01-30-2022, 10:22 PM
(01-30-2022, 05:06 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but the DB.com guys posted a 3-team idea (not rumor) as follows:
Dallas gets McCollom, Robinson and their 23 pick back
Portland gets KP
NY gets Brunson
If you put this into the trade machine, Dallas loses 4 wins because KP and Brunson show really well in the LEBRON metric used to determine wins gained and lost. Maybe you do the KP/McCollom part of this anyway based on KP’s injury history. But, CJ is four years older and has missed significant time each of the last two years. CJ is kind of who you hope Brunson grows into. I’d contend Brunson is likely the better version of that guy during the remaining life of McCollom’s contract.
Not sure what good trading UFA Brunson for UFA Robinson if flight risk is your concern. Is Robinson as good as KP? Yeah, on the nights KP can’t play. Otherwise? Probably not.
I get accused of wanting to give away Brunson for nothing, but I don’t like this deal for Dallas. Now, if you tell me I can also deal THJ/22/24 for John Collins, then we can talk some more.
You are sending out Brunson for Mitchell and our pick. That has been a common suggestion on this board. The flight risk is mitigated because you got your pick back. Also Mitchell is likely not getting more than MLE, which makes him less flight risk and less cap commitment. I'm good with that trade if you are dumping KP.
I would argue CJ is a better offensive fit with Luka than Brunson as he is a high volume catch and shoot guy who can also be the secondary playmaker. I think I would prefer something like KP + Bullock for CJ + Covington. If you are not getting Mitchell with Brunson, I would mind throwing in Powell for Nurkic either.
That trade probably lowers the overall talent on the team (as someone mentioned above) but I think the fit is better and getting that pick back is valuable. It gives us access to assets to make further improvements.