(01-18-2024, 11:05 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: No clue who this dude is so take with a grain of salt:
(@NBATradeReport)
#Sources — Brooklyn positioning themselves to be “sellers” at the trade deadline. Will be looking to acquire multiple first-round draft picks. #NBA
If possible, I want Nic Claxton. Lively has been really good but he has slower feet. So I like Claxton's fit on a team with Luka better.
Kyrie, Grimes, Luka, Jerami, Claxton
If the Mavs FO also swapped Kyrie for Dejounte, I would not complain, although Kyrie has been really good here. There's multiple reasons to do the trade: get something of value back from the trade, lower salary, improve and become more switchable on defense, get younger.
Additional possible positive... the influx of lean, fit, athletic players like Claxton, Murray and Jerami might influence Luka to get and stay in even better shape. It's not likely, but it's possible.