I want to preface this by saying I love me some grant. I love his game and how he is a vibes guy. That being said, he and Malcom belong on contending teams and both are not in the youth timeline. They should both be traded before the deadline and I have full confidence that Joe will get us the best packages for both. What are your thoughts? What do the potential packages look like?
We’re not trying to become an exclusively rookie/25 and under team. We need vets on good contracts too. This is definitely going to be a figure things out year. A lot of movement on the roster is likely before the beginning of next season. That being said, I don’t think Grant is necessarily a guy we need to move at all. Brogdon makes more sense because of his contract and the fact that he’s coming off the bench behind Scoot already (at the moment).
Now if we eventually have some other young forwards that are so incredibly good that we need to give them starter spots (Walker, Camara, Rupert, Murray, etc), this could be another discussion. Likewise, if there is a bidding war for Grant’s services we’d have to consider it. All in all though, Grant’s on a contract that should look more and more reasonable as time goes on. He’ll still be in his prime for most of it at least and we’re not in any rush to trade away all our decent players. We still want to eventually win games right? Right?