05-04-2021, 02:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2021, 02:38 PM by SleepingHero.)
(05-04-2021, 01:41 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: What is the downside? That your play-off qualifying odds hinge on the 1-2 extra times you get to see Porzingis, because he plays in the same division instead of the Eastern Conference. That your fanbase gets psychological damaged and your reputation suffers, if he kills you four times a year instead of three?
I seriously don´t get it.
If a trade with the Pelicans makes us significantly better compared to a trade with the Cavaliers, then you obviously do the trade. It´s the same as the whole tanking/conversion debate. Who cares if the Hawks get the 7th or 11th pick, tanking was about improving our own odds to keep a top 4 pick.
Also would have to be Ball or Ingram. Not even the veteran happy Mavs do this for Adams/Bledsoe.
It's just that historically teams almost never trade stars to teams within their division. Takes a very special set of circumstances for it to happen. CP3 and Paul George are the only ones that comes to mind and their situations were unusual to say the least.
KP makes sense for the Pelicans. Only player that's a clear upgrade for the Mavs is Ingram. I just don't find it realistic.
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