Christian Wood replacing Jae Crowder would turn the Suns into a championship team. But he's worth so much more than Jae or an injured Dario. Imagine Wood playing alongside Ayton, rotating to cover the basket after Ayton stops the primary drive and then getting the block or defensive rebound. And when Ayton is out, Wood can play a small ball center or play alongside a Jalen Smith. If this happened, the Suns win the finals in 6 regardless of the refs.BAMF wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:42 pmDario on JC would make the deal work and maybe add our pick to sweeten it.
Indeed, Wood is the perfect complement to the current team. I'm starting to get a glimmer of the first trades I would seriously consider. Dario + 3 (late) first rounders or maybe Cam Johnson + 1 first rounder. I love Cam but there's just no room in the rotation for Bridges, Cam, and Crowder. But having a logjam isn't necessarily a bad thing. Maybe you play Bridges more at the 2 as Booker's backup.
This leads to another question -- if we only kept two of Bridges, Cam, and Crowder, who stays and who goes? Obviously we'd like to keep Bridges and Cam. But a vet like Crowder has much more value to a contender than a bottom-feeding Houston and it might be bad karma if we recruit him just to trade him. We don't know what Bridges' ceiling is quite yet -- but I just love Cam Johnson's shot, hustle, and reliability.