Dallas Mavericks: Three Possible Draft Day Trades

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Jan 23, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Louisville Cardinals center Chinanu Onuaku (32) reacts to a referee against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the second half at McCamish Pavilion. Louisville defeated Georgia Tech 75-71. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

Moving Up in the Second Round

Future Second Rounder and cash to the Boston Celtics for the 35th pick in the draft

This technically doesn’t involve moving up because they would still own the 46th pick, but this would be them buying into the first part of the second round to grab a player they really covet.

Boston has nine total picks in the draft including FIVE second round picks. The chances of them using all of their picks in the draft is about the same as seeing Rajon Rondo suit up in a Mavericks jersey again.

Boston owns the first pick in the second round at 31 and in this case would sell off the 35h pick to Dallas for cash and a future second rounder. Dallas, in turn, would use this pick to grab a player that may have dropped and/or they covet.

Players with injury concerns that could drop into this range could be Damian Jones orTyler Ulis (depending on how bad his hip is). They could target an international player with high upside like Guerschon Yabusele or Juan Hernangomez. Maybe they could make the trade to secure a player simply projected in that range such as Ben Bentil, Malcolm Brogdon, or Chinanu Onuaku.

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