TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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I edited the above post to show the lineup in 1 year with those 2 deals that could or could not happen. Either way, the battle cry is options and you keep saying there are none. Get creative with it. 

I am saying your options are lessened (considerably), not increased, once you do an RW trade. You really gain nothing that you didn't already have, you lose some assets you can use creatively later on (as you say you wish for), and you handcuff yourself to a very-unlikely-to-succeed path.

Nor would the RW plan make those trades any more likely. Given the size of the contracts and the limits of your cap space, they'd be just as doable if you already had a giant payroll and did regular trade matching as they would with some modest cap room.

The problem is RW. He provides nothing now that is really helpful, and nothing later. And if you go the other way, you are better off by having a higher sum of contracts to work with in both amassing contracts and doing trades. Talent (not air) is what you need.