9 hours ago
(9 hours ago)Smitty Wrote: No, I would not include a pick. There are so many variations of the ATL deal out there but I think I understand you to mean Expirings+Risacher. Where the Mavs are sending the pick in this hypothetical because Davis is a ticking time bomb.
I would however lower my asking price. I would simply do it for the swap rights of the NO pick. I’d also do it with OO instead of ZR.
I want out of the Davis business already. I’ve been optimistic and I like a lot of the on-court things but I think he’s still a positive asset and not at the salary dump level YET. The Mavs are likely stuck with him through next years TDL if I had to guess. Maybe we’ll see that Kyrie-Flagg-Davis trio after all.
I think this is pretty much right where I am.
I do not believe even a pick swap on that NO pick was ever likely to be on the table, however, and while that's the kind of thing I'd have been demanding in the exploratory talks leading up to offers, I'd have mostly been doing so to nudge the actual offer in a better direction, not with any actual expectation of getting that asset. And, even in the event that ATL doesn't view this latest injury as a deal breaker, which I'm hoping might be the case, I think they'll easily be able to use it as an excuse to shut down that type of ask. So, I think that might not be lowering the asking price enough at this point if you're truly motivated to get something done.
I really like Risacher here - the idea of it - so I think your take is the closest to where I am, though I don't think OO would have me quite as excited.