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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
If we're going into full rebuild mode I don't understand why we're trading future 2nd's to move up for Kelly Olynyk or Colton Iverson (I assume we're trading a future 2 there, but haven't seen any confirmation.)
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Because they won't need the numbers in future years. They need the talent. Here's what the team already has:
Rondo
Green
Bradley
Sully
Lee
Melo
Bass
Olynyk
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White
Wilcox
Williams
Crawford
Iverson
The first eight are all guys they probably want to stick around, are really young (wait and see mode) or will replace 1-for-1 in trades (Bass, Lee). That's 8 guys who could be on the roster for a while. It doesn't mean that they will be, but if moved they will be replaced with other guys (with the possible exception of Melo). Note I'm not counting the scrubs coming back from the Nets. Yeah, the team might have a guy like Wallace on the team for 3 years (or at least two), but none of those guys are long-term solutions. They're just roster filler for now.
So that's the core of the roster - eight relatively young guys. Not all of them will pan out, but all but Melo have shown they can play in the NBA. Now the Cs have two 1sts in 2014, 2 in 2015, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017 and 2 in 2018. That's a huge amount of incoming 1st rounders. Many of those are likely to be pretty high picks that will easily make the team. That's 9 1st rounders in 5 years that also need roster space. Add that to the 8 young guys and the team is already over roster size limits.
So ultimately 2nd round picks in the next couple of years have little chance of making the roster simply due to the roster size. As such, it makes sense to get more guys in now and see if someone develops than to waste the 2nd round picks on an already overcrowded roster in the future.
Also, the Cs paid cash for the 2nd rounder last night. They didn't give away a future 2nd.