If someone offers me a 3rd round pick + a junk player whom I will drop, for Zach Randolph (who I won't keep) and a 4th, how is that a trade? I'm moving up a round in the draft for nothing. IMO that's not a trade, that's an auction to the highest bidder. If I'm moving up in the draft for free, how is that not helping the rich get richer, and the weak weaker?
When in reality, Zach randolph would have been dropped, and available for one of the 6 worst whom would have the top 6 picks anyway.
To avoid these "no brainer/no risk" situations teams with depth would face, that's why I have instituded the "keep whom you trade for" provision.
As for the # of keepers, that stays at 2. That's what the league was based around when it started, that's what teams built their teams around, that's the way it stays.
and bbf, whom are you to talk about the unfair advantage of having stud keepers when you drafted 2nd, passed on kg, and then traded dirk?
My whole theory is based around the belief that it takes depth, of about 5-8 very good/great players, to win a championship in this league, not one or two. And that depth is much harder to acquire than 1-2 keepers.
Let's look at our bottom dwellers this year.
Ted has two of the best keepers in the league (marion and LeBron). The rest of his lineup, however, is waiver wire trash (no offense ted).
BBF drafted 2nd, traded the 2nd pick for 15th pick and a waiver wire, dime a dozen shooting guard.
Poo Poo has Kobe (whom will most likely be a top 2 sg again next year), Marbury (3rd ranked pg and top 10 player), and pau gasol. In fact, he may have the best keepers possible (if kobe doesn't go to jail, heh). He drafted 5th.
Scrubs, well, scrubs drafted 6th, and we all know about her trades, heh.
Stud keepers who went well past first round: peja, big ben, kiri, francis (on a normal year), kobe, marbury, and the list goes on and on.
Only one of the top 5 teams drafted in the top 6 of the league.
IMO, the league is more about great depth than 1 stud player. 1 Stud (which is all anyone's talking about) doesn't win this league. Why am I struggling? Because of my gross overrating of Jason Terry's bounce back year and my inability to find a consistent keeper guard to pair with KG. In other words, my late 2nd round pick was a bust so far this year.
My theory is that depth is the one attribute that will allow dynasties to emerge, not one player. So my goal is that preventing one's acquired depth from helping them for years to come (which would happen with 5 keepers or with trading players freely in the offseason).
