09-06-2022, 11:33 AM
KL, I think the Big Trade is their target. Whether or not a Cuban-led FO* is going to be efficient at creating and amassing assets for such a trade (or for ANY purpose) is a different topic.
However, mvossman has done a succinct job of summarizing their pick-acquiring "plan" -- they only need to bide their time until after the 2023 draft, at which point they will have 4 unprotected FRPs and 3 swaps in their war chest, more than enough for any target imo. And they will continue to have that same arsenal, continuously available until they use it, just so long as they don't make a trade to lessen it. Thus, my pov on the idea of whether they would even consider trading a FRP right now.
Obviously it would be better if you didn't have to make picks unprotected, or could trade fewer, or had some from other teams in your bank. Unfortunately, Cuban sucks at asset acquisition, and we're stuck with that.
*From what we're starting to see and hear, even though he hired Nico to be the "GM," Cuban is still micro-managing the job and apparently making the decisions like he always has -- so it's going to be hard (or next-to-impossible) for them to become any good at those things. Blind leading the blind, with very predictable results, as it's said.
However, mvossman has done a succinct job of summarizing their pick-acquiring "plan" -- they only need to bide their time until after the 2023 draft, at which point they will have 4 unprotected FRPs and 3 swaps in their war chest, more than enough for any target imo. And they will continue to have that same arsenal, continuously available until they use it, just so long as they don't make a trade to lessen it. Thus, my pov on the idea of whether they would even consider trading a FRP right now.
Obviously it would be better if you didn't have to make picks unprotected, or could trade fewer, or had some from other teams in your bank. Unfortunately, Cuban sucks at asset acquisition, and we're stuck with that.
*From what we're starting to see and hear, even though he hired Nico to be the "GM," Cuban is still micro-managing the job and apparently making the decisions like he always has -- so it's going to be hard (or next-to-impossible) for them to become any good at those things. Blind leading the blind, with very predictable results, as it's said.
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