TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

I think BKN is in a MORE desperate situation than DAL (as long as we assume a stable person is running the Mavs). If I was a GM I would play on that desperation and offer BKN a "win-now" package and get assets back from them in return. If they don't bite, so be it, walk away and let them sleep in the Kyrie bed they made for themselves.

Absolutely, they're desperate, and absolutely, they'll want a "win-now" package. But that package will consist of the Mavs' GOOD players (hence "win" now), not their flotsam. 

I'll say again: Dinwiddie, DFS, Green. MAYBE you get out of it without giving a pick. 

They need to be able to sell Durant on what they do, because they can't lose him next year. Houston has their draft capital for the foreseeable future.