Mavs trade deadline and draft thread

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

The draft capital we gave up is nothing to sneeze at. Worth it in my opinion, but it looks a lot less like an outright swindle when you factor in the draft picks and swaps.

Really only lost one FRP and got two seconds

Pick swap could be big if we draft 1 and OKC drafts 30 and those picks swap. Could also be a 21st pick for a 22nd which would cost us almost nothing.

Honestly I?ve been on the fence on whether we should blow it up and rebuild or go all in. With Luka, Kyrie, and some young guys with future like Lively and Green they decided to go all in. The worst scenario would have been to stand pat with mediocre trade assets while Luka and Kyrie countdown their contracts and prepare to leave.

Will it be enough to compete? I think it guarantees a playoff spot if we stay healthy and raises our ceiling by a lot. If we win a few playoff series maybe that?s enough. If things go south, Mavs will be terrible for 5-10 years without those picks, but we wouldn?t have been much better off with a mediocre squad and Kyrie/Luka getting less and less happy.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Really only lost one FRP and got two seconds

Pick swap could be big if we draft 1 and OKC drafts 30 and those picks swap. Could also be a 21st pick for a 22nd which would cost us almost nothing.

Honestly I?ve been on the fence on whether we should blow it up and rebuild or go all in. With Luka, Kyrie, and some young guys with future like Lively and Green they decided to go all in. The worst scenario would have been to stand pat with mediocre trade assets while Luka and Kyrie countdown their contracts and prepare to leave.

Will it be enough to compete? I think it guarantees a playoff spot if we stay healthy and raises our ceiling by a lot. If we win a few playoff series maybe that?s enough. If things go south, Mavs will be terrible for 5-10 years without those picks, but we wouldn?t have been much better off with a mediocre squad and Kyrie/Luka getting less and less happy.

Totally agree - our guy Nico did good.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Really only lost one FRP and got two seconds

Pick swap could be big if we draft 1 and OKC drafts 30 and those picks swap. Could also be a 21st pick for a 22nd which would cost us almost nothing.

Honestly I?ve been on the fence on whether we should blow it up and rebuild or go all in. With Luka, Kyrie, and some young guys with future like Lively and Green they decided to go all in. The worst scenario would have been to stand pat with mediocre trade assets while Luka and Kyrie countdown their contracts and prepare to leave.

Will it be enough to compete? I think it guarantees a playoff spot if we stay healthy and raises our ceiling by a lot. If we win a few playoff series maybe that?s enough. If things go south, Mavs will be terrible for 5-10 years without those picks, but we wouldn?t have been much better off with a mediocre squad and Kyrie/Luka getting less and less happy.

100% agreed on all. I think this puts them in position for the 5/6 seed, where if we stayed on the treadmill of mediocrity it was looking more like 8-10.