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Yes, if we were wanting to do the trade. I think the nuts and bolts of it all is that you can trade for picks but not players who have been drafted like the NBA and NFL.
Thanks for the reply jj.
Do u have any idea how much time we would have to make up our minds if we wanted to trade or not? Draft night could potentially be a very long night!
 

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Thanks for the reply jj.
Do u have any idea how much time we would have to make up our minds if we wanted to trade or not? Draft night could potentially be a very long night!
The NFL has 10 minutes between selections, and their trade permutations are a lot more complex than the AFL, including player exchanges, conditional picks etc

In your scenario though, it’s very likely that it would be done before the draft.
 
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The NFL has 10 minutes between selections, and their trade permutations are a lot more complex than the AFL, including player exchanges, conditional picks etc

In your scenario though, it’s very likely that it would be done before the draft.
Thanks TBD. I'm not really up with the NFL or NBA systems, so will read up about them. Sounds like it will certainly add another layer of interest on draft night.
 

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Doing the ladder predictor myself, I ended up with what I expected - Carlton 16th, us 17th, Gold Coast last. Carlton have really impressed me the last few weeks, and I think they're set for a strong end to the year with that fixture. They are a year ahead of us in terms of their rebuild and I expect that to start to show.

Ultimately I think the QClash in a month's time may well decide the wooden spoon.
Carlton might end up 4 wins behind 17th
 

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If we end up with pick 2 I’d only accept 2 picks in 8-12 range for it or one pick 5-6 and a pick between 15-18.

I think the Crows will have to offer a player to Carlton as part of a trade for pick 1.
 

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If we have pick 2 we take either Smith/Walsh. Much prefer one elite player to two very good players
Think back to when melb traded pick 2 to gws for pick 9 and tyson, then gws laughingly drafted kelly and melbourne took salem. Take the elite talent before trading down especially with such great elite talent on offer. Very good call BB.
 

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Think back to when melb traded pick 2 to gws for pick 9 and tyson, then gws laughingly drafted kelly and melbourne took salem. Take the elite talent before trading down especially with such great elite talent on offer. Very good call BB.
Melbourne also traded away pick 20 as part of that deal.

Pick 20 was traded to us, dropped to pick 22 after compo picks were given, and we drafted Darcy Gardiner.

So Kelly+Gardiner for Tyson+Salem.
 

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Melbourne also traded away pick 20 as part of that deal.

Pick 20 was traded to us, dropped to pick 22 after compo picks were given, and we drafted Darcy Gardiner.

So Kelly+Gardiner for Tyson+Salem.
It was bad enough before but now it's in Weller for pick 2 territory.
 

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The pick 21 we traded for Bell got them Curnow.
It was part of the package they used to get the curnow pick along with another pick in the 20s. Let's not be misleading that we traded Curnow for bell now. It's wasnt a good trade but it wasn't that bad
 

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