01-25-2023, 05:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-25-2023, 05:09 PM by DanSchwartzgan.)
The Detroit Pistons writer for The Athletic did an interesting piece. He took Sham's list of interested Bojan teams (Cleveland, Dallas, Milwaukee, NO, LAL and Toronto) and contacted the writer for those teams and asked for the offer they could envision the team they cover making. Below is Tim Cato's offer and the Piston's writers response. BTW, he didn't take anyone's offer. LAL and Toronto were the only teams offering first rounders. LAL had junk and a protected 27 first (too far away for Detroit GM). Toronto had junk, Boucher and a lottery protected 23 pick that is also lottery protected in 24 and converts to 2nds. The Detroit writer thought there was too great a chance that it would end up being seconds. So, not really better than the Dallas offer below:
Mavericks receive: Bogdanović
Pistons receive: Tim Hardaway Jr., 2025 and 2027 second-round pick
Tim Cato, Mavericks beat writer: This offer is the most, I believe, the Mavericks would be willing to offer, and I don’t think Detroit stays on the phone long after hearing it. Dallas has a real reluctance to part with first-round picks right now — they want to have them all available after this year’s pick conveys to New York — and I don’t believe they feel Bogdanović is enough of an improvement for the Mavericks to consider attaching one. He’d help them, no doubt, but the 33-year-old isn’t the decisive move they seek for a deal where first rounders are included. If Detroit can’t find a suitor offering a first-round pick in return, Dallas would be happy to send them a couple seconds along with Hardaway, whose contract is declining somewhat more favorably with the same number of years as Bogdanović’s. But, again, this doesn’t feel like a realistic option for either side.
Analysis: Mr. Cato is correct. I’d happily take his call, but I’d be trying to find a way to quickly get off the phone after hearing it. I like Hardaway Jr., don’t get me wrong, but I’d much rather have Bogdanović — or at least have him going into the offseason when I can again entertain other proposals. This just isn’t enough of a return for me. Hardaway, 30, isn’t a spring chicken himself, and, if I were the Pistons, I’d rather keep Bogdanović and try for LeVert this summer, rather than trade Bogdanović to get Hardaway and then have no need for LeVert.
Appreciate the call, sir, but I’m going to see who is on the other line…
Mavericks receive: Bogdanović
Pistons receive: Tim Hardaway Jr., 2025 and 2027 second-round pick
Tim Cato, Mavericks beat writer: This offer is the most, I believe, the Mavericks would be willing to offer, and I don’t think Detroit stays on the phone long after hearing it. Dallas has a real reluctance to part with first-round picks right now — they want to have them all available after this year’s pick conveys to New York — and I don’t believe they feel Bogdanović is enough of an improvement for the Mavericks to consider attaching one. He’d help them, no doubt, but the 33-year-old isn’t the decisive move they seek for a deal where first rounders are included. If Detroit can’t find a suitor offering a first-round pick in return, Dallas would be happy to send them a couple seconds along with Hardaway, whose contract is declining somewhat more favorably with the same number of years as Bogdanović’s. But, again, this doesn’t feel like a realistic option for either side.
Analysis: Mr. Cato is correct. I’d happily take his call, but I’d be trying to find a way to quickly get off the phone after hearing it. I like Hardaway Jr., don’t get me wrong, but I’d much rather have Bogdanović — or at least have him going into the offseason when I can again entertain other proposals. This just isn’t enough of a return for me. Hardaway, 30, isn’t a spring chicken himself, and, if I were the Pistons, I’d rather keep Bogdanović and try for LeVert this summer, rather than trade Bogdanović to get Hardaway and then have no need for LeVert.
Appreciate the call, sir, but I’m going to see who is on the other line…