TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Jason Terry]

I bet there are a lot of teams (including Brooklyn, maybe) who would be willing to go that far with him. 

The whole reason for the trade request is that he wants his full, 4-year max. He's trying desperately to get his Bird Rights to a team willing to give that to him. That's the ENTIRE point of the request. 

Imo, either A) someone is going to agree to give that to him (before the trade, despite not being able to follow through until the Summer) or B) nobody will and he'll have to settle for something less than his ideal contractual situation...two years...one year?

C) If B) is what happens, you can bet he'll decide to play with his friends somewhere in a city with a nightlife. obviously. The way he ends up in Dallas playing with a 24 year-old Slovenian with whom he has little in common is that Dallas agrees to give him his 4-year max. 

I've noticed that there are two kinds of proponents of this trade. Both kinds disagree with what I'm saying above (I'm betting they're wrong) but type 1, the good type, says "if that's true, then you just walk away. No deal." Type 2, the people who don't realize how much of a scumbag this player (amazing as he is on the court) is, wouldn't hesitate to lock him into a 4-year contract. 

I hope the Mavs' decision makers are in type 1.

His daughter lives in Dallas and her mother is from here. That was apparently the reason why we were on his short list this summer. His idol growing up was Kidd. Nico has a long relationship with the family. These were the exact scenarios both Nico/Kidd were brought in for. To fill the relationship void we had with Mark/Donnie/Rick. In theory, this was the type of gamble we were always looking for

If nobody offers 4 and he won’t accept 2 years, then we would get his best effort rest of season. That would need to be the value placed on what we pay. Can’t pay more than 1 year rental price. And if need be we let him walk and move on easily

BUT, if by chance things went right….this has the chance to open our window immediately. 4/200 would be considered if we won the West this year