12-17-2021, 04:56 PM
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1002...internally
For fun, let's say the deal is Kemba/Knox and the Dallas protected 2023 pick for Gordon. Now Dallas has to deal with Houston if it wants to remove the protections on the pick. What do you want from Dallas if you are Houston?
Eat the Kemba contract? The going rate is more like a second rounder, so that seems high. Could you do some other player swap where Dallas gets a useful player. Maybe Moses for Garuba? Dallas reportedly really wanted Garuba in the draft and he would be that mobile defender next to KP (some day). Maybe Willie-Plus for Theis? Also a mobile defender next to KP. Seems like there might be more workable combinations with rebuilding Rockets than win-now Knicks if they had the Dallas 2023 instead of NY.
For fun, let's say the deal is Kemba/Knox and the Dallas protected 2023 pick for Gordon. Now Dallas has to deal with Houston if it wants to remove the protections on the pick. What do you want from Dallas if you are Houston?
Eat the Kemba contract? The going rate is more like a second rounder, so that seems high. Could you do some other player swap where Dallas gets a useful player. Maybe Moses for Garuba? Dallas reportedly really wanted Garuba in the draft and he would be that mobile defender next to KP (some day). Maybe Willie-Plus for Theis? Also a mobile defender next to KP. Seems like there might be more workable combinations with rebuilding Rockets than win-now Knicks if they had the Dallas 2023 instead of NY.