Trade & FA 2024-25:

[F Gump]

I don’t know why you are jumping into this  ...

I don't appreciate when someone tries to shade the truth (or even hide it) when someone does it with me to try to "win" rather than have an honest transparent discussion of the facts. The idea that SD wasn't an asset a year or two later, after his production fell way off the table, in no way speaks to his value on trade date. Get real. And 3 picks are 3 picks, in this era, which is exactly what was stated. That's why.

As for Giannis, he's a great player but a pipe dream on every level -- the biggest issue being how his salary is too cumbersome to add to a hard cap that has another supermax and still have enough payroll to obtain the rest of the talent to compete. See Bucks, Milwaukee. I'm very comfortable ending my own GA-to-DAL comments there.