05-30-2023, 06:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2023, 06:58 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(05-29-2023, 12:46 PM)Jakeospikez Wrote: Not really interested in dealing with the Spurs for #10. They have a bunch of junk from a tanking team they're trying to offload in hopes of getting Cason Wallace. Do you really want to help a division rival with giving them a point of attack defender to hound Luka for the next decade to go along with Victor protecting the rim?
Don't really care what the Spurs get out of this. Just care about the Mav's building the best thing they can build.
I think there is a huge overvaluation of the #10 lottery ticket here. We know with near certainty that the player taken here won't be a significant playoff contributor for the next couple of years. We don't know if this player will even be a starter in that period of time.
The point of the 'junk' from SA (and I don't disagree) is the opportunity to use the assets (mainly the pick) elsewhere. I already showed how Draymond might be included in such a deal. What if we sent both Bertans and McGee into SA's cap space and swapped #10 for 33 and Atlanta's 2025 (so, no junk returning). We know from last year that #11 was worth 3 protected firsts. Why not a second, an unprotected first and a salary dump (SA isn't at the floor for 2022/23 and needs to get to the floor for the upcoming season, so they will use their space in one form or another.
You don't do the SA deal unless you have something else lined up. Such a deal with SA would provide a $21.4mm TE. OG and either Koloko or Achiuwa would fit into that TE. Toronto isn't going to get a better offer for OG than two unprotected firsts (25 Atl and 27 Dallas) and no returning salary (an important aspect of this). OG is one of those guys who probably can't sign an extension and will reach UFA a year from now. We solve our two biggest problems and Toronto can potentially keep whoever else they want from their current team.