The way I see this, would you rather have this:
1) Holiday, DDV, Augustin, Forbes, no future picks
2) Hill, Bogs, future picks
I mean, that’s an easy one right? They are significantly better now at PG. Holiday is a stud on both ends of the court. I would also contend the combo of Forbes offense, Augustin offense, and DDV defense is likely as good as having Bogdanovic if not better. Forbes is a 40% 3pt shooter and he’s almost 42% as a 3pt catch and shoot player. Augustin shoots about the same from 3 (38%) as Bogs.
Fansided ran an article that stated over the last 2 seasons almost 46% of 3pt attempts from Middleton and Bledsoe were catch and shoot. So, it stands to reason that a guy like Forbes should excel in this offense much like Brogdon and Hill did (and Middleton has). Augustin is a more versatile offensive player and he’s also very good distributing and setting up in the half court style of game.
That’s not to say Bogdanovic wouldn’t have excelled in this scheme but they lose the stellar defense of DDV and would be rolling out a 35 year old Hill to start - with potentially no one of Augustin’s ability to back him up. And as good as Bogdanovic is offensively, he’s a below average defender.
Talk about a no brainer!
It’s the sum of the parts that matter. Right now, they have a much better and complete team without Bogs than with him when you consider the other pieces involved. Assuming Giannis doesn’t leave those picks really aren’t going to be worth all that much anyway.