So it was either use a current player and maybe a pick to get Brunson via S&T from Dallas or use a protected pick to dump a couple bad contracts.
The picks they got are super protected so they might not ever get them
They aren't super protected lol. They will definitely get the Detroit one. The Washington one is a little more iffy if they rebuild but still possible. Either way they traded #11 and a bunch of seconds and got off of like 30M in cap space and got a couple firsts on the side on top of it. Its really not horrible.
We ain't trading DM for Fournier and Barrett. We would need a boatload of picks and they just gave up two. DM and Brunson would be a redundant backcourt.
The Wizards sucked last season and won’t have much flexibility if they pay Beal for a few years. The pistons suck
Brunson is in no reality worth even close to a max deal. Dallas dodged a bullet
Barter and significant draft capital is one of the better returns we can realistically get for don
Will the Pistons suck for like 5 straight years... cuz that's what they'd need to do. I can see the Wiz pick becoming seconds if it doesn't convey next year or the following year because the will rebuild. The protection on the pistons pick drops to top 8 by like 2026... Wiz goes to top 10 ish... I'd say that one has around a 50% chance at conveying.
Well the cash considerations that Mark will keep will provide zero basketball value. I don't think I'd max him if I was them... but I'd make a more competitive offer than they did.
The Pistons are just at the beginning of their rebuild so it may convey or it may not.
Dallas has Luka so they also have to think about the long game. If your second max contract dude is Brunson I don’t think it makes it pretty tough to reasonable expect a title.
