TRADE: DM to CLE | Markkanen + Sexton + Agbaji + 3 1sts + 2 swaps to UTA

[Jym]

I don't disagree with this or any other of your points, really. But here's the thing:

If Cuban trades picks that include years after Luka's current deal expires, he's a total, absolute moron. If he doesn't, this big trade won't happen, regardless of what target we salivate over. Since they can't even access that pick package until after the first year of Luka's deal, I'm not super hopeful about the window of this plan. 

All I'm saying is that while weighing all of the permutations above, really thinking about where they could lead, smaller deals involving fewer picks that will come and go more quickly and not totally cripple the franchise for 5 years at a time start to seem preferable, at least to me.

Yeah you certainly have to hope it works and doesn't flame out in a KP situation
But that deal is also probably the only way you keep Luka here long term (if it works)