TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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I would rather wait for Ayton this summer and have that be the big final move. Use the pick to get all the wings in now. Use the summer picks for Ayton. I don’t think an Ayton deal happens before Thursday. The suns would want to include him in a Durant trade this summer and i think that’s their top priority now

I was not impressed by Poeltl when we played them last. Cato said it well on his pod. Bigs are like running backs in football. You want to keep a steady supply of them and draft them. But you never want to pay them. Only the stupid teams pay them. There’s a small number of exceptions to this. Ayton is an exception. Poeltl and Wood are not. 

Still, I’m keeping my eye on the spurs as they are one of the few teams i could see willing to take on Bertans possibly in a 3 team deal

I tend to agree with Cato.  Not saying their are exceptions on big man that I would pay…even a few non elite ones.  But I think he is pretty right.  I think a guy like Powell at 6-8 million plus a younger rim runner at the McGee range would be perfect.  The secret sauce though is having a PF type who can also play small ball 5 when Dallas goes small. In an ideal world that is one of the spots they fill with our remaining draft capital.