TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

Lavert might not be the right answer.

But I think Hardaway-Lavert might be the right type of swap equation -- ie, to find a player who some other team is willing to move for a shooter, who might be able to slide into that massive ball-handling creator hole created by the loss of JB.

DanS had mentioned Rozier, who also seems to be of that ilk.

Lavert and Rozier have opposite contractual ramifications. But each, in some way, would be an attempt to turn THJ into a talent that might be closer to JB, and can do things to "replace" JB that THJ cannot come close to. The point being, somewhere in the bin containing those types may be where a useful deal may be found.

Or, find a team who might want a shooter and find a player who some other team is willing to move for expiring LeVert.  I still think THJ for LeVert is logical from a style of play standpoint, but simply swapping one kind of meh for a different kind of meh.  When I hear new rumors now, my mind goes to how expiring LeVert deal might fit into the equation.  One year of Conley comes to mind.  So do some others including Rozier.  If would be nice to get one of Cleveland's 2023 seconds in such a swap.  Not so much because I want a late second, but because it is another piece that can be added to another trade.

Another place my mind goes a lot is how to bake NY into any trade.  The purpose isn't so much because I'm dying to have Fournier or Rose or Reddish (though I'd love to add Toppin or Quickley).  The purpose is to figure a way to either get our pick back or include the unprotecting of the pick as part of the deal.  For instance, is there a world where Quickly is the compensation for swapping expiring LeVert for Fournier?  And, as part of that, we unprotect our 23 so we can move 25, 27 and 29 in some other move.  If you have Quickley and Green as young guards, do you feel more free to include Hardy in that bigger deal?