What's the incentive though for North to trade with the Tigers over other teams other than we will have a few first rounders? So many trades will happen elsewhere that could completely change who has what in the ND. What if another team trades in another first rounder and decides to use their 2nd pick on a tall? There's no outright guarantee North gets their player by trading down. I think clubs will be very wary of giving us first 3 draft picks. I think in what is touted as a deep draft we're better off just keeping our picks and get the extra player increasing our chances of 1 being successful. Unless it was some ridicously good deal. North are possibly best to keep stock-piling the best available and then target their needs using one or two of their excess requirements as bait in the future. So many variables.
I guess it depends where those picks fall. Sure they won't have the guarantee of getting the player they want, but there are a lot more talls in that 10-20 range than in 1-9.
I wonder if there is a chance of the below happening, lets say we get Pick 18 from Brisbane with those later picks.
Freo - In Bolton, 22 and 29. Out 9,10 and 16
North - In 10,16 and 18. Out 2 and 22
Richmond - In 2, 9. Out Bolton and 18
Probably works for all teams I would think. North turn their picks into 3 in the 10-20 range. Perhaps 1 for Houston (they may need to throw a little extra in but not too muchm their Pick 40 could be enough) and then they take 16 and 18 to the draft. They'd be hoping that some of Armstrong, Tauru, either of the Whitlocks etc would still be available.
We get the best 2 picks and keep 9. If we can add 6 through Rioli and something for Baker, whether thats 13 or 2 2nds and then a 3rd going back, time will tell, but potentially at this stage, thats:
1,2,6,9,13,21
Not bad at all.