TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[ItsGoTime]

I really don’t want to give up the second first rounder.  2025?  OK, but not 2027 unless we are talking Anunoby or Ayton or Brown.

I’m probably a bigger Vanderbilt fan than most, but I’d rather trade a single first for someone like him than someone like Bogdanovic in terms of an archetype.  Great defender who along with DFS, Green and Maxi would protect the deficiencies of Luka/Wood and Hardy someday.  Age appropriate.  Restricted in a year.  Can do more things offensively than he gets credit for.  He can attack off the dribble and pass on the move.  He’s probably about as good as Wood at bringing the ball up the court.  He’s hitting his corner 3’s efficiently.  He hasn’t put it all together yet, but like Green, you see flashes of things he can do if asked to/allowed to.  He’s already much more dynamic offensively than DFS and only 23.  He and Green and eventually Hardy could play with Luka and a good big for the next eight  to ten years IMHO.

If were gonna give up a first, the 28 is the one to give. That way we have 3 firsts to give when we get access to the 30.