01-11-2023, 03:36 PM
I don't see how making MIA better in such a deal DR-THJ is a plus for Mavs. It sure doesn't look like that deal improves the Mavs nor enhances their future.
The trade as proposed doesn't free up the 2025 pick for a TDL deal. You'd have to land a pick in not only 2023 but also 2024 and 2025. The only other avenue is to unlock the pick to NY. I really think the Mavs will just wait, rather than deal with all that.
And it's not like they need to do that in general. It has no value to them at all unless they have a blockbuster TDL deal (right now, about to happen) that is on the table and only contingent on a 2023-25-27 set of picks without contingencies.
The trade as proposed doesn't free up the 2025 pick for a TDL deal. You'd have to land a pick in not only 2023 but also 2024 and 2025. The only other avenue is to unlock the pick to NY. I really think the Mavs will just wait, rather than deal with all that.
And it's not like they need to do that in general. It has no value to them at all unless they have a blockbuster TDL deal (right now, about to happen) that is on the table and only contingent on a 2023-25-27 set of picks without contingencies.