Yeah, I definitely overstated the case with the inclusion of guys like Kennard and Prince. I just wanted to push back a bit on the idea that the Lakers are choc full of young blue-chippers while the Clips are totally bereft of them. I think #12-13 have a ton of value, and I'd assume Montrezl Harrell and Tobias Harris are fairly positive assets as well. I do like Ingram (marginally) the best of all the assets on both teams — he's still super-young and showed some beastly flashes last season — but the fact that he's burned up two of his cheap years relative to this year's #12-13 is not immaterial.Taurean Prince is already 23 years old. Two years older than Sabonis and Kennard. Three years older than Ball, Ingram, and Adebayo. No chance anyone chooses him over Ball or Ingram.
I can maybe squint and see liking Sabonis and/or Adebayo over Ball, but even then, I think you gotta go with the wing in Ingram over the centers.
And just not seeing it in Kennard. He is a fine player and will be in the league for years providing some value, but he probably is who he is.
And as long as we're living with Ingram getting pricy when he hits his peak (even his second remaining "cheap" season is $7.2M) ... is his peak level that much higher than the current level of Tobias Harris, who's 25 years old, 6'-9", put up 20 pts / 6 reb / 3 ast per 36 last year, and has shot over 41% from 3 for two straight seasons?
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