Trade & FA 2024-25:

[mvossman]

PG is simply too much to match. Grant is too uncomfortable. Even Bruce Brown and Brogdon are almost too much

I’m still thinking about Sexton. He seems to check the most boxes (assuming DJJ is fine with the lesser MLE). Hardy is the asset i’d rather give up than Green. I don’t want to give up 2031 at all. Sexton can do everything offensively that we need: drive, pass, create, dribble, and shoot 3’s. Defensively he has the size to fit. Perhaps Nico knows he could have a PJ like improvement on that end once he gets to a real team. His contract is reasonable. The price of THJ, Hardy, 2025 does not leave us with additional holes

The only negatives are he wouldn’t start. But with how many games Luka and Kyrie will miss Sexton would start plenty. And we could pitch it as “3rd option” or 6th man. He would still play 30 min and put up nice counting stats

Sexton has been starting most of his career, just had his best season and is only 25.  I think 6th man is going to be a hard sell.  I agree that Hardy is the one to trade if you are going after a guy like Sexton, but I don't think Timmy + Hardy + 25 is going to be enough to land him, and it seems less and less likely that DJJ is going to go for the tax MLE.