Trade & FA 2023-24: Lavine Market Barely There| NOP Want Trae or Murray

[DallasMaverick]

I expect Hardaway to be moved but there is a case to be made that it is best to keep him around as an expiring contract at the trade deadline.  Especially if interest in him is weak.  Mva have been willing to move him the past two seasons.  I expect they had ver minimal interest.  What happens if you still need to give up an asset or take back a lesser longer non desirable contract.  Would it be keep him?  Treat him like Evan Fournier in NYC.

I think he is moved.  I also don’t think there will be many teams anxious to jump on him though.

…which brings up an interesting question: 

What will Timmy’s next contract look like? MLE? Tax-MLE? Vet min?

We had a similar discussion about Christian Wood. Several people believed he would get a substantial, over-MLE contract. But in the end, it was vet min.

I’ll go out on a limb and predict somewhere between MLE and Tax-MLE. The NBA still places a higher value on offense than defense. And he’s a positive in the locker room, good for team chemistry.