MAVS NEWS:

[F Gump]

I agree with all of this in general, but I think the difference is we are dealing with an injury ticking time bomb.  I might just have PTSD from the KP fiasco, but that was definitely a case where patience was not a virtue.

Yet KP got a better return when others traded him, yes? Maybe it was a case of the Mavs trading out of desperation, rather than KP suddenly losing all his value? Maybe the lesson to be learned from KP is about being desperate and taking whatever you can get, and thinking you MUST make a trade and take the first offer you can find. 

The one chasing the deal loses. Have the patience to let the deal find you and beg for you to swap. Patience wins.