DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[Kammrath]

I have a feeling you won't need to get as high as #6 to get Hayes. I haven't noticed anyone besides O'Conner list him among the very best (not saying he shouldn't be).

O'Connor said today that many teams rank Hayes as top 5 on their boards, but the mainstream public and media are just not seeing what many NBA teams are seeing. So seems to be a disconnect between team-evals and fan-evals.

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My guess is that the Hayward thing is MOST real, and your take is that trading deep into the lottery is most real.

I actually think those aren't mutually exclusive. To give BOS real quality back for Hayward (who could walk) I think the Mavs should get #14 from BOS for #18 (meaning the Mavs DO get to the lottery). That satisfies both things. And maybe with #14, the Mavs have the ammo still to jump higher into the lottery. 

I like the Hayward situation because I don't think you have to break the bank to make it happen.

...BUT it ALL hinges on Hayward wanting and demanding to be in DAL. IF that piece is true then everything opens up. When players WANT a particular destination and not just the biggest contract, so much opens up.

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P.S. If I am the Mavs I am wanting to use all my assets to do two things:

1) Get an established player/star whose value is low (like Hayward).

2) Trade up into the lottery to get the guy my scouts LOVE.