Kennard is a nice SG/SF who can handle/playmake and hits 40% 3pt. This team can absolute use this kind of player (even if limited on defense), but his health is suspect and there are more pressing needs, namely a real PF.Split T wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:33 amThere’s no way they don’t protect the pick at least somewhat. I’d be disappointed if we only protect it for partial lottery, should at least be protected for the whole lottery.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:08 amLuke Kennard is fine, but he'll never be better than the first guard off of the bench a few times a month unless he's playing for other dumb franchises, like Detroit and Phoenix.
Giving up a probable lottery pick for him is dumb. The Pels just won the lottery on a 6% chance. There has to be someone better out there than Kennard if they're trading that pick.
It's true that if Kennard was added, finding playing time for Jerome would be way more difficult. Although personally, I wouldn't suffer a lot from this, since I see Jerome as a doomed pick from the beginning; and in this scenario, we'd have a handler at SG/SF, so we could look at a 3D at backup PG (which, in typical Suns fashion, could have been Jevon Carter).
Anyway, no way I'd even consider this unless the picks is lotto protected this year (and doesn't have stupid low protection onwards), because it is clear DET doesn't want to pay the player. So if Kennard helps grabbing the 8 seed, it's fair for DET to get the pick. Otherwise, next year they get a higher chance of landing the asset.