Don is going to get back a massive haul because he's 5 years younger, cheaper, more appealing to fans, and helps you recruit in a big market. Teams like Miami/NY are interested in him because they understand what he can do in their markets. The Wolves didn't mind trading for Rudy because they're not ever going to attract FAs regardless.He won't get what Rudy got. He is not viewed as essential by any team in the league. Rudy had a fan boy in Minnesota.
Yes! Keep selling him to NY. Sell him so hard that when the time comes they would have no choice but to include ALL the picks they can possibly include! Hope they become more and more high on the Don.
New York is the only team that will throw a lot in a trade for Don...because of fans sentiment for him. But they did sign Jalen Brunson. I don't think they view Mitchell as their big prize. Miami may want him, but they have weak draft capital. No one else except a team like OKC or Orlando would offer a lot for Mitchell. It is not gonna happen. In the Utah fan's hearts he is viewed as Batman but to everyone else in the league he is Robin.Don is going to get back a massive haul because he's 5 years younger, cheaper, more appealing to fans, and helps you recruit in a big market. Teams like Miami/NY are interested in him because they understand what he can do in their markets. The Wolves didn't mind trading for Rudy because they're not ever going to attract FAs regardless.
If Don become available a lot of teams are going to call on him. He literally averaged more ppg on better efficiency than Steph last season, lol.New York is the only team that will throw a lot in a trade for Don...because of fans sentiment for him. But they did sign Jalen Brunson. I don't think they view Mitchell as their big prize. Miami may want him, but they have weak draft capital. No one else except a team like OKC or Orlando would offer a lot for Mitchell. It is not gonna happen. In the Utah fan's hearts he is viewed as Batman but to everyone else in the league he is Robin.
Okay cool. So he becomes your lead scorer. So any team with a better player wouldn't want him. Any team that couldn't handle a degrade in defense would hesitate. And any team that was okay with a downgrade in positional size. That's probably 10 teams. Hypothetically. Most of them lottery teams. He is not tier 1. He is tier 2.If Don become available a lot of teams are going to call on him. He literally averaged more ppg on better efficiency than Steph last season, lol.
Guys with 3-4 years on their deal don't determine where they end up. If you have to trade Don again you're getting value, Rudy's $44/46M in a couple seasons is going to be one of the hardest deals in the NBA to move.Rudy is more valuable than Durrant or Mitchell in that he wasn't going to throw a fit about being traded to the "wrong" team. The best ability is availability, and a larger pool of possibilities is more lucrative to a seller.
If a player has a list of two teams you aren't getting the grand daddy haul because other teams are OK watching you bleed unless it helps THEM.
Donovan allows you to recruit and attract other talent, he's love amongst stars in the league. Rudy doesn't help you with that. Donovan has the 7th highest PPG average in NBA playoff history, Rudy is supposedly an amazing defender and has been exposed year after year in the playoffs.Okay cool. So he becomes your lead scorer. So any team with a better player wouldn't want him. Any team that couldn't handle a degrade in defense would hesitate. And any team that was okay with a downgrade in positional size. That's probably 10 teams. Hypothetically. Most of them lottery teams. He is not tier 1. He is tier 2.
And yet Don and KD have lists. Do you really think either of them was going to be traded to the Timberwolves? Really?Guys with 3-4 years on their deal don't determine where they end up. If you have to trade Don again you're getting value, Rudy's $44/46M in a couple seasons is going to be one of the hardest deals in the NBA to move.
And there's a very realistic chance Durant isn't trade or if he is that he's not traded where he wants to go because he has zero leverage.And yet Don and KD have lists. Do you really think either of them was going to be traded to the Timberwolves? Really?
Don's charisma is CEO, super leader level. I agree. Don's value is inflated in Utah because the Jazz are so desperate for it - elsewhere not so much. Rudy will have a super star wing helping with the perimeter in Minnesota. There will be no sorry collapse like it was here.Donovan allows you to recruit and attract other talent, he's love amongst stars in the league. Rudy doesn't help you with that. Donovan has the 7th highest PPG average in NBA playoff history, Rudy is supposedly an amazing defender and has been exposed year after year in the playoffs.
Do you give up 5 first round picks for a player who does not want to play for your team? Hell no you don't. You just invested the decade and possibly your career.If you think Danny Ainge is going to get back into a corner by Don and force himself to a team that doesn't have the assets we want, you will be surprised.