(01-05-2020, 11:15 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: At the time of trading for VC, we wouldn't have known the outcome of the playoffs, just like we have no clue the outcome if we were to get Iggy right now.
That's why I said it was a fun hypothetical.
Look, there's a lot we don't know. You don't know if the GSW 2nd will be high, low or in between. It may be the best pick the Mavs can trade before the 2025 first, but it's still a second round pick. Let's not get carried away. You also don't know if the 2020 draft is good or bad. Not that it matters because even if the draft is historically deep, the guy you pick in the 2nd probably won't make it in the NBA. Nor do you know that Igoudala would only stay in Dallas for half a season if the Mavs traded for him. You certainly don't know that Igoudala only wants to play in California. And you don't know if Igoudala has anything left in the tank. (How old was Jason Kidd when the Mavs won a title? )
My point was a bunch of people are saying things like the Mavs wouldn't be so STUPID to trade a second round pick for Andre Igoudala.
All I'm saying is maybe -- just maybe -- Donnie Nelson and the professional talent evaluators, analytics PhD's, legal experts and sports physicians on the Mavs staff (one of the winningest and best run franchises for two decades) know a thing or two about what they're doing.
There is risk / reward in everything. Not saying they (much less I) want to trade for Igoudala.
My point was *IF THEY DO* deal a 2nd for Andre Igoudala, and Iggy helps the Mavs win just one playoff game and create a memory that will last my lifetime (like VC did) ... Sign. Me. Up.
Because the 2nd will probably be worthless and the only reason I watch the NBA is to see my favorite team work, and get better, and fight, and maybe put themselves in position to win in the playoffs, and have success when the stakes are highest, when the experience of a win can propel them to a championship, and the memories can last a lifetime.
...I don't mean to go all soft so maybe my opinion is better described by the fake Iggy himself, in an Allen Iverson voice:
"It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about a second. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be Andre Igoudala, and we're talking about a second. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about a second, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about a second. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last but we're talking about a second man. How silly is that? ..."