TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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LAL and DAL are both desperate and potentially stupid front offices. BKN is desperate to try and prey on the dumbest front offices. 

Is it possible BKN succeeds? Sure, but I HIGHLY doubt it.


BKN might hang on to him and risk letting him walk this summer. They might. But I bet they DESPERATELY want to be done with Kyrie and show KD they can build a winner. 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.

That's what I'm thinking as well.  BKN doesn't have to trade him at the TDL. They could wait,  keep him in his perceived purgatory until the end of the season. They could make trades around the fringes, like adding another big for depth.   He still has to play, and what if when KD returns they get on another roll and make the playoffs?  As fickle as Kyrie is, he could easily change course and tell them he wants to stay as KD did.  Anything is possible with this talented loony tune.