Building Around Cooper: A Backward-Looking Thought Experiment

[KillerLeft]

I picked 120% of PJ's salary next year, which was $23.7M, because you have to have some kind of cutoff if we're talking about comparisons with money involved. I stopped on the minimum salary around the MLE number, which for me was ~$13M for comparison's sake.

Where is it written that PJW must be traded for his own replacement? 

To me (again) Flagg is the guy who's replacing him and the entire reason to consider moving PJW while he still has some value. Plus, we don't even know who they'll draft yet. PLUS, we have no idea who's even going to be available. I think the net should be large enough to include way more possibilities, including other positions, a trade more focused on draft capital, etc. 

I know you don't agree with the premise, I'm just saying that for those of us who do, this idea that if nobody from your list is exciting (and I'm not even saying they're not - I only skimmed the list quickly) then our POV is invalid just seems silly. It reminds me of "if the glove don't fit, you must acquit." 

To my way of thinking, NOTHING matters until the team has identified a PRIMARY ball-handler, which I'm content to call a PG, regardless of what position others might want to label this player or that one. So for me, every potential move should be aimed at finding that guy, at least until they have him.