TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/3561...lo-russell

A couple of things from this.

First, it should be clear that there was never a chance we could dump a bunch of our bad contracts for Russ.  Vanderbilt's 4 mil is the only money that is not expiring or could be optioned away.

If we do the math on the patient route facilitating Lakers getting Irving, we are probably giving up Dorian and Din to Nets, McGee to Lakers and getting Russ and a protected first from Lakers.  That would have been underwhelming.