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[ItsGoTime]

Not that I trust Hollinger further than I can throw him, but we all know that Kleber, DFS, Brunson, now Richardson (and previously Curry) are trade assets. I don´t think anybody here disputes that. But probably not enough to land a real big fish, and therefore the questions become

a) can you find ways to include a 1st round pick

b) is the return even an upgrade over the package you send out.

Good points, I don't really disagree. I just have to say, now that the focus has shifted on acquiring defenders, it's a lot easier to get well fitting parts because defenders are unsung hero work horses for the most part. Those are the types of guys that we work well with.

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Certainly lacking draft picks. And exchaning quality players for a potential upgrade can easily create more problem than it solves.
Let´s say the Mavs trade for a quality starter but lose key pieces of the bench unit (Kleber, Brunson), young players (Green, Terry) or even a starter (THJ, DFS).
In that case the returning player better is a perfect fit and at least the 3rd or 4th best player on the roster.

For sure. I will say, as long as they are trading for the best player in trade type guys, there is almost always value left for those types if they don't work out here. Unless they're Rondo types, which I think this FO is pretty guarded about those types at this point.