Cavs Trade Idea: This Spurs trade idea for Collin Sexton is truly the worst one yet

This Collin Sexton trade idea between the Cavs and Spurs is a bad one.

We’ve seen some truly, truly awful trade suggestions for Collin Sexton. This one involving the Cavs and Spurs may just be the worst of the group. At least so far. Until Sexton retires, there’s always going to be the possibility that he gets traded. That’s the nature of the league.

That doesn’t mean the Cavs will trade Sexton anytime soon, it just means that Sexton at some point in his career could get traded. If he does get traded anytime soon, please, do not let this be the return on him.

In this trade offering from NBA Analysis, their writer Kenneth Teape has proposed a deal that would involve the Cavs and Spurs The deal would 20+ point scorer in Sexton to San Antonio in exchange for the 11th overall pick from the 2020 NBA Draft Devin Vassell and their 2022 first-round pick.

Why the Collin Sexton to Spurs trade doesn’t work for the Cavs

This is a great trade; for the Spurs. There’s this belief in NBA circles that the promise of a first-round pick is worth trading away a proven asset. The draft is not a sure thing. I’d be happy to go through every Top 10 bust over the last 20 years but the Browns play on Sunday and I’d like to be able to watch it live.

So just because it’s a first-round pick doesn’t mean anything. Sure, if it somehow becomes the first overall pick, great deal, but not if it’s the 15th or 28th pick.

Then you have Vassell, who is young, admittedly, but that’s about it. Yes, he shot 41.5% from three in college but he only had three shots a game. More to the point, he was never a dominant scorer, despite being the team’s leading scorer. He put up just 12.5 points per game.

As a rookie, he shot just 34.7% from the three-point line. Sure, that’s about what Darius Garland and Collin Sexton put up, but that’s not the point, the point is that Vassell showed nothing his rookie year to think he could be an asset worth trading Sexton for. If he were a free agent, maybe, but he’s not a free agent. We’d have to give up our best scorer to get him.

Why make that trade?

Contrary to popular opinion, most rookies show you who they are and what they could be in year one. You can’t just default to thinking every player is Brandon Ingram or Giannis Antetokounmpo. They aren’t, that’s why there are so few guys like Ingram or Antetokounmpo. Rookies will largely be what they’re going to be.

Most players never find that extra skillset. John Wall, Ben Simmons, and Markelle Fultz still can’t shoot threes. Lonzo Ball still can’t shoot at all. Vassell might turn into a nice role player, but why trade away Sexton for a guy who rode the bench on a losing team?

Keeping Sexton appears the best bet if these continue to be the offers.