06-13-2022, 03:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2022, 03:10 PM by KillerLeft.)
(06-13-2022, 03:00 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: Draft picks serve two purposes:
-Help in rebuilding your team as you roll the dice with more than prospect.
-it is a trade currency, good player worth 1 pick, better ones worth 2, All-Star worth 4 etc.
But as time goes, you lose your warchest ending up having too many picks.
So trading current pick for later one is basically like keeping your currency saved rather than using it.
Knicks did the same with our pick, they traded it for future one. So while the Mavs paid them a pick, they still have their draft stock from KP trade.
I believe OKC will cash on their picks at some point in couple of years.
Totally agree, and I'd add this:
In the NBA, you can see difference makers coming in the draft from like 5 miles away. Sure, there are surprises that nobody sees coming, but usually not on the "face of the franchise" level that literally, every team needs to start a good era.
So, NBA picks aren't like NFL picks. When it comes to trading up for (example) the #3 in a year where there are 3 difference makers, it's not like a number of late firsts are equivalent, they way they are in the NFL. That ONE player is EVERYTHING in this sport.
At some point, having so many firsts is kind of superfluous, imo. At some point, you're just moving draft capital around the league with very little return.