TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[StrandedOnBeauboisHill]

...and you think trading for Bojan Bogdanovic or Myles Turner (at the expense of our very last assets) and losing to the Warriors/Clippers in the first round of the play-in is going to make Luka look at this roster and go: BOOM. This is a winner. Happy summer time.

Luka might be pissed for three months, but the moment Wembanyama/Scoot/Thompson twin walks though that door he has this thing called HOPE. Where is the hope heading into the 2023/2024 season with the same horrible cap structure and the same horrible aging team? Oh right the big trade. Well nothing stops you from still doing that winning trade after tanking. 

Players evaluate FO performances, future projections, not current wins or losses.

I told you a million times why nobody wants to sign in Dallas in free agency. They think Cuban is dumb and now cheap, too. On top of probably not being one of the more popular owners, due to his "changing the streets when I see black people at night"- comments.

Basically he´s the new Sterling. Does Ballmer have problems signing players to play for the Clippers now? NO. You know who has problems signing players? The guy who thinks you should give 34 year old McGee a three year contract.

I didn't say anything remotely close to the first sentence as those would cost us future assets which we just can't give up right now.

If you think that Luka's attitude towards this franchise would be better if we lost 47 games instead of won 47 games then we simply disagree and honestly it's just an hard truth that you refuse to accept as you treat all these players as pieces instead of as humans.

Also, there's 3 years left on Luka's deal after this season.  You act as if every top 10 pick is an immediate contributor when there is MOUNTAINS of evidence that all these kids take time.  Hell, you're talking about the Thompson twins as if they're a sure fire hit when they still haven't played any real competition in their entire lives.  I do agree with you that if we land a pick that it can (and most likely will be) traded if it's anywhere from 3-8 but I truly believe that you are really underestimating how much what you're purposing would hurt the culture of a team that already seems to have a culture problem.