Toronto Raptors Receive: G Spencer Dinwiddie, F/C Day’Ron Sharpe, 2027 First-Round Pick (PHI via BKN)
Brooklyn Nets Receive: G Fred VanVleet
Meanwhile, the decision between whether to rebuild or keep contending can often boil down to the league’s trade market.
Once a major deal goes down, it sets the market to an extent. Teams can expect to receive value in relation to the value another team just received for a comparable player.
In that sense, the Nets may have just set the Fred VanVleet market with their Irving deal. Granted, the two are not precisely the same.
Irving is a generally better player, but he’s also a complicated personality – VanVleet is a consummate professional.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Fred VanVleet, Toronto Raptors & Brooklyn Nets Updates
Still, there’s an important similarity between the two – they’re both on expiring contracts. Teams will be apprehensive to give up a fortune for a player who may amount to a half-season rental.
Should the Raptors settle on one first-round pick?