05-13-2025, 06:04 PM
(05-13-2025, 04:42 PM)cow Wrote: Boston would want a lot for White who's playing the best ball of his career. I don't think you'd want to afford him. Their situation is tough though, KP is expiring and has been dreadful, Jrue is old and has a lot of expensive years left, Hauser is starting his contract extension, Horford and Kornet are free agents and they are already close to the second apron. They have some difficult decisions to make.
Thought I was abandoning 35 years of fandom after the trade, but the NBA writes pulled me back in with this plot twist.
Came back to see what people were saying about additions this summer, particularly White.
I agree that Boston will want a lot for White, but they are in a beggars can’t be choosers position right now. They need to clear some serious salary cap space. Ideally that would be KP and Holiday. It is going to be costly to move both KP and Holiday. They also may be without Tatum to start the season and will want to bring him back slowly.
PJW for White makes a lot of sense for both sides. PJW can help take some of the load off of Tatum and backfill KP when they inevitably move him. Boston has to give up White, but could potentially shed a lot of salary between White and KP, while still getting back a starting caliber player in PJW. Throw in Hardy for salary matching purposes and they also get a young-ish guard to take some of White’s minutes.