MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

All the draft picks... well...

2026 - we have our pick
2027 - to Charlotte
2028 - swap with OKC
2029 - to Houston or Brooklyn
2030 - swap with San Antonio
2031 on - we have our picks (for now)

There's a three-year wilderness there - and we'll see about 2030. In any event, 2026 is the most likely to be a good pick, given Kyrie's absence and Cooper's rookiedom. 

In any event, I'd say we got lucky in the right draft.

I still think the Luka trade was league-instigated and with the promise of Flagg. But if so, he doesn't receive credit for the dividends.

The swap with OKC and SAS aren't nearly as doom and gloom as they were a month ago. If we think Flagg is that GUY, it could turn out that we are better than each of those teams those years, and the swap isn't even executed, or maybe it's executed but we're looking at a drop from mid-20's to late 20's. Hardly something to gripe about right now anyway. Either way, it's the cost of doing business in the NBA. You way risks and have to give up something to get something...