12-08-2025, 02:35 PM
(12-08-2025, 01:56 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: No its completely valid to keep AD.
If he remains healthy and Kyrie returns, the Mavs are competitive. Are they contenders? That I'm not sure of, but competitive means a higher trade value.
If AD is injured, the Mavs can get a higher draft pick. Win-win truthfully. Any shortcut deal where we get a pu-pu platter of JAG's from CHI would be a massive mistake.
A Chicago deal would be about picks. The JAGs would be expiring contracts. You can make the argument that it might be better to wait until the offseason to trade him (when the logistics are a lot easier) but I believe he was suggesting holding onto AD into next season.