2026 NBA draft thread

[Smitty]

How difficult can it be to write a coherent trade explanation? F****** hell.

We send Ajinca and two 2nd rounders  to the Knicks. Okay. What did we get from the Suns? Surely we don´t just give them 1st round picks for free. 

Are those two second round picks going directly to the Knicks from the Suns, which means Mavs effectively paid with Ajinca rights. 
Did the Suns send two additional second round picks to the Knicks, which means Mavs paid with Ajinca rights, two of their own 2nd round picks + two of the Suns 2nd round picks (just acquired) to move from 30 to 25.

We get nothing from the Suns. The Mavs PAID to move up from 30 to 25. The cost was (2) SRP's and Ajinca's draft rights. What NYK gets from PHX for 30 afterwards is not part of the Mavs equation. That's how I see it.