2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

^ Good thought-provoking ideas.

1a I like THJ for Holmes + Harkless as a foundational move for the summer that they can build from. (It would have to happen in July.) Instead of moving THJ just to move on, it turns him into an asset of sorts in the process. That's what the better FO's find a way to do. To me, this definitely qualifies.

1b But ...The Mavs will have a numbers problem in the summer, and this 1-for-2 makes it worse. IMO not a deal-killer, but better if it can be a 2-for-2.  

Sac. has a $4mm TPE from the Haliburton deal which makes the 2-for-2 deal much easier to accomplish (it is going to take a while to get the fact that we don't have a $5mm trade spread locked into my brain).  Holmes/Harkless for Hardaway and any of our sub $4mm guys works using their TPE.

In terms of expanding the deal, I guess you are thinking expiring Barnes?  Might they lose him for nothing in a year and something is better than nothing?  He had 30 in his first game with Sabonis, but has been pretty meh since.  I guess something to keep an eye on.  I can actually see THJ filling a need on their roster in the Holmes deal.  I have a harder time replacing Barnes with anything on our roster if I'm looking at it from their perspective.