I’m going to throw out the first veto on this one.
No hard feelings to either side.
My reasoning is this:
- Bridges is a lot younger and has a ton of upside from what I see, while Thimpson’s value will literally never get higher than it is right now, given he’s one of a few bigs that are healthy in CLE and especially due to Love is out. He won’t grab that many rebounds and get that many touches when Love is healthy
- Thompson was literally just signed in FA. Utah could have just bid on Thompson in FA and got him for free, rather than having to give up and young up and coming player
- If, and big IF... Utah was in a strong position to make playoffs and contend, this deal would make a lot more sense. However, Htah is 0-4 so far and has already traded away their best player at the time, Brandon Ingram. If Utah was in a playoff spot or I though they had a shot at marking playoffs, then maybe adding TT makes a little sense.
For me, it’s more of a rebuild and looking to next year type of team, in which case swapping Bridges for TT makes zero sense. Positionallu they could figure all that out in the off-season and make roster moves at that time
Again, zero hard feelings to either side.
I just done see a legit reasoning for making the trade for a winless 0-4 Utah squad.