05-12-2021, 03:30 PM
(05-12-2021, 02:32 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: If the argument is: "get the most value possible for Porzingis IF you trade him," then I don't think there will be any opposition from anyone here. We all want that. You're 100% right that expectations of that value vary from person to person, and that we won't know for sure until he's traded, if he ever even is.
The part I disagree with is the scenario wherein A) it is decided the player needs to go, but B) they shouldn't move him because they aren't happy with the value being offered in return. It's all hypothetical (to us), but that, specific set of hypothetical circumstances seems looney to me. If he's not helping the team, get off of him and put that salary to work in a more productive way. Yes, it will suck if you can't get as much as you once assumed you would in return, but that's just reality (IN that specific set of circumstances).
Too many here are advocating to "take whatever offer you get, and move on" based on the belief that KP has no NBA value, to the Mavs or anyone else, and they have to hope for a taker. In their mind, any return is a good deal.
That's just absurd.
If you decide you want to move him, you only get great value when you demand great value. And to some team, perhaps quite a few, a KP who might be ill-fitting in Dallas could be the piece they feel they have been waiting for. Tease, talk, dangle, bargain, let buyers figure out how much better KP will be on their team, let them compete to meet your price and more. The mindset should be to "negotiate for a good deal" and refuse to settle for less. Unicorns are expensive, EVERYONE knows that and starts with that mindset, and you're an idiot if you have a unicorn and only ask for scraps.
I'd equate it at the very least to the trades the Mavs made to move Antoine Walker and Antwan Jamison years ago. They were very talented players, who didn't fit. The Mavs looked for a return commensurate to how other teams valued those players, and they got it, rather than one based on the clunky fit in Dallas. They certainly didn't take "whatever they could get."