2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Mavs2021]

We love to talk about simple KP trades but haven´t mentioned the nuclear option. Who is the best player the Mavs can get for KP + all remaining 1sts, picks swaps, assets like DFS or Brunson?

That´s what I have been doing all the time, but DFS needs to stay. Brunson, Kleber, Porzingis, THJ (S&T), plus rookies + picks are all-in play. That´s easily enough to get Lavine, if he demands the trade now. We also always have the option to remove the protection of the 2023 Knicks pick to gain more flexibility.

My idea was to do Brunson + remove protection from 2023 pick for our 2021 pick back (21st pick) + Knox (bad contract).  That way you gain a 1st round pick and you add more flexibility to the future picks. Maybe you have to throw in another asset.

Worst case you simply call the Knicks and say you want to remove the protection. They are not going to say no. As you can see we are one Doncic injury away from a top 3 pick, so the idea to remove the top 10 protection is appealing.