04-02-2021, 04:02 AM
(04-01-2021, 08:56 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Once the draft passes and the Knicks get the 2021 pick, don't the Mavs then acquire the ability to trade a pick again pretty easy?
2021 is unprotected. 2023 is top 10 protected through 2025. Without removing the protections, I believe the earliest FRP the Mavs can trade is 2027. If they removed the protections (don't do this), that would bump the pick to 2025. I would think for a S&T, the other team is going to want that pick to come before 2027 and maybe before 2025. You'd probably need to figure out a way to get a FRP from someone else which means sending out Jalen or Maxi. I guess you could add KP to that list of names but that really starts to complicate things.