Hubert:
Strat acting like anyone other than Tom Thibodeau might want to ditch Mitch to get Andre Drummond is adorable.

You should at least TRY to get the point instead of just hating on our COTY candidate THibs.

I’m pretty sure NO ONE in the organization wants to ditch Mitch for Drummond. But a lot of them might prefer Ball than Mitch. If it takes Mitch (plus something else) to get Ball THAT’s something to think about.

NetsTown:
New Orleans is not trading Lonzo, their starting point guard, for Mitch. It’s not going to happen. Mitch and a #1 might do it.

I agree. I think I mentioned that earlier or in another thread. It’s going to take more than Mitch. If that happened I’m sure a lot of people here would be pissed off because they love Mitch, but it’s really hard to get a young high quality PG and our 5m backup C that no one wanted is doing a fine job replacing him without a huge impact on winning.

I’d trade Mitch for Lonzo in a heartbeat. I was in favor of trading Mitch for LaMelo and wish they had. The Pellies ain’t taking Mitch for Lonzo. Mitch and a 1, maybe.

i wonder how much of mitch’s fairly limited offensive game is a result of him playing the “role” he’s been assigned…anytime he touches the ball and dribbles a time or two (which is very infrequent) he looks comfortable to me…

i’m not sure if he’ll suddenly turn in to brook lopez if he ever gets the green light, but, who knows, i’d hope he can do more than what he currently does on offense…

if the question was – would you trade mitch for lonzo straight up just based on current talent and potential, that would be a tough question, but – i’d probably lean slightly towards hanging on to mitch…his impact on defense is significant…

What is illogical is that they would want Andre Drummond. So if a Drummond trade comes to pass, I would suggest you stop thinking of next moves that make sense to you and start thinking of next moves that make sense within the context of a team that just inexplicably traded for Andre Drummond.

You feel me now?

No, because you are still missing the overall picture

If you know you desperately need an upgrade at PG, Ball is available, you like him short and long term, but it’s going to cost you Mitch, in order to do it you have to replace Mitch.

So you look at the landscape and ask who can we get to start at C to replace Mitch that is good enough and young enough for the overall result to make sense and make us better.

It’s not necessarily that they don’t want Mitch or that they like Drummond. It’s that they want the team to be better after the series of deals required to get Ball. It could take Mitch to get that done. So you have to replace him.

Again the question is how much do they like Ball vs. Mitch (and whatever else it takes) and do they like Drummond at all. We don’t know.