NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[mvossman]

I feel as fans we overthink about fit. 

The first goal should be to get more skill.  Then worry about fit. The Mavs mediocrity over the past decade can be attributed mainly to them only wanting to splurge on the superstar with the right fit or attitude. A player like DAngelo Russel as an asset would have been the correct choice than spending that money on 3 lesser players. Quality over quantity. Look what GS did and how it worked out. Ironically also look at what GS did with Wiseman and choosing him for fit over Melo.  Lessons can be learned from those two transactions.  


Get Sabonis in here and he would instantly be our 2nd most skilled offensive player.  Worry about the fit later.  Don’t try to over analyze and do what the MBT did for the last decade.

The problem with this mindset is that Sabonis will be wildly expensive.  If you find yourself getting a crazy good deal, then you pull the trigger and worry about fit later.  But what are the odds we are going to get a great deal on Sabonis?  

The reason folks are focused on fit is because the underlying assumption is that you are making a reasonable market equal trade.  In that case, the whole point of a trade is to put both teams in a better position from a fit standpoint (whether is player or cap or timeline).