TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

I hate to even suggest it, but I think they've already had their one chance at this and chose Porzingis wrongly. Luka is now on his rookie max extension, and there's simply no path to quickly accumulate the type of young potential stars that would interest the rare team who's willing to unload a current star. Plus, by the time the team has enough picks to offer (5 for Mitchell!!!) it will be too late, I think. 

I think the path from here is so uphill it's ridiculous. They really needed to get that 2nd guy before Luka's second contract. When they didn't, it got a lot harder. Losing Brunson for nothing made it more so. 

It's about as depressing as a situation that involves Luka Doncic can be. I almost wish they'd trade him to a better team so we could see how great he can actually become. Almost.

This is way too pessimistic.  We have seem a couple of guys in the last couple of yours that went for picks and no young players (Jrue and Murray).  Somebody like Siakam, who is probably worth right around the max and already making it probably won't cost as much as those guys.  Hell, some folks think Wiggins might be good enough to be that guy, and he should be even cheaper.  That would be the kind of player we are targeting, and I think there is a reasonable possibility we find one in the next year or two.  

I agree that losing Brunson for nothing made it harder, and this will definitely be our last chance.  Need to get it right this time.