Trading our pick unprotected should get the league to step in and remove Sarver. I know it won't but we can hope. They stepped in and forced Hinkie out in Philadelphia. Maybe they can do something similar with Sarver in terms of him setting a budget and then not having any say in the team. He'll get his money and that's it. He deserves no accolades for us winning and no longer gets blamed for our losing. That's wishful thinking but trading an unprotected 1st of our own would be idiotic if we didn't get a true All-Star in return, not a fringe All-Star like Kemba who wouldn't be considered if he played in the West. Lillard or bust basically since Westbrook, Curry, Harden, Chris Paul, and Kyrie aren't being dealt.
I like the idea of contacting the Nets in a trade and they would be a team I would look into offering the right to swap picks with us, which might be enticing to the right team. With the Nets, it would still be a lottery pick but they would get the best one possible and that might be enough to get them to make a move. It's not a pick outright, perhaps the Bucks pick could be used with something like that. Delon Wright is another player I think we should look at. Toronto won't be able to pay him this offseason. They probably won't do a deal until later but I think someone like Troy Daniels could provide value to a playoff team looking to add some bench scoring and shooting. Daniels and the Bucks pick should be something that someone would bite on.
Every one of Chandler, Ariza, Anderson, Daniels, King, Okobo, Melton, Bender, and everyone outside of Booker, Ayton, and Bridges should be shopped. I don't care about attracting free agents this summer if we can land a player that makes sense here for us. There are a ton of PG's with expiring deals so that makes that a little harder but if we have bird rights that would make a difference with a number of them. I would also try to get Indiana to part with Cory Joseph or Darren Collison. With Oladipo and Tyreke Evans there they don't need a backup PG as bad they need some quality wing depth. We have a lot of wings that could help there. I would prefer to wait before trading Warren because I think his value will increase when it's clear he's not just knocking down 3's now because he's hot but that's something added to his game.
I'd still say they could swap barring it being the #1 overall pick. If we somehow landed that, I would rather see it traded than kept to add another player. Think back to the talk last year of what teams might part with for the #1 overall pick to take Ayton, or even Doncic. Even the year before the Celtics got a good haul for trading down to #3, snagging some future lottery picks in the process. I think Zion will probably be the #1 overall pick but he's got a pretty high bust potential, IMO.
