01-08-2026, 06:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2026, 06:09 PM by RoyTarpleysGhost.)
(01-08-2026, 05:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: Here's the problem with getting "good picks" from ATL - other than the NO pick, there aren't going to be any. The Mavs know this.
Once ATL gets AD, their 1sts are all very likely to be in the 20s, given that this will push ATL to the upper tier in the East, which means the Mavs get (*looking at Mavs history since the title*) more stuff like Omax Prosper, Josh Green, Wendell Moore (pick traded to HOU, as Mavs moved back and then up and got J Hardy), Justin Anderson, Shane Larkin, Justin Hamilton, and so on. That's not useful at all. Ugh. And that sort of crap is what you get for AD? No thanks, I would just keep him.
https://fanspo.com/nba/teams/Hawks/1/draft-picks
ATL has a bunch of swaps in 2026, 2027, and 2028. Not until 2029 is their 1st rd pick for sure theirs.
If you really think AD is going to make some team an elite echelon team for the next three seasons, then I guess the Mavs should keep him.