Yeah. Very unlikely he remains there after this season. Mavs took a gamble and it failed. Luckily all it cost them was some role players and a late 1st.
You're acting that the end result of this trade is set in stone. With how strong the west is, Dirk being 37 next year, the Mavs potentially looking again for a starting PG, this pick has a chance of being in the middle of the 1st round maybe even better.
The end result of the Pierce trade exemption was Zeller and Thomas. We still have the Rondo TE to play with.
Agreed. LarBrd33 is off the mark.
The pick has a strong chance of being a lottery pick in the west, we were able to get two likely high 2nd picks in the Wright deal, a young 3 and D guy (Crowder) that could be part of our team longterm depending on cost, and have a 12.9M trade exception (larger than the Pierce one).
For comparison, this was the price for the following players:
Dragic1st rd picks- 2017 & 2021
Granger (who the Heat were dying to trade)
Jackson2nd rd pick 2017
Singler
Augustin
Rondo is not better than either Dragic or Augustin yet the Mavs paid the highest price for him. Granted, maybe the Suns and Thunder wouldn't have sent those players to another Western conference team, but the return for Rondo should never be in question.