Streakers33 wrote:But what is stopping the Knicks from just tossing clippers and mavs picks at us and keeping Mitchell. Im thinking with all those future firsts, they can sell to their fan base that they have a good core to add to.
Would you turn down:
2020 CLIP FRP
2021 CLIP FRP
2021 DALLAS FRP
2023 DALLAS FRP
2022 NYC FRP.
The 2020 LAC pick is #27. The 2021 is a pick swap, and that’s top 4 protected. With Doncic doing this well, this young, it’s hard to see the DAL picks better than in the 20’s, and the 2023 pick is top 10 protected anyway. It’s not that these picks have no value, but most have limited upside, and how many rotation/bench players does one team need?
The 2022 NY pick has value. But like I said, if they wanted to pull Mitchell and Barrett and still get the #1 overall pick, they’d need to be talking about their own pick, either lightly or unprotected. I just said 2021, which would be worth more.
The other thing ai should mention is that those picks just aren’t as valuable to MIN or GSW specifically. MIN wants to work on KAT’s timeline, and a rookie in 2022 that needs training isn’t perfect. GSW would like a young center that can help them win now. If NYK insisted on keeping Mitchell, they’d probably need to add a fourth team to use those picks to come up with a similar fit to Mitchell. Mitchell is a good player, but he doesn’t fit everywhere - he would fit in GSW, in my opinion.














