TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

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

There's some logic here that I agree with. For example, I think whoever trades for him (or Brooklyn, if he doesn't get traded) is going to get his best this season, down the stretch of a contract year. 

But, anyone acting like that's going to be some indication of how things will work out in the future, with this particular character, simply hasn't been paying attention to the wake of wreckage he's left, going all the way back to his Boston years. 

This would not work out how you think, my friend.