Its not super high on my concerns, but yeah... add that to the list. Though I think the impact is not massive.
Being one of the worst teams only gives a 14% chance of getting the top spot these days.
Right but you want to be bottom 3 or 4 as it gives you a 50%+ chance at a top 4 pick. Number 1 is obviously nice but you really want to ensure you give yourself the best chance at top 3 in this years draft. Cutting your odds in half by having Donovan for 40 games or so would be dumb unless the difference in the trades was pretty crazy.
Agreed. I think the sooner we can get a deal done the better so we can start the fire sale with the rest of the roster. One thing that concerns me is that if we wait we’ll hold onto most of our vets and then if we trade Don during the season we won’t be able to capitalize on their value and will also win too many games to secure a top pick.
I do think we will fire sale those guys once we get a good deal. It might hurt our leverage a bit... but if something comes along I think we will make a deal?
Yeah and as long as we have Donovan we can’t really trade away guys like Beverly or Bojan and tip our hand that we’re going full tank moss because then we lose leverage on a Don deal
We don't lose leverage at all. It doesn't matter if teams know we are tanking because if you assemble a poor enough roster around Mitchell we could keep him and still be in position for a top 5 pick. I wouldn't be shocked to see Mitchell put up 30pts a game this next year and you better believe that is going to maintain his trade value. If Mitchell is putting up Beal type numbers then there will be a few teams that are willing to go all in on a huge offer for him.
