06-23-2020, 05:59 PM
(06-23-2020, 05:21 PM)omahen Wrote:(06-23-2020, 04:26 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Not really sure if you get that Lee isn’t the prize here.
I understand that perfectly well. But please enlighten me with an example, what is the prize and what is the target that would need a help in a form of a Lee contract to get the deal done.
If memory serves, you have brought up Oubre as a trade target. He makes $14mm next year and Phoenix doesn't want a contract over one year. So all of the "easy to trade" contracts we have are gone except Jackson and Boban. But, that combination doesn't work and Dallas wants to keep Boban. Simple, pay Lee a hair over $4mm (Mark can give Phoenix cash to cover anything over the Vet Min) and the deal is legal (obviously Phoenix will want something else).
Not sure where the concept of giving Lee some huge amount came from. I see him as a bridge to a specific dollar amount in combination with other player(s). It could happen in the summer or it could be a chip that is held to the TDL.