This will be one of those minor trades that will somehow result in an avalanche later on

You know what’s funny, OKC are probably the only team that have the assets to trade for Giannis and not destroy their depth and probably be stronger than last season.

Don’t worry, Presti will somehow trade those picks for Trey Murphy III, and Joe Dumars will say he’s selling him high.

Knicks also traded 2 seconds for Jose Alvarado

Ayo is better than Wiggins 

Now that’s cope

We hear this shit every year. We looked much better this year but this team historically has given me no reason to have hope.

2nd apron comes for us all

He still got his picks though

Wiggs honestly sounded pretty frustrated with his role during the exit interview. With where we are, it’s kind of unlikely that was going to change much next year. I like the Presti seems to try to do his best for the players that are ready to part ways. Hoping he’s off to save some basketball in Atlanta.

Is Wiggins the worst player to ever get this response from a fan?

Absorbidant?

Exorbitant. “absorbidant” is not a word.

Keon needs a full season. Guy was on a completely dysfunctional team forever. He needs a full season outside of Sacramento getting regular minutes before he can more better be evaluated

Honestly I think these guys are still so underrated. Wiggins is a career 38% 3P shooter and Ellis is 40% 3P. We see how important spacing is in the playoffs every year. Guys like Nesmith, Champaigne and Strus all become more valuable

I think he’s an 8th or 9th man on a playoff team. That’s a valuable player for some 2nd rounders, but I don’t think he’s starting caliber for anyone but the bad teams.

That’s still a really valuable player though. We’ve seen plenty of teams that only get 6 or 7 playoff caliber players and it costs them.

Maybe last year, but this season he took a step back. Hasn’t been the same unfortunately. However, a veteran presence with a great mindset is valuable in its own right. He is also on an incredibly cheap deal. I love the guy and wish him all the best

Dude his speech to kick off the championship parade last year was so epic and unexpected. Puts him forever in Thunder lore.

I believe they kinda had to get off him or other salary to make room for the firsts they’re about take though. A steal for Atlanta, but he’s not worth going into the second apron for.

I would agree with you except his contract his reasonably large enough that they are better of getting rid of him given their upcoming cap crunch

Hopefully a pg. idk why they’ve decided to forgo that position for the past few years

I keep seeing people say that it was surprising that he wasn’t playing for us and should definitely get a lot of time on other teams, and I hope that ends up true, but he stopped getting minutes for us because he wasn’t good enough defensively to make up for the insane decline in offensive production and consistency he had this year. Couldn’t spot up for threes, and the worst thing was his touch around the rim and in transition. Just missed so many normal layups

Aaron wiggins saved basketball

Aaron Wiggins saved basketball.

I mean high upside (key word; role player) as in someone who can contribute at a good level potentially for them 

He was a legitimate rotational player for a championship team last year, getting a player who last year averaged 11 PPG on 38% from three with solid defense is a good deal for 2 seconds 

This is weirdly similar to what it felt like when we got Dyson Daniels and NAW.

Get ready for back-to-back-to-back MIPs from the ATL.

That’s puzzling to me, if I’m a team with pick 25-30 this year (not a future 1st), I’d take Wiggins over the upside of a late 1st that may not be a viable playoff rotation player for a couple of years

He did touch the court in the playoffs, but didn’t play much.

Yeah - wasn’t clear if Morey was asking for those picks PLUS Wiggins or if Sixers got more picks with no Wiggins. But if the trade could’ve been McCain for Wiggins, 1 frp and 1 2nd that would’ve felt better in Philly that’s for sure.

Everyone is pissed they didn’t pay that

I wouldn’t be surprised if Wiggins had input on where they sent him. They need to clear roster spots and probably asked him his preferred place of the teams who could take him on as a salary dump.

signaling to me they might be clearing space to keep both of their first round picks. Need roster space too.

Wiggins was awesome two years ago, he was good last year and was pretty bad this year. He’s on a great contract just going to be interesting to see if he can regain his offensive production from the past few seasons

Wiggs is a great player - expect to see him cooking for the Hawks. He’ll be a quality bench guy.

5 years is a very long time. A ton of things can happen to either of the players in their current core

he didn’t really struggle at all until they played the Spurs. third team all nba and 2nd in DPOY voting

He had one bad series and y’all act like he’s Ayton or something

Chet been good, just ran into Wemby

Exactly

I really doubt he’s worrying about facing Aaron Wiggins in the playoffs.

The Hawks had a Traded Player Exemption from trading Luke Kennard. That’s the only way you can absorb salary as a 1st apron team without having to match the salary.

So yeah, there really aren’t many teams that are below the cap who could have made this deal. Most everyone is in the apron or has a bunch of cap holds and don’t wanna hurt their flexibility for Wiggins.

What you say?

Wild thing is that we essentially traded Krejci for Wiggins (both cost 2 2RPs)

I love Wigs, but he regressed to the point of being unplayable this year. No comparison to McCain

Hopefully just Dort dump and they keep Joe. Open up 2 roster spots for 12 and 17

Y’all want him + Dort? Be my guest.