06-13-2022, 04:28 PM
(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.
...and really, having a draft pick is like having an unscratched lottery ticket. The higher the draft order, the better the odds of it actually turning into something valuable.
But before it's been scratched, it can hold an allure that's sometimes disproportionate with the odds. Teams use this to sell hope to their fan bases. "Maybe THIS year's pick will turn out to be Manu Ginobili!"
https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/28/2259...pectations