Post by Torgeir Bryn » Today 6:49 am
I'm not the biggest fan of him, but what do you guys think of a Noel for Alex Len swap? Two disgruntled young big men who were high lottery picks. Neither have quite worked out and didn't get the extension they were hoping for, so now they're on their qualifying offer. Len is now behind both Chandler and Monroe in the pecking order, despite putting up numbers from the bench. This trade would at least give both teams half a season to view them up close.
I would be fine with this swap even tho I'm lukewarm on Len. I would probably rather have a good second round pick from a bad team like Phx, Chi, Sac etc for Noel but it's starting to feel like even that would be asking too much considering he can't crack the rotation.
I guess what I'm saying is that Noel's trade value is so low (and I don't see the Mavericks rebuilding it) that they might as well take a flier on a flawed young player on an expiring contract. I doubt Len sticks long term but it's better than keeping Noel.