If you don't know how you'd compare 2 top 4 picks to an ~16M in additional cap space, then you're right--we're not on remotely the same level of discussion. But you're semantically right--we could get a trade exception, or ~16M in additional cap space.
Sorry, I must have missed where we can trade LMA for two future top 4 picks. Can you point me to where that was mentioned?
If $16M in cap space is "absolutely worthless", then why would a team be able to trade for a good player with that absolutely worthless cap space?
You're buying into something worse than fear---hope. Not logic.
It's amazing that you've told yourself so many times that he's leaving that you actually think it is a fact.
What's worse is that you have managed to convince yourself that those of us who admit we don't have insider, legit, GM knowledge of LMA's conversations and admit that we really don't know what he'll do, are the ones that are being illogical.
Another hilarious part is where you claim others are "buying into hope" but you're pushing to move an all-star for draft picks. Draft picks are basically the definition of "hope".
But yeah, I'm the one buying into hope and not logic. Oh my.
You think that dropping the number of available trade partners and time left before the player can leave in FA INCREASES trade value?
Strawman after strawman.
Do an analysis of the last decade of all-stars as they neared UFA. Look at the ones who left to give their teams the gift of cap space, the ones who were traded with more than a year left, the ones who were traded with less than a year left, and the ones who just re-signed with their old teams.
You're making the claim. You back it up by doing the study and provide the data.
Then you can lecture me all you want on logic vs. fear, if you still feel so led.
It's exactly what you're doing.
- You're making an assumption without any inside information
- You're convincing yourself that your assumption is "100% correct"
- You're valuing $16M in cap space as "absolutely nothing", but still think that we can trade him to a team that has $16M of that worthless cap space.
- You're assuming that the number of available trading partners will drop in the next 6 months or year
- You want to trade every player if "there is any possible chance they will leave in 2 years"
I hope this isn't how you approach investing in real life.
