01-21-2022, 02:58 PM
(01-21-2022, 12:14 PM)deMavs2021 Wrote: Though we have all see the Stepien rule can be circumvented, if teams really want to.
Not sure how you define "circumvented." The rule never gets violated. Teams have to find a different trade offer instead.
So right now, the Mavs are NOT eligible to trade their 2022 1st, except if they get an unprotected 2022 or 2023 1st back in the same trade. Or, they can trade theirs if/after they do a prior trade to get an unprotected 2022 or 2023 1st.
For practical purposes, we should just accept the Mavs trading their 2022 1st is a non-starter idea until after the 2022 draft is over, as was said.