play and that's a MASSIVE risk.
I mean just how confident can you be that Wiggins will be a guy who you can build around? I mean obviously Davis would be the focal point but you figure he's gonna miss 20 games. Can some sort of funky-ass small ball lineup with Wiggins, Poole and Russell accomplish anything at all?
Eh...probably not. And that's not a lineup that's going to be able to recruit any additional high-end talent.
I think you probably raise that team's floor a bit, but the ceiling is just so limited, IMO.
A 1-2-3-4 of Russell (PG), Poole (SG), Wiggins (SF), Davis (PF) is pretty interesting when they're healthy and productive, but my word, that's 4 of the streakiest and least consistent players in the entire NBA. One of the biggest issues with that team, though, is that it's gonna be awfully hard to give a bigger role to Reaves unless you really commit to small ball.
So then you go with 1-2-3-4-5 of Russell, Reaves, Poole at SF, Wiggins at PF and Davis at C. Poole is no sort of SF though so it's really just a straight 3-guard lineup with an undersized PF in Wiggins. Now in the post-season that might be kinda feisty if those guys are playing well because Davis can erase a lot of defensive issues by turning his defensive effort up to 11. But that's gonna be a loooooooong regular season defensively.