Draft Picks (protection)

[Los Angeles Lakers]

After I saw today's trade, I don't like the TOP 10 TRADE PROTECTION thing.

if OKC does a bad job next year, MIN gets nothing next year and LOSES a pick this year.

I am not a fan of that type of trade, that gives WAAAAY too much power to ANY TEAM but particularly A BAD TEAM with lots of potential and power. Same goes for BIG POWERED TEAMS.

These GM'S are smart ATLEAST 90 percent of them are (and others I don't know)

they should do research and weigh the players value first or draft picks before blindly just trading picks.

Another issue I have is, TRADING PICKS BLINDLY for no reason and using the argument it's for the future or it's for the now even though your team sucks now and your team sucks in the future.

I saw that WAAAAY too many times.

such as IND in D5 and in NBA Legends.

D5 had bad team and almost made it worse with Boozer trade

IND (seperate GM NOT SAME GUY) traded good solid players for picks and more picks and talking about the FUTURE AND FUTURE.

[Dallas Mavericks]

On the trade we did today, if the 2010 pick is top 10 then Minnesota would get there 2011 pick regardless of how the Thunder finished. At least that is the way that i understood it

[inactive-LAC]

That isn't really how teams get bad (most leagues don't do protected picks), it's trading high rated players for picks....tons of examples.

[inactive-NJ]

You guys aren't factoring in that this years draft was absolutely terrible as far as depth goes this year. Next years is supposed to be alot better.

[inactive-OKC]

Jul 5, 2009 22:08:50 GMT -5 Dallas Mavericks said:

On the trade we did today, if the 2010 pick is top 10 then Minnesota would get there 2011 pick regardless of how the Thunder finished. At least that is the way that i understood it

Yeah, it's just like the NBA...not difficult to understand.

If I get a top 10 pick in 2010, Minny gets the pick even if its #1 in 2011...

If I get the 11th pick in 2010, Minny gets it then.

[Los Angeles Lakers]

What you guys said is true, and I am well aware of the NBA rules and the draft pick protection that goes with it.

First off OKC, I hope you don't take this personally I have nothing against you or anyone in this league, I'd like to clear that out first.

The reason I said that was because in all most every league I have joined there has not been the top 10 or top 5 protection this year and top 15 protection the other year and then unprotected and vice versa, so I really don't know if it would of worked out as well here as it would have if OTHERS before US had tried it.

It's basically A NEW thing we are trying and I just have my doubts and concerns about it, that is all.

[Charlotte Bobcats]

I think as long as the league don't die in one or two seasons, protected picks can be interesting to say the least.

[San Antonio Spurs]

Bit of a risk factor when it comes to protection, but I think it'll work fine.

[Dallas Mavericks]

We will protect picks then, but only first rounders.