(02-25-2022, 08:37 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: 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.As soon as I read Barnes in this reply I immediately went to MK. MK is still a great pairing with Sabonis as has been talked about over and over around here. Barnes to me is a better big wing to have than DFS in the same spot. In an expansion of that original deal, it would be THJ/MK for Barnes/THJ. We take on more tax paying salary, but that is alleviated if we use Burke and a second for their TPE. We then lose a spot on the roster which helps flexibility during the FA period.
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.
Question would be, does Barnes want to resign here. I guess considering what we swapped for, it wouldn't have THAT big of an impact. We would also have half a season to figure that out and figure out a deal at the TDL.
JB/SD
Luka/Green
DFS/Bullock
Barnes/Bertans
Holmes/Powell