I’m not so sure about this one.
This deadline, I mean. I’m not feeling any widespread “fire sale” vibes.
And “fire sale vibes” are what my fantasy radar historically detects by Tuesday a.m. of NBA trade deadline week. And you need that first fire sale to set the others in motion. And that’s what rocks valuation in Fantasyland at the deadline.
In the age of the Play-In and flattened Lottery odds, there’s never been less incentive to make irrational moves in pursuit of long-term hope.
Because here’s the thing: I think GMs have finally figured out what I bitterly computed a decade ago. Unless you’re operating in one of the four-to-five destination cities in the NBA… cap space is worthless. A panacea inside of a myth… like the Rookie Wall, vegan cupcakes and the second season of The Wire.
If you’re not in New York (all boroughs), Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta or what I refer to as “The Shire of Golden State”? Super-duper-star is not coming through that door.
Let’s focus on the semi-tactile. Inoculate our fantasy minds from deadline anxiety and panic moves. Let’s do what I do with my progeny to help deal with the Sunday Scaries:…
