04-25-2023, 11:03 AM
(04-25-2023, 10:36 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Do you think this will impact what dallas will do if they keep their pick? I think the biggest short term improvement would be to use it for a current player. But that player is probably going to be making over 20 Plus per year. So while it may be a short term help, long term may be a different answer.
I think drafting a player at 10 or wherever who can play helps this team move in the future. Even if he is a 3rd or 4th starter. The issue is this younger player probably doesn't help much in the playoffs next year. So Dallas is in a rough spot. They need to win to help Luka convince they are competent, but they also need to develop a team that can grow and improve together.
Yeah, the new CBA definitely encourages teams to draft well, develop and retain. All things being equal, I’d love to retain the pick. But, we need to keep Luka happy and make an argument for Kyrie to think he can win here and not just spin his wheels.
Best of all worlds would be to trade down in the draft (so you still get a developmental opportunity) with the trade target being a mid-20’s guy who is proven and who might prove difficult for his current team to keep. Thankfully, no other team is looking for that guy…
Claxton fits that quite well. Brooklyn has no real means to control him, so his free agency a year from now is total risk for the Nets or whichever team has him next season. All of this puts fans in a quandary right now also. Not only are we not sure if we have a pick or not. With some of these new first apron restrictions a possibility this summer, we don’t have any idea what the rules of the game will be for trades and exceptions.