08-31-2022, 06:14 PM
(08-31-2022, 05:02 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I think we are getting the Boston pick and the seconds largely as compensation for McConnell vs. THJ. He'd be an expensive third guard who is guaranteed this season and next and $5mm guaranteed in 24/25 (at this rate, seems we are on our way to collecting all the partial guarantees in the league if we did this). The Boston 23 is unprotected which means we can structure a deal to trade our "next" pick since we'd be guaranteed of making a pick in 23. It would be 24 if 23 conveys, plus you do the every other year thing. So, there might be some value to having that Boston pick at the TDL. If we are pretty clearly a playoff team in February a team could take some salary and feel pretty good about getting 24, 26 and 28 plus pick swaps. As IGT points out, it is even more valuable next summer. Remember, we don't have to have our own 23 to trade 24 (or the earliest pick that conveys). We have to have "a" first in one of the next two future drafts.At the TDL this year, there is still a chance that the 24 or 25 first conveys to NY so we cannot trade either of those, right? If the 25 conveys, we can’t trade the 26. Unless there’s something I’m missing, I’m pretty sure the way I explained it is correct. At the TDL we can trade the Boston 23 and our 27 and 29.