re: The Official Trade Proposal Thread

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I'm not saying it didn't, but it's no where near as much as all of the bias people here think.

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I'm actually going to say it didn't. BI failed at putting a team on his back with no other star to help. Nobody trading for BI will be looking for him to carry a team, let alone by himself. People looking at BI as a scoring wing to take pressure off of their existing star(s) will still think he's one of the top options available.

Also, for as much as people here want to act like trade values are static and tied to how good a player is, it really changes each trade season based on supply and demand. If all of the rumored to be available star players are on the market, that's a supply problem for the Pels. But if the Cavs make the ECF or further, do they talk themselves into keeping Mitchell? Have the Wolves gone far enough to take KAT off the market? Paul George, Klay Thompson, and Jimmy Butler are about money more than the players wanting to go to a new team. Will their teams cave and pay them?

All of those players being on the market vs. none of them being on the market changes the equation drastically for how valuable BI is this summer.