(04-02-2021, 06:13 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I think it won´t take a lot of convincing to offer the Knicks a swap of 2023 top 10 protected for 2022 unprotected.
I don't think you can do this.
(04-02-2021, 08:27 AM)Branduil Wrote: Rather than complicate things, I think trading KP makes things simpler in the sense that I don't think the Mavs can get the assets to trade for Collins otherwise. The complication is that I don't think Atlanta would want KP so things would have to be routed through a third team.
Complicated as far as more players, picks, and teams involved in the trade.
(04-02-2021, 08:31 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Also a thing we need to understand is that future firsts are first and foremost a store of value, like Bitcoin or currency. So ya a pick way into the future seems less valuable than one in the near-term but it's not always the case. For one, a future pick is one that takes up no salary or roster spots. Some teams have too many young players as it is. They don't need more guys taking up minutes, salary and roster spots.
Further, future picks add more risk to the team trading them away because so much can change during that time. For the Mavs if they had a pick next year you can predict with a fair degree of access where that pick will be. For a future pick you don't know where it will land and you can up the value by removing protections.
All that being said I don't know if the Mavs will trade a future first or not. My guess is that they would move around some of their roster to get a pick or two that then can get passed to a team like Atlanta if they go big on Collins.
Trading picks that far in the future just doesn't seem wise for the Mavs. It ties your hands for trades until that pick is conveyed and you really don't know what your team is going to look like that far ahead plus you could always have a injury plagued season.