Let’s say that the Bull’s were willing to part with Caruso, but wanted Springer and at least one pick as part of the package.
That would leave us with both Melton and Caruso to pair up with Maxey as our top three guards, with Pat Bev as the fourth.
What would be maximum offer you would bid to make it happen, or is it a non starter?
Why? Springer IS Caruso. Defense first guard that can give me 8-10 in 20 MPG. That is a completely lateral trade that doesn’t make us better AND the pick compensation on top?
Springer’s emergence closed the door on Chicago having anything we’ re interested in.
Only trade for what we lack.
Yes
I would need someone a lot better than Caruso to give up Springer. His upside is that of a starter.
Think Thybulle but with an actual upside offensively
Yes, I would be willing to include the guy who is in his 3rd year, and is just now starting to average 12 mins a game.
Probably not. From a team building standpoint, Springer’s cheap deal is going to be important next season. Rather keep the asset
No, absolutely not. Springer has a much higher ceiling than Caruso is at right now.
I can imagine a world where we could pick up Caruso and Tyus Jones for Springer, a first round pick, a second round pick or two and some salary filling players like Kork and Morris etc.
Would this roster give you enough confidence going into the playoffs:
PG: Maxey, Jones SG: Caruso, Melton SF: Batum, Oubre PF: Harris, Covington C: Embiid, Reed
Lmao this sub is hilariously bad at evaluating talent and making decisions. Thankfully none of you are our GM.
Springer is not good. He’s gone in a heartbeat.
This is a really tough question. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t expect much from a young player like Springer so quickly, but Joel vouching for him so heavily speaks a lot.
Personally, I’d be more inclined to first see if moving Melton for Caruso in some 2 or 3 team trade would be possible. Melton is a better scorer than Caruso, but Caruso is a better defender and ballhandler, which are skills that the Sixers need more.
The problem with Melton is that while he’s a solid player who is worth keeping, he’s a free agent at the worst time for the Sixers (in a year where they might have genuine cap room to play with). Unless the Sixers made a mid-season move that eliminated their offseason cap flexibility, it’s going to be really hard to justify keeping Melton if it limits their offseason flexibility so drastically because Melton is going to command 20 million+ in an era of inflated salaries. In comparison, Caruso is locked up for another year at a steal of a contract.
So if this could be arranged, you could have at worst a primary SG rotation of Caruso, Springer, Beverly (with others contributing spot minutes) and still retain all of the Sixers draft assets for a big-time deal, while still retaining enough cap flexibility to potentially go after a big piece in the offseason.
- That’s the number of in-game minutes that Springer has played in an NBA game. That’s simply too small a sample size to know his ceiling. For that reason I’m out on including him as of yet.
I’d rather do Furk + House + a Sixers pick swap.
We were once having basically this exact same conversation about Maxey and Lowry
In case you don’t remember, everyone wanted Maxey traded.
Of course. And I don’t like Caruso.