2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

THJ's injury almost certainly means he's here through the season.

Just saying OKC has a penchant for taking on vets with contracts and rehabbing them. They have to get to 101 mil in total team salary  to reach the salary floor for this season. The penalities aren't super harsh for not reaching it, as they just pay the difference to their players anyway, but if you're going to spend the money then why not try and get an asset?

OKC's team salary is at 88.2 for this season. They need about 12.9 to reach the salary floor. Interestingly enough, the difference between THJ and Favors is about 11.6. If you add in, say, Moses Brown as a sweetener, that gets OKC right to that minimum total team salary needed.

So I'd be on the lookout for OKC being active this TDL to act as a 3rd teamer to facilitate some trades. 

One idea after listening to a Bill Simmons+KOC podcast is this one:
OKC: THJ+Brown (Maybe some other minor stuff like Nesmith) 
Mavs: Collins+Favors+Schroeder
ATL: Smart
Celtics: Brunson

Edit: I'd then turnaround and offer Portland KP+Maxi for McCollum and Covington.