05-03-2021, 01:49 PM
Has any team executed a strategy where they sign guys, sell role players for picks and then just replace them in FA? OKC has done a lot of selling not through FA but through just swapping guys constantly (and pretty effectively I might add).
NYK might be the only team I can think of that is sort of doing this kind of strategy which is lock in a good player, then flip him for a pick and just rinse and repeat. Remember they signed Marcus Morris to a 2 year deal and then quickly traded him for a pick.
I feel like Houston used to be good about signing guys then flipping them for better assets (pre-Harden days). To me if you have a FO that knows how to find the right guys in FA then you could continually build up your war chest of picks. The issue is that teams fall in love with their own guys.
NYK might be the only team I can think of that is sort of doing this kind of strategy which is lock in a good player, then flip him for a pick and just rinse and repeat. Remember they signed Marcus Morris to a 2 year deal and then quickly traded him for a pick.
I feel like Houston used to be good about signing guys then flipping them for better assets (pre-Harden days). To me if you have a FO that knows how to find the right guys in FA then you could continually build up your war chest of picks. The issue is that teams fall in love with their own guys.