2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Davemo]

Most of us hated the idea of Tobias for THJ/Powell prior to Hardaway's injury.  How about now?  The reason I ask is this might get us in the middle of a Kings/Philly deal (anyone recall JB and Maxi vacationing together in Philly this summer?).

Lowe and Marks talked about Philly going hard after Harden this summer.  They think the 76ers may need to get to a place of flexibility (access to cap room or movable players like Barnes...the probable motivation for wanting to move on from Tobias).   The idea is Philly can trade for Harden or sign him outright this summer after dealing away the movable pieces.  Expiring deals (Bagley and Tristan Thompson) and Maxi's NG deal would have value and moving Tobias is a must.  And, all of this can't hurt the effort to win this season.

The Kings apparently want no part of Tobias in their pursuit of Simmons.  Is Hardaway more palatable?   

What I'm getting to is something with the core being Maxi/JB and THJ for Tobias and Davion Mitchell.  You are basically getting your creation (and less D) in the Tobias for Maxi swap and less creation (but more D) in the JB for Davion Mitchel Swap (and you get rid of THJ).  Sac. gets Simmons, but has to take on THJ instead of Tobias.  Philly gets the Tiny Brunson cap hold, Barnes and some salaries that can go away in players like Bagley, Maxi and Thompson (one probably needs to go to a fourth team).  Philly, to me, is the other team besides NY that probably doesn't have to worry about Brunson leaving once he gets there.

KP/Tobias/DFS/Luka and Mitchell (basically a Smart starter-kit)?

Nice work on this one!  It probably comes down to how much you like Mitchell (I like his potential) and how eager you are to take on the Harris contract.   It does seem like SAC is getting Simmons for a real bargain unless I am not understanding it correctly.  I wonder if Philly would have better offers and I wonder if SAC is willing to give up such a recent draft pick (well, its SAC...who knows!).

For the Mavs, we would still have 3 nice defenders in Green, DFS, and Mitchell and probably improve our offense with Harris over THJ.  I know Mitchell can defend....I know his shot his iffy......is he a shot creator?  Might be too early to tell on some of this, but I have not watched SAC a lot this year.   We replace much of the scoring and defense here and avoid the possible flight of Brunson issue.   Tobias is supposedly a good locker room guy as well.