I don't think anybody can predict what it's going to take to trade in the draft from 2012 onward, because they're operating under a new financial structure. Teams don't have to worry any longer about getting locked into insane contracts at the top end of the draft, which I think is going to raise the required value to move (because teams will be more willing to stay put, instead of looking to trade down out of what had become an increasingly unfavorable position in terms of $$$). That's my theory at least.
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