06-09-2022, 03:13 AM
Just a quick hitter here. Was reading about Philly's situation and something struck me. With Green cut, they have a shot at the full MLE. They have some big holes in the roster and OKC could be a relief valve for some of their money. The problem is the money they need to dump (Harris) is too big for OKC to bear alone.
The core of Philly's end of this is Favors and THJ incoming. Favors fills the backup spot behind Embiid and THJ replaces Green. It saves them $7.8mm and gets them in range to spend the full MLE
Dallas gets Tobias Harris and gives up THJ and Powell. Dallas deserves some compensation here for the Harris salary. Maybe a move up from 26 to 23? Maybe 34 from OKC?
OKC is swapping out Favors for Powell. This is basically a kiss your sister move for OKC. Maybe they get 26 for sending 30 to Philly and 34 to Dallas. This does not use any of their current season cap space, but players could certainly be added from Philly or Dallas. Adding Brown to the outgoing would make some sense financially and create space on the roster.
It doesn't have to be more complicated than that, but it certainly could be. Tobias is big money, but expires a year earlier than Hardaway. The total remaining contracts for Tobias vs. the Powell/THJ combo is pretty minor. He gives you a shot creator in the front court and takes some of the pressure off of the new center being able to rebound, block shots and score. The center could concentrate on just the first two if you had Harris, DFS, Brunson and Luka playing alongside him. Harris is a plus as a defensive rebounder and maybe a hair above average defensively. You'd move Bullock to the bench with Dinwiddie, Bertans and Maxi. We'd still have the TPE and TP MLE to fill the center hole.
I suspect the issue people will raise is the Harris money. But one, what did we give up here? Two, we got to move up a few spots and can use 34 on a Euro stash of Kamagate. And three, Harris expires a year sooner than Hardaway.
The core of Philly's end of this is Favors and THJ incoming. Favors fills the backup spot behind Embiid and THJ replaces Green. It saves them $7.8mm and gets them in range to spend the full MLE
Dallas gets Tobias Harris and gives up THJ and Powell. Dallas deserves some compensation here for the Harris salary. Maybe a move up from 26 to 23? Maybe 34 from OKC?
OKC is swapping out Favors for Powell. This is basically a kiss your sister move for OKC. Maybe they get 26 for sending 30 to Philly and 34 to Dallas. This does not use any of their current season cap space, but players could certainly be added from Philly or Dallas. Adding Brown to the outgoing would make some sense financially and create space on the roster.
It doesn't have to be more complicated than that, but it certainly could be. Tobias is big money, but expires a year earlier than Hardaway. The total remaining contracts for Tobias vs. the Powell/THJ combo is pretty minor. He gives you a shot creator in the front court and takes some of the pressure off of the new center being able to rebound, block shots and score. The center could concentrate on just the first two if you had Harris, DFS, Brunson and Luka playing alongside him. Harris is a plus as a defensive rebounder and maybe a hair above average defensively. You'd move Bullock to the bench with Dinwiddie, Bertans and Maxi. We'd still have the TPE and TP MLE to fill the center hole.
I suspect the issue people will raise is the Harris money. But one, what did we give up here? Two, we got to move up a few spots and can use 34 on a Euro stash of Kamagate. And three, Harris expires a year sooner than Hardaway.
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