Justin Verrier

But like...

I think he already has passed him in the pecking order, if only because, like, there's just so much more to explore.

Also say this about the Trae Young and AD trades looking back on it.

Like I still like those deals more as rehab way stations in order to flip them later on.

Like maybe once some of these other younger guys pop, you can kind of like almost level them up and push those guys out for future assets.

That would be probably what I would hope.

for those transactions.

But overall, they're at the point where like they really can't jam any more young guys into this team.

Like they have gone this season, I would say, from a team teaming with just like draft picks.

We'll see what's that.

We'll just throw everybody out there and see what sticks to like.

Now they've almost like settled a lot of the spots with guys who maybe aren't fully formed

But like have really like solidified themselves as the guys who will eventually be there.

I just don't know how many more draft picks after the one they're going to get this season in this upcoming draft like they have in order to spend on that.

And so for looking back on the trade trade and all that other stuff, like it makes more sense because like they can't keep taking like there's nowhere to put these people.

There's no G League.

There's no like feeder system like this is it like your team is who it is.

I think they might be better than probably we expect next year, if only because, like, we'll see which rookie they get.

But their team really is kind of carved in a certain path where it makes a certain amount of sense, more sense than I expected for a team that's just, like, losing every game down the stretch here.

Like, it makes sense.