Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Jason Terry]

I think the only reason we’ve been discussing Harris or Thybulle is because of one media report and one somewhat cryptic “insider” report.  Both probably came out since they recorded that.  Is that the episode where they mentioned Bogdan?  I remember one of them saying good things about him too, but can’t remember how long ago that was.

Avdija is about as good as it gets in terms of contract size (less than 100% of outgoing THJ and similar money to PJ, but declining).  He plays plus D and on offense he’s a jack of many trades and while he’s kind of a master of none, he’s fairly good at almost everything (and still on a pretty good growth curve at only 23).

FWIW, Washington doesn’t have a 2025 pick.  I’d probably do the Green for 2026 part I mentioned earlier (using their TPE to absorb Green in a June trade) and add THJ, lightly protected 2025 and a lightly protected swap of 31 as a separate deal (that probably has to wait until July).  As they said on the podcast, that is a steep price, but you keep DJJ at the full NT MLE (moving him to a bench role) and you’ve swapped Green/31 pick swap (and a 24 for 25 pick swap kind of) for Avdija.  As we’ve talked through names, he’s probably number one for me.  The starting lineup just makes sense.   PJ is probably your worst starter, if not now, sometime fairly soon.

Lively, PJ, Avdija, Kyrie and Luka

Gafford, Maxi/Omax, DJJ, Hardy, Exum

Avdija is the best fit of all realistic options. He might be the only name i would think about anything 2031 pick related. 

Green, Hardy, 2025 unprotected and 2025 Toronto 2nd is what i would be willing to give up 

The big feature with a guy like Avdija is he can do everything on  offense. So we have a legit 3rd person to run the offense. I think we would come to find out that 2 out of 3 of Luka, Kyrie and Avdija would need to be on the court at all times. We would treat him like a point guard just like Luka. He wouldn’t be asked to play the same position as Jones Jr or PJ. He would be replacing Green, Hardy, THJ and Exum and would deliver more than all of them regular and postseason

Essentially if we stagger the minutes between those 3 players, then Avdija would be the bench scoring we’ve always lacked in the highly talked about non-Luka minutes 

The cherry on top is his ability to defend well and he’s only 23………..He fits the mold of a Nico deal 

2 Scorers: Luka, Kyrie, Avdija 

2 defenders: DJJ, PJ, Maxi, Omax

1 big: Lively and Gafford