Defintiely not what I was advocating for, as 12-16 range in my nightmare. Maybe we just disagree on how good(or bad) the current team would be. I think they would still be really bad. And on the fringe of play-in contention at best when the deadline comes. With a horrible team around him, I'm honestly not sure how much Mitchell kills your lottery odds. I expect to have a realistic shot of landing in the top three of the draft next year no matter what.
Fair. I should say that an offer on the level on Herro, Robinson, and some picks will always be out there. And if Miami made a different trade I'm not sad about missing out on that package at all.
And that is fair too. I'm just saying that the Heat offer is good enough for me that if someone won't beat it I'd probably take it. To be clear... the offer would be:
- Herro - Who we should route to a third team hopefully for additional draft capital. If not he's a young developing player who has shown a lot of promise. If he doesn't extend at a good number you let him hit restricted FA. I don't love his game but we act like he's trash. Go comp his age 22 season to Don's age 22 season and it ain't that far off. He's a guy that works hard and improves every year... he will get better. I am not sure he's like a number 2 guy on a championship team... but he's a solid building block and he may have more to his game with a little freedom.
- Jovic - Who knows promising prospect.
- 3 firsts in 23/27/29 - They would need to make the 25 pick they owe to OKC unprotected In 5 years are Pat and Erik still there?
- Pick swaps in 24/26/28 - I'd put unique language in there that we can swap those with our pick or any other first round pick we own by the swap date. I see no reason this can't be done... all you need to do is satisfy the Stepien rule.
- Duncan Robinson - Whatevs
- Whatever minimum guys the Lakers, Mavs, Bucks or other capped out tax teams want in a three team deal - Strus/Vincent/Yurtseven those guys have great value to teams that need rotation pieces but are capped out. None will get a first on their own... but add them to Bev or Vanderbilt and certainly I could see a team giving up a first.
Murray just went for 2 unprotected picks, 1 swap, expiring salary, and one crappy protected pick that Atlanta owns that may not convey. He just came off an AS campaign and has a lower annual contract... plus he fits better in most scenarios because while he isn't as dynamic as Donovan... he is bigger and a really good defender. Donovan's value is more than Murray's but not like 2x as much.
The Rudy trade made the market go sideways... we maybe get that type of deal by waiting a year I guess... no guarantee that because one team overpays that the next will too. Remember... Trader Danny turned into Almost Ainge for a period of years... patience is great sometimes but it may not yield the result you want.
