Originally Posted by
MichaelMcNamara
I have always found that pick fascinating, and think that decision could be a harder one to make than most think
I mean, say it lands 12th and its a double draft, do you just take it? 16th?
Because the value isnt just in the pick, its in having the pick to trade too. If you take it in 2024, then you have a player to trade come the Feb 2025 trade deadline, and we know those are almost always less valuable than the value of a pick who is still unknown.
But if you decline the pick in 2024, the Lakers now KNOW they are giving their 2025 pick away, so they will have no reason to lose games/will try everything to be good. Where, perhaps with the 2024 pick, they will want to just rid themselves of the obligation so they might not try to win every single game if things are already going bad.
Its so interesting to me, and I really wonder what the cut off would be where you definitely take it, vs roll the dice on next year and also have a pick to trade as opposed to a player