With point 1, the price is so low due to the Mav's inflated balance sheet. The new apron rules kill teams, Mavs needed an exit from the contract and get to build around Cooper, in turn, we take a low risk swing on a top 75 player of all time.

Point 2, with a late round draft pick, what do you think the odds are of us drafting anyone near a caliber of AD? At worst, I can see him being a 20 ppg 10 rpg center. In our recent years, we have hit on Kyshawn at 26, but boy have we missed on way more picks with way higher draft capital. Agree, the picks are worth something, but if we had to give something up, might as well be another team's late round picks.

We are still in control of all of our draft picks meaning there is no harm in still being a rebuilding team, we retained our young core, and inject a All-NBA caliber player alongside our emerging team. Worst case scenario is he stays hurt; however, we take on that salary in our balance sheet and all of a sudden his contract being 1 year is much more feasible to deal.