Should Clippers Explore a Sign-and-Trade for Peyton Watson?

Speculation is swirling regarding whether the Clippers might pursue a sign-and-trade deal for Peyton Watson. While he would bring defensive energy and youth to the roster, the cost of a sign-and-trade can often be prohibitive. Given the current roster construction, is he the type of player the front office should be targeting to push the team over the top?

I think the Lakers are considering him as well.

He plays the same position as Mathurin, so we might be able to do a direct swap for the two. However, one thing that might make this difficult is that Watson is rumored to be asking for $25 million a year.

I like his size. At 6'8", he has the ideal height to make him very valuable. He plays the same position as Mathurin (SF and SG), so we might be able to do a direct swap for the two. However, one thing that might make this difficult is that Watson is rumored to be asking for $25 million a year. This is why I wasn't happy with the Clippers signing Brook Lopez. We could have used that $9 million.

It looks like Denver could get hit with a $117 million repeater tax if they resign Watson at the projected $25 million per year Watson is rumored to be asking for, and this is considering if they waive Valanciunis. Denver might be at a slight disadvantage here. We don't need to offer them an absurd package, as we can always call their bluff, let them resign Watson, and go over the cap. Good news for us.

I've thought about that as well but the Kroenke family is pretty wealthy. They are the one's who built everything across the street from ID on the Sofi lot. Like I said earlier in this thread or another thread, small and medium sized markets should never let their late 1st and 2nd round picks go for pennies on the dollar or walk altogether. I'm not telling people how to run their business or spend their money but when you consider that Cam Johnson and his $23 million are off the books in a year, you may want to consider sacrificing for one year and then running it back

Yeah, there are always some very wealthy people. I agree with your take on small markets. I think the draft is essentially their best way to build. When they let their players go, it essentially relegates them to a farm system for the big market teams like the Lakers. If I were any GM, I would be keeping up with Oklahoma City daily. They have an obscene amount of draft picks, but they cannot realistically keep them all. There's going to be some really good role players being let go, especially now that Chet, Shai, and Lu Dort are off their rookie contracts. To boot, Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein are each on a $19 mill and $28 mill contract. This isn't exactly feasible for much longer. I have a feeling that they will be doing what they always do pretty soon and let some of these guys walk. Out of principle, I'd love to poach as many players from them as possible. I still want a small payback for the fleecing in that PG trade.

True although I don't know why Detroit and Atlanta decided to help arguably the best team in the league in OKC. Detroit has nothing but wings and shooters but for some reason, decided that they needed to add Isaiah Joe to the roster. Now they not only have a logjam at his position but OKC gets out from under the $9 million they owed him despite him being a 3rd stringer which in turn allowed them to keep Dort and Hartenstein

Which brings us to Atlanta. Basically the same thing. No reason to bring in Wiggins when you have Risacher, Kispert and Hield as backups already. If the league and it's teams want to keep the parity train going, you can't help the teams on top

True, some teams don't see the overall picture. I remember when the Memphis Grizzlies traded Pau Gasol to the Lakers. My first thought was, "Why do you want to gift wrap a championship to them?" The same with the Luca trade. I like how San Antonio refuses to trade with certain teams. When Kawhi became available for trade, the Spurs didn't even take the Lakers' calls, which pissed them off.

I've been waiting since the 2022 Draft to get Peyton Watson. We didn't have a pick til the middle of the 2nd round...

We have to strike on this thing and bring PWat back home.

To repeat my b*tch. Small market teams should have a huge salary cap

I think we might have been able to get him had this aspiration thing not held up the Kawhi trade.