Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

Getting off the Thybulle contract?  If his O has improved as much as some here are saying, I think he will certainly cost something.

In fact, if he shoots better than DJJ and defends as good as DJJ, why are we trading Josh to create room for DJJ?  Just deal THJ/pick for Thybulle/pick and call it a day.  PJ/Maxi/OMax are your bigger wing defenders and Thybulle/Green/Exum are your smaller wing defenders.  It puts some pressure on Hardy, but it is time for him to sh$t or get off the pot anyway.

Idk, man. Not sure I see it that way. 

If they matched the Dallas offer only to entertain trading him the next year (after shutting things down to tank midway through the season, to 2021's point), I think buyer's remorse is likely part of the equation here...unless you're suggesting Portland actually thinks Hardaway makes them a better team, which is possible. 

I don't really buy the idea that they matched the offer just to extract some small toll from Dallas a year later. I find it much more likely that they matched because they had a vision for how Thybulle would help them and are now wanting to be rid of the contract after seeing him for another year. Could be wrong. 

I can get behind the idea of adding a sweetener, but I think Gump's notion of something smaller (he mentioned Lawson, not sure if that's enough, but I'd probably include a 2nd and not ask for a pick back) is much more in line with reality. I am out if the cost is a 2025 first, even if you're right.