The benefits of the Spurs trading a pick for immediate help - Pounding The Rock

The San Antonio Spurs picked an unusual path for rebuilding, so they can’t ignore the present like other teams. So trading one of their two late first round picks for a quality young veteran — like the Mavericks did with Christian Wood —could make sense.

Before the end of the Finals, the NBA had a trade. The Mavericks acquired Christian Wood from the Rockets for Boban Marjanovic, Marquese Chriss, Trey Burke, Sterling Brown and the 26th pick in the up… [+5140 chars]

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