The Ghost of Jessie Bates

[QueenCity]

(10-22-2022, 11:29 AM)kalibengal Wrote: knowing the dude is gone after this yr, why not trade now and get something back for him? Not sure what we could get but I would think at least a #2 or 3 and maybe a good back up/role player tossed in to spice it up

It's an all in year.. a draft pick isn't going to help in the playoffs.  

In this particular situation you hope Bates helps deliver a SB and then let him walk.  Any other year I'd be screaming to trade him as well.