06-05-2023, 07:36 AM
(06-05-2023, 07:09 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: This is where I fall. You have to generate value. It doesn't really matter how. Taking the pick at 10 gives you a shot at value...if you nail it. But that is unknowable as we sit here today and all of the players we all pine over might be gone by #10 anyway.
Trading down gives you 2-3 shots at value:
1. If you scout well, you might find your Adebayo instead of D. Smith or Frank (no guarantee here either, just like at #10)
2. You might get a useful player who is a known quantity that better fits what you are trying to accomplish
3. You might move off of salary that allows you to use other mechanisms (like the full MLE or a TE) to acquire other assets.
All this to say, you better be damned the guy you take at #10 is THE guy.
I´d argue it´s still easier to nail the #10 pick in a deep draft than not get screwed over in a trade, when you are obviously the inferior front office and you have less information about the player than they do. At least all the evaulation is in your hands.