2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

For almost exactly a year now, when things blew up with Siakam in TOR and he got benched I have been dreaming of this trade scenario. I still think a general swap of KP for Siakam gets both teams a fresh start and out of a bad situation.

I think he's about two weeks from getting back on the floor.  Birch is eligible to trade on 12/15 if he's part of the deal.  Toronto is off to a nice start and hasn't gotten anything from Siakam or Dragic, so anything they get from us is purely additive at this point.

I really like the fit there.  Barnes is their PF of the future and OG is their SF.  That is much better than what we are able to put around KP in the front court.  Between Maxi, Boucher and Achiuwa, they have plenty of size to handle the nights KP needs to rest.  Barnes isn't an outside shooter yet and the fit with the Birch and Achiuwa center rotation isn't ideal.  KP fixes that.  They have inexpensive control of Maxi (which comes into play as Boucher is unrestricted this summer).  Green makes some sense as a developmental wing off the bench with Mykhailuk.