12-01-2025, 11:34 AM
(12-01-2025, 11:25 AM)mvossman Wrote: I'm not sure why we are trying to put Kuminga into this? I get that he is young, but I don't think he fits and adding him means less draft capital coming to Mavs. I would rather have the assets.
I really don't get the infatuation with a bunch of picks (especially those people arguing for a bunch of 2026 picks.
There is no value to being bad after this year. Kuminga as an asset is much more valuable than Portland's middling first (if it stays a first) and another middling first from Chicago. There is a chance he and Flagg are a really dynamic forward combo for years to come. Even if you don't like the Kuminga/Flagg combo, I think you try to rehab his value in a new setting, opt him out this summer and sign him to a longer term deal. Now you have a trade asset that is much more valuable than an extra Chicago pick.