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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 4304380, member: 297"] So a few things I've been thinking about re: the current NBA trade market... first off, Murray really set the market and established first round picks as the primary currency of interest. That deal seemingly came out of nowhere but definitely planted the flag. No doubt Ainge used that to benchmark with the T'Wolves. Second, one thing that's been unusual about the guys getting traded/rumored to be traded is that they all have lots of time left on their contract. None of them come with a one year rental risk, they're all players that are going to be core guys for a while and could be resigned with Bird rights. That's definitely escalating the value, and the gamble from the different teams is all logical. The team getting the star is doing it assuming that they're going to be pretty good so the picks aren't a huge deal to give up, and the trading team is banking on something going haywire so they get a really good draft slot. Third, the narrative on the Gobert trade has gotten kind of funny. Yeah it's 4 picks, but then you have people say "well really it's 5 because Kessler counts" and I've even seen some say that Balmero counts as another first because he's still on his rookie deal, hasn't played a ton, was a former 1st rounder, etc. I feel like if you didn't make the pick it's goofy counting it as a pick - you traded for a player. Last thought on the Knicks, none of the contracts on the books are killers and RJ's won't be. Cap goes up, you convert Randle's into something more useful... I think the Knicks would be positioned pretty well to make some moves in the future with a really solid core. Plus, as we've seen, it's almost impossible for a contract to become completely untradable. You could move a guy to get better. [/QUOTE]

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