Trade & FA 2024-25:

[DanSchwartzgan]

Idk, man. Not sure I see it that way. 

If they matched the Dallas offer only to entertain trading him the next year. 

I can get behind the idea of adding a sweetener, but I'd probably include a 2nd and not ask for a pick back) is much more in line with reality. I am out if the cost is a 2025 first, even if you're right.

So, teams shut down their bad players to tank?  Then why are we talking about him if a team like Portland wants to get off of him.  What am I missing here?

People need to think more creatively about the 2025 first.  Portland doesn’t have one and has four picks this year including two seconds.  There are ways to make our 2025 a fake first.  Make it lottery protected or top 20 protected or whatever you want and back it up with a conversion to our second in 2025.  I’m not sure the difference in #24-#27 a year from now is all that different than #34 now.  In Nico I trust