03-31-2021, 02:06 PM
(03-31-2021, 01:56 PM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: I mean .. pretty sure they got KP through trade, got Luka by trading up in the draft and then tried to trade up again for Tyrese Haliburton just a few months ago. The bottom line is when you trade a combined 4 first round picks for the rights to Luka and KP, you're losing your most desirable trade ammunition for future trades. So I don't really get where this criticism comes from. Hard to convince teams to just hand you their star caliber players when you don't have 1st round draft picks to give back.
Mavs had good trade ammunition this past offseason, #18 + two very high seconds, players on value contracts and sort of blew it. I get they tried hard for Haliburton and I salute them for that.