While I'm not totally opposed to trading JV, you still need one big C on the roster, to contend with those other huge bigs like Whiteside, Drummond, even Cousins in a hypothetical finals matchup. I wouldn't feel good about Ibaka being the only option as a traditional C in the playoffs. So how, realistically, do you upgrade that by trading JV? I'd be inclined toward keep the roster as is, experiment a bit with Pascal playing C with the bench unit, and then in the playoffs if you do have a series where you just can't keep JV on the floor, run a Pascal bench unit.
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