Would it be smart to trade our 1st rounder Now?
While we have a injured and damaged roster, and with many teams expecting us to lose AD and Boogie since it magically "won't work" why are we not trading the pick right now? The value will be the highest it can be right now since expectations for this team is so low.
What since would it make to trade it in December or January when we will be a better team and our first rounder will become a projected mid teens pick?
Am I forgetting something here? Even guys like MM think we should hold on to the pick at least until December. Won't that make the pick (or future picks) be harder to get good value for?
Would it be smart to trade our 1st rounder Now?
My assumption is there is probably multiple reasons factoring in. The simplest one is that Dell might have been told not to move the pick or at least not unless it's a game changer.
Even if he wanted to make a trade now the issue is, what Salary do we send back for a player? Asik they are likely banking on him medically retiring in February which means he's not going anywhere. Ajinca is our only backup center on the team, can't really trade him. Solomon and Jackson aren't going to be traded either due to injury. AD, Cousins aren't going anywhere.
Jrue, Rondo, Miller, Ian Clark all cannot be traded until Dec. 15th.
So basically we are left with Crawford (no value), Moore (little value maybe none), Diallo (some but probably less than he is of value to us).
So the earliest we could realistically make some impactful trades is December. The question is how many players are we willing to move and mess with team chemistry to trade the pick?
My guess is, if we are in a decent spot, the team probably won't make a big move that would harm our depth and risk our playoff chances. If we are behind, then I could see Dell doing something more drastic.
We might not see the pick moved at all until the summer when we have more options and the ability to also trade Hill with it.