TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Personally I am not really much into Clarkson. He is having the best year of his career (buying when his value is highest), plays no defense to speak off and is imho a 6th man on a contending team. I think Mavs have plenty of those types already and I wouldn't pay a FRP for another one.

Let alone a guy, who can just walk in the summer or cost more than THJ after the summer.

All fair points, I would expect if a move like this was ever done it would be with the full intention of extending him to be that 6th man and for us to move Dinwiddie's expiring with our other picks this offseason to find the starter next to Luka and to kill of the Dinwiddie/Clarkson redundancy.

I would also add that someone like Gay would fill a role we couldn't last year which is just some spot minutes on the wing in the playoffs when we really need it (although we may be in a better place this year in that regard).

For the most part though I'm with you.  I'm still very much in the camp of hold on to your picks and just shuffle the deck around a little bit until the offseason.