03-10-2023, 10:57 AM
(03-09-2023, 10:24 AM)omahen Wrote: What I don't get is, why Mavs traded 2029 pick for Kyrie instead of 2028 one, if there was not an intention to make a further move using the 2027 pick at TDL. One would think that BKN would value the 2028 pick higher.
The answer MIGHT be in your last thought there. No idea what Brooklyn's thinking was, but if I were in their shoes, I'd have wanted the pick as far down the road as possible. All the more likely Luka is gone and it's a ridiculously high/valuable one, imho.
Point being, maybe the Mavs didn't have a choice. Maybe giving up the '29 instead of the '28 was the cost of not putting Green in the deal. Who knows?