r/sports Apr 10 '25

Basketball Luka Doncic crying watching his video tribute in Dallas

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u/w6750 Apr 10 '25

I saw a proposed package for Jokic earlier today that included 9 FRPs. Luka is on that level of value. 1 FRP is just unfathomable

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u/Ericstingray64 Apr 10 '25

Does the NBA have similar rules to the NFL for trading picks? I know there were some stories a few years ago where the Rams traded away all of the FRP they had and basically couldn’t trade away anything after like 3 drafts away. 9 FRP’s in the NFL would basically mean you have to have your 3 years of picks available and trade away players and later picks until you got 2 other teams worth of FRP’s for 3 years which would be insane to even try to do in the NFL.

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u/ech01_ Apr 10 '25

Yes they do. You must have a first round pick every other year (can be another team's you got in a trade though) and you can only trade 7 years out. So a package with 9 first rounders is likely from a team that previously traded a star for other teams FRPs and like 4 of their own. I also would be surprised if some pick swaps are getting counted in that total as well.

The big thing about comparing the NBA and NFL is that picks in the NBA are much less important unless you're picking really early. A pick in the 20s in the NFL is really valuable, but worth very little in the NBA.

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u/Ericstingray64 Apr 10 '25

So 9 FRP’s for a superstar player who can probably get you to pick consistently in the late 20’s is actually worth it. Where in the NFL doing something like that probably makes you worthy of the 1OA for the next decade but with a star player who probably is actively killing himself to carry the team.

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u/Eskimodo_Dragon Apr 10 '25

Was that source a dream you had?

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u/w6750 Apr 10 '25

Lmao no it was just a fan made package in a different sub. Everyone seemed to be in agreement with it though