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Daniels at the time of the trade was not seen as a superior player.

Exactly. There is a player out there who is better than Mikal Bridges but just hasn’t gotten the minutes.

And there is a player out there who is better than Josh Hart but is in the last year of his contract that a team wants to trade bc they know he won’t resign.

Fleece someone like Brad Stephens always does. Be a top front office.

How about we trade Mikal for one superior player, and add depth, and add picks? (Like when Atlanta traded Murray for Daniels, Nance, and two firsts.)

Daniels at the time of the trade was not seen as a superior player.

Still, lots of those guys had short careers. Bill Russell was done at 34. Willis at age 31. Oscar at 35. West at 35. The minutes load took a toll. Most of the guys on the career minutes leaderboard are from well past Wilt’s day. If anything, weight training might have helped those guys.

Russell and Wilt were both 4th in MVP voting the year they retired so they could still play at a higher level than Chris Paul today.

Wilt jumped to San Diego of the ABA after the 73 season for $600,000 which was nice money in 73 , maybe $4,000,000 or so today, (but wasn’t allowed to play, only coach) but nothing like the 50,000,000 Lebron gets for hanging around today.

Bob Petit retired after his 11th season partially due to injury and partially due to the fact it was the first season he wasn’t first team all NBA. Finishing 2nd team all NBA was below his standards.

No one is going to argue modern nutrition, etc doesn’t extend careers. The working conditions help too. I remember in college flying home from Salt Lake to NYC for Christmas and being on a United flight where the last 5 rows of the coach section were the Utah Stars. Seeing Zelmo Beatty scrunched up in a coach seat was pretty funny.

I do , however believe the emphasis on vertical explosion has made modern players more prone to the plethora of non contact ACL and Achilles tears we see today.

donnie desperately trying to avoid introspecting why his basketball wayfaring has sojourned from the wisdom of insecurity to the pink pony:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rWdK1S/

What position would you like to fill by trading Mikal?

I want Leon to win a trade.

IMO, it doesn’t make sense to get 2 inferior players just to add depth.

How about we trade Mikal for one superior player, and add depth, and add picks? (Like when Atlanta traded Murray for Daniels, Nance, and two firsts.)

Or how about we just trade Josh Hart for a PF who is much better than Josh Hart? (Like when Boston traded Smart for KP.)

Almost every champion I can think of fleeced someone along the way. I want Leon to join the club of GMs who ripped someone off.