TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[omahen]

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?

That is a very interesting idea. I would actually prefer our 23 back instead of Quickley, if possible. I am not really convinced he is a starter on a serious team and we have plenty of "nothing special" players already. Fournier is expiring next season and such a deal would be ideal.