TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[MaxiThreeba]

You don't think a forward thinking, self-aware version of the Mavs could've EASILY sold the Knicks on dealing No. 11 (Duren) and Kemba for the TPE, thereby signaling to NY that they were bidding out of the Brunson "derby", thus letting the Knicks not have to bid against themselves for JB???

I don’t.  If it was the Mavs and Knicks both needing cap space to sign JB, then yeah maybe.  Kind of like……Detroit.  

If I’m NY no way am I handing assets to the Mavs to dump salary when they can STILL pay JB more than me no matter what I do.