(01-21-2026, 10:26 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I believe the following is barely a legal trade match. Both teams would be under the first apron and would have to do additional work to get out of the tax. Dallas would also have to do additional work to get a slot to get Nembhard a standard contract:
AD, D'Lo, BWill
for
KP, Risacher, Newell and Krejci
Yeah, while I would take Newell and Krejci (and think they carry some modest value), I just don't think ATL will do a deal that ends with them paying tax. The small salary players from ATL don't carry real salary-match utility since each of those that's added then needs a DAL player sent back to ATL. You probably have to do a 3-for-3 or larger to get that tax issue resolved with equal numbers of players going each way, before then adding any small salary ATL players for offsetting ones from DAL.
For example, take the 4-for-4 mentioned previously with Hardy in the undesignated blank. That satisfies the salary match and has even bodies. Then maybe your add-on is
Newell, Krejci FOR
Powell, Williams, Cisse (addressing ATL need for a C)
* Dumont reportedly "has no problem going into next year with a healthy AD and a healthy Kyrie with Cooper Flagg and seeing what it looks like."