TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Why would NY do that? They are arguably giving up 2 best (by far) players for 2 SRP. Quickley is on his rookie deal for another season and was scoring like 20 ppg while Barret was out. NY will never consider moving Quickley without serious assets. As someone else said - he is a nice asset to be thrown in the superstar trade. Not a guy you give up for Bullock...

I agree, both with the idea that we shouldn't add more than 2 seconds to Bullock and that NY wouldn't accept less than a FRP.

I think that if NY really wants Bullock as much as some of the rumors say then we have a little bit of leverage but not as far as getting Quickley without adding a FRP.  I think that leverage should be turned into offloading McGee if at all possible.  I definitely like the idea of Bullock/McGee for Rose/Sims (who I think is a more interesting prospect than Reddish).  You now have Luka/Dinwiddie/Rose/Hardy all under contract next year to figure out ball handling duties, got out from McGee's contract, create a larger role for Green and take a flier on a guy that I personally think would do really well here on both sides of the ball.  You're also increasing your amount of expiring contract next year by a few million with Rose over Bullock.

It's not as aspirational as getting someone like Quickley but feels a little more realistic.