Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
What you have to realise is that there may not be three options here.
The way you've presented it there makes it look like the options are: 1) trade AD for these things, or 2) Keep AD.
That's not the choice that's being made here. The choice is 1) Trade AD for these things, 2) possibly keep AD, 3) lose AD for absolutely nothing.
Griffin will know after the meeting coming up, but it's possible that option 2 doesn't exist. IN that case, the choice is 1) Make the best trade for AD you can, or 2) Lose him for nothing.
In that case, you make a trade 100% of the time, even if it's not the perfect trade. You will almost never get 1-to-1 return for an MVP candidate.