Elias Schuster

Even though this trade deadline may suggest they're willing to take a big step back, this doesn't necessarily seem like the organization that will go as aggressively in the tanking direction as an organization like Utah.

So do I expect guys like a Josh Giddey, even Trey Jones, Jalen Smith, do I expect these guys to play?

I do, and I think there's some importance there.

you know, there as well, because Josh Giddey, especially, that's someone that you want to have on the floor next to some of these new pieces that you have welcomed in, especially Jaden Ivey, Rob Dillingham, guys that more so seem like they could be a part of what you're building, what they're building.

We still don't know.

But if they want to evaluate these young guys, they have to see how they fit.

with uh some of these other pieces that could be around i mean jalen smith's under contract next year so seeing how he might fit with some of these guys is important so i expect him to be on the floor does that mean i expect him to win many games that's that's a different question

Yeah, I definitely understand that point.

I think especially in this draft, right, like, you want to be up there.

A lot of people have kind of already made the comment, if you were going to decide to go this tanking route, you know, which is a phrase they'll never throw out there, but go this rebuilding route, like, this should have been done before.

That's the biggest problem is...

is once again, whether it be waiting too long to trade players, they've just waited too long to maybe start this new era.

So that's going to be something to watch moving forward is whether or not I think where they go from here and what direction they set is going to be important for this offseason.

Because even going into next year, the draft's not as good.

but can they at least set a standard?

Like we're going to be pushing for that high draft pick or not.

I mean, they just, they still have a lot of explaining to do with what this process is going to be, but in terms of the approach that they should take, I think going for that high draft pick this year is important.

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I still don't see them necessarily sitting these players, let's say, but they might just lose the amount of games anyway.

We've already seen these last handful of games haven't gone well.