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

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The idea of a player PJ could be would be worth a 2027 pick. The reality of PJ Washington is worth far less. I don't get how people can celebrate the idea before seeing on court results. Mavs made a huge gamble.

If everything goes well, all those unprotected firsts and swaps will not matter. But there are huge risks things will not work and Mavs will need a long time to get back to relevance, if things don't work out as planned. Phoenix traded their future for Durant and Beal. Mavs traded half of their future for GWill, PJ and Gafford. I appreciate the all in approach, no other choice if you want to contend. But the gamble is huge.

Mavs have 2 FRP, pick swap and hope of young players having value moving forward. So far only Green is really justifying that hope. They will need to replace Kyrie in a couple of years.

This is well said.  We gave up our assets for some role players.  Only Gafford has been a net positive this season.  The other two have been bad.  We continually use assets to acquire a player then we turn on that player.   Then we use assets to either get rid of that player or swap him out for a similar-level player.  It's just dumb.  

Holding onto the 2027 1st would have allowed us to obtain a quality starting PF this coming summer.  Instead, we have PJ Washington.  He has a small chance to become that quality starter if only he improves on offense and defense while playing for Jason Kidd.  It's like we're investing our savings on raffle tickets.  It's possible that we win but the odds stacked against us.