TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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  Lakers get usable players while dumping Westbrook for only one FRP

I don't think the other teams would let LA walk away with a deal like this -- if LA is going to get rid of RW and also get any usable player(s), it will cost them through the nose. "We gave up a FRP" isn't close to enough.

That's how these more-than-2-team swaps work -- even if they are getting something they like, each of the other teams in the deal also get diligent to ensure that NO TEAM will be walking away with the impossibly sweet end of the deal.

If Ainge is who we think he is, he's going to demand at least 4-5 FRP just for Mitchell to NY, then at least 2 for taking RW. The idea that you roll those into one deal where Ainge only gets 4 picks, I don't think it even gets to first base.