TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

I am in favor of smaller deals.   I don't want to give up draft picks but I think several of our guys would be attractive to other teams.  For instance, can you move Bullock for a younger player who may fit better moving forward? 

Loaded conversation - lots to unpack. 

I, too, am into "smaller deals" if what that means to you is acquiring marginally improved and better fitting talent without giving up picks. That doesn't do anything but improve circumstances. Now, it doesn't seem like that type of trade actually happens in the NBA much anymore, but that's neither here not there - if it's possible, I'm for it. 

What I'm against is "smaller deals" that accomplish the same thing described above, only with draft capital included. And my friend, I'm sorry to say, but THAT is what the deals you're envisioning would look like. 

The Mavericks are not going to be sellers. They're not going to turn the players you're sick of watching into draft capital or youth with potential. Point blank, period. It doesn't really matter whether you or I think they should, because they never have before, and they're not about to start now, with Luka, coming off of a WCF season. I 100% promise you they are meeting or texting each other right now trying to figure out a path to being more competitive THIS SEASON. That's just the way it is. 

So, I have a feeling the "smaller deal" they'd end up with would involve someone like Jae Crowder (not him, specifically, but that level of player) coming in with a first, Hardy, or both, outgoing. THAT's what I'm hoping to avoid.