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

[mvossman]

Just bringing this back up because one of the reasons I believe the Pistons may pay is that the Mavs can point to Buddy Hield being traded for 3 2nd round picks this year.

Buddy is a much better shooter than THJ, hence only 1 2nd (and the Mavs sending theirs), but THJ is under contract for 1 more season. Maybe the Mavs could even get a little more. Who knows?

I think everyone here would be ecstatic if somebody simply took him for free, which makes me think its very unlikely they can get anything for him.  They tried to trade him at the TDL at the height of his value and could not get anything for him.  He has been terrible since and likely destroyed what little value he had.  Plus, they know we are trying to get off him to make room and there is not a lot of competition to eat his salary.