TRADE: JJ Redick + Nicolo Melli to DAL | JJ + Iwundu + 2021 2nd + cash to NOP

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Skin and Karalla pointed out an interesting circularity to this pick and Curry debate.  

We gave up Curry and his non-expiring contract and got (likely) expiring defensive help in JRich and we RECEIVED a high second in the form of Bey.

We traded Wright (also non-expiring), who has been traded by four teams in 25 months and nothing-burger Jackson for expiring Johnson.  

We trade Johnson and GIVE a mid-second for a player, who if healthy, is a pretty good facsimile of Curry, but is on an expiring deal.

So, we swapped Curry for Curry-lite (Redick) and created more room this summer.  We traded a mid second for an early second (Bey) and we traded non-expiring and non-fitting Wright for probably expiring JRich. If Redick joins the team fairly soon, this is just basically rearranging furniture (shooter for shooter and defensive guard for defensive guard) and the Bey for future mid-second part.

As is often the case, we will have until this summer to see how this plays out.  It is possible that all that is left from this is Bey for a later second and what we get for the room created by Wright and/or Curry.

Thanks for this interesting view. 

I agree that all these musical chairs operations are being carried out at least partly in the interest of maintaining flexibility.