He was smart actually. They would have had the sixth pick in this draft, so basically anyone from Lillard and on could have been theirs. In fact, they could have had something like:
Rondo
Bradley(or Mayo, which would have been possible because Bradley got the starting position after the trade deadline iirc)
Barnes(because notorious hates him)
Sullinger
Melo
as their starters next year. which is the polar opposite of what they will have next year(well not polar opposite, but the team is WAY older). Now they're just stuck in first round to Eastern Conference hell.
for fun, Raptors could have had Gay and possibly Iggy earlier too if all those potential deals went down. I can't even imagine the awesomeness of
Lowry
Iggy
Gay
Bargs
JONAS
no, it's just too amazing to think about. almost as amazing as having CP3 and Dwight on your team.
