Because they'd get a second rounder to use to match for the bid if/when it comes. Like has been mentioned here over and over.
What I'm thinking is why wouldn't they play ball with GWS and get their two teen picks and use one to dump on Kaku and one to use legit?
Look at the points associated with the Draft Value Index.
If a bid came in at pick 5 for Kako then Bombers would need to find 1,878 points less a 20% discount = 1,502 points.
The combined number of points for picks 15 & 16 (1,112 + 1,067) is 2,179.
2,179 - 1,502 = 677 points leftover. Pick 15 would be absorbed by matching the bid and pick 16 would be shuffled back to the draft pick closest to (and under) 677 points.
That would be pick 28.
So even trading back, all Essendon would be left with is pick 28 and any subsequent picks in the draft.
Better to trade pick 9 into a future first and offset the match of DVI points with later picks.
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