2021 FREE AGENCY: Markkanen wants out of CHI | DAL "definitely interested"

[DanSchwartzgan]

I'd be totally down for trading for Goran after using the cap space on other good players. It's just using most of our cap space on him (while also sacrificing THJ, the TPE, and the larger MLE) that I don't love. So you're right -- it's all about how you make it happen while maximizing our ability to improve the team.

Quite a few people have said they'd happily pay the MLE for Dragic.  If it is simply Powell to Toronto and Dragic here, he's coming for the net cost of $8.3mm.  Clearly with five centers, something has to give.  So this makes sense and a short term deal on an older guy is better than a multi-year overpay.  You'd have $22mm to spend after doing this as doing it this way uses space.

Depending on how Miami handles things (or if you involve a 4th team), You might can get to a trade match if Willie goes out in the same deal (Burke isn't enough).  At that point you are either down to KP/Moses/Boban at Center or you use space on Holmes (so Holmes/Moses/Bobi at C) and move KP to PF. 

If you do a trade match using Powell and Willie, you'd spend $30 million of space first and do the deal last.  You've not solved the need for a shot creator next to Luka on a permanent basis.  But, you also are getting Dragic for very little cost on a net basis.