TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[ItsGoTime]

I don't think I send out Maxi in that trade.  He is too good a fit with either Wood or Collins.  I'm not sure how much of an upgrade Collins is over Wood.  I would be good with a Timmy for Bogdan trade, but not enough to throw in Maxi, and I have no interest in Harkless.  Would rather see Green on the court than Harkless.

I for sure struggled with adding Maxi, I even went back and looked at swapping him with Green instead, the difference was $9M in salary, and while the trade machine didn’t list money as the reason the trade failed (Harkless and Wood were the fail reasons) I still didn’t trust that as an option.


I’m not sure I’m with you on Wood=Collins, but I can see why you would say that. If for no other reason than Collins is 2 years younger than Wood, I still think Collins would be the better fit (and trade piece if he doesn’t).

I think Bogi is much more valuable than THJ, especially right now coming off a poor showing and injury. He’s IMO about as good as we can hope for in trading THJ at any point. Esp since losing JB. He’s not THJ AND Maxi better for sure, but I think there is a disparity in Wood for Collins that has to be made up as well. 

Harkless is basically good enough to be insurance for Green and Frank not taking the next step in their development, but not so bad that he can’t be Bullock/DFS backup to spare them from playing 40+ mpg.