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Cheryl Reeve for a day: Three Maya Moore trade ideas

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 28: Maya Moore #23 of Team Parker arrives at the arena prior to the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 28: Maya Moore #23 of Team Parker arrives at the arena prior to the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images)
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ATLANTA, GA – JULY 15: Brittney Sykes #7 of the Atlanta Dream speaks with media after the game against the Washington Mystics on July 15, 2018 at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – JULY 15: Brittney Sykes #7 of the Atlanta Dream speaks with media after the game against the Washington Mystics on July 15, 2018 at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)

Trade 1: Atlanta trades Tiffany Hayes, Brittney Sykes and the eleventh pick in the 2019 draft for Maya Moore

This one gets a significant return for Reeve, a lead scorer who can create her own shot and defends well in Hayes, even a UConn product and just a few months younger than Moore to boot, signed through 2021. And then there’s Sykes, an extremely productive two-way player who is still under contract at rookie-deal rates through 2020, should the Lynx choose to pick up her option. Finally, at the eleventh pick, the Lynx could either add another young player, or try to package that pick with the team’s natural sixth pick to move up. Something akin to a 2019 lineup of Sylvia Fowles, Napheesa Collier, Hayes, Sykes and Danielle Robinson, with Seimone Augustus back as a super-sixthwoman, would be pretty intriguing, now and for the future. As for Atlanta, it is effectively home for Maya Moore, and they’d have the go-to scorer who knows how to win titles to lead Nicki Collen’s young team.

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