TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

The hurry is this:

To truly amass assets in the NBA you need to continually make the right evals (or more than you miss) and "buy low" and "sell high." If you miss your window (which can come and go quickly) to get a 1st (or more?) for DFS then you have "lost" from an asset standpoint. 

I am not saying I am correct about DFS's value now OR moving forward. I have no true clue, I can only guess. I am just saying if his value is at its likely peak, then you pull the trigger. 

Luka is the only player where "selling high" doesn't make sense because you cannot possibly get adequate value in return (unless of course he is threatening to walk in free agency, then you sell because you have to).

I'm not against the concept of asset accumulation and god knows that has not been a strength of this FO, but I also think there needs to be a balance.  I think things like continuity and locker room need to matter at least a little bit.  I think completely ignoring things like that can have a negative long term impact on the team and treating players like cattle can have a negative impact on players wanting to be here.

I also think players like Dorian (who's contributions don't always show up in the box score) tend to be undervalued both in the market and in trades, so I am skeptical they are going to be able to get reasonable value for him anyways.