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Take a look at this and then say Drummond would mess up Luka's spacing... 

For what it's worth, looking at season highlights as a basis for why we should get a player is bad. ANY highlight vid only shows the good parts of a player, I mean that's kinda their point. What highlight video is going to show Drummond messing up rotations, or taking ill-advised hook shots? 

So while Drummond is of course an athletically gifted, rebounding monster that could theoretically be a good fit, there's more pieces to the Drummond pie which is what everyone is discussing. What highlight videos don't show is the inconsistency of Drummond's effort, his shot hunting (a point Piston fans love to point out as to why they want to get rid of him), and his overall attitude towards the game. He's not cut from the same competitive cloth that Luka and KP are cut from, which isn't a knock because it's rare to find that in a player.

But he doesn't seem to be a guy who'd be willing to sacrifice himself for the team, like a Powell for instance. As much as I like to rag on Powell, he's one of the best chemistry/stand-up guys the Mavs have ever had. And perhaps Drummond is a guy like that, but if he is, he hasn't shown it in Detroit. 

This is a tough debate, because I'm still not sure where I fall on the Drummond scale. His PO makes it difficult for a team to trade for him as he has all the leverage. What team is going to give up massive assets for a half season rental of Drummond? Furthermore, it is exactly because of that flexibility that makes a Drummond move so appealing. If he doesn't work out? No harm no foul, just cut ties in the summer and hopefully be happy that you didn't give anything too substantial to try the experiment. But if it does work out and Drummond decides to focus on PnR's and become unstoppable lob threat for Luka? YEESH what a team that'd be. It'd basically be the upgraded Clint Capela/James Harden duo with freaking Kristaps Porzingis waiting on the perimeter. And hear me out, if it does work out, maybe the Mavs can convince Drummond to take his PO and retain his bird rights for 2021 when Giannis becomes available. A guy can dream right? 

And yet, on the other side of the scale, the Mavs are sitting with an incredible net rating this season. Their bench is a hydra. Chemistry is firing on all cylinders. Everything is working and the Mavs are 22-12. There is literally no reason to try to make such a drastic move, because just how much better are they going to get really? The Mavs could easily be 26-8 had a couple of bounces/calls had gone their way, and you could bump it up to 28-6 if you really want to be generous. So why would the Mavs try to even open the possibility of messing it up? And any blockbuster trade like this will inevitably  draw comparisons to the Rondo trade when the Mavs were also firing on all cylinders. Thankfully Drummond isn't in the position to run the offense, but he could very well clash with Rick on his role. 

It's just hard to justify it. If the Pistons want Courtney Lee, Justin Jackson, Powell+ a couple of 2nds, then maybe. Mavs are basically swapping Powell with Drummond. It's hard to not like that. Anyways thats my rant on the whole Drummond topic.