Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[The Jom]

Trust me, there will come a day when the decision to move the "29 (or was it '30) UNPROTECTED pick for Kyrie will be universally hated by this community. That realization is coming at us like a Mack truck. Even if they win a championship between now and then (probably not as likely as we'd like to hope, but the hope is what's great, of course), it will STILL be annoying to watch BRK or some other team get the 4th pick that year while our Mavs have a frustrating time of it that summer, and that possibility is so much more likely than people realize.

Love your takes here usually. Not this one. I wouldn’t bet on any team landing in the upper lotto in a year without their pick. And I certainly don’t agree that the Mavs are among the worst run franchises. I get the criticism when you’re comparing them to Miami and Golden State. But the league is full of teams run way worse than this one. Zero chance that pick ends up in the top half of the lotto. Luka at 30? We’re gonna contend for a decade.