12-10-2021, 02:50 PM
(12-10-2021, 02:39 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Those are fair enough examples for sure although I would say that the Nuggets also included a lotto pick from that year so in a sense they offered an immediate first round pick (whether or not Josh Green had the same value as RJ Hampton when that trade was made I think is an interesting discussion because it kind of means we could have made the same offer if we lifted protections and Gordon would have fit great next to KP...)
To the point of lifting protections, I know that we can do this is theory but it also involves the Knicks agreeing which they don't really have incentive to since it probably wouldn't change much in their mind so it would most likely cost us at least another second. I do agree that would put us in a much better position but I've always been curious what that cost would be. I feel like I read the Nets did something similar in the Harden trade but never really pinned down what they had to do to make that work....
Not change much? What do you think the record of this team would be, if (worst case) Luka tore an ACL. We´d be a lock to be a bottom eight team, which gives you pretty good lottery odds. It´s also said to be a generational draft. If I have the choice between top 10 or no protection, I just take it, and don´t ask questions.