BRUNSON BURNER: to NYK for 4yrs/$104M (no SnT) | NYK docked 2025 2nd for tampering

[DanSchwartzgan]

I was thinking that Sexton would probably be a real target if Carlisle was still around.  Reminds me a little of Monta Ellis.  He would be an asset if we could get him for the right price.

I’ve started a couple of times to write up a Sexton deal.  Trading THJ into Detroit’s space with Kemba returning gets Dallas under the Apron.  From there it isn’t hard to come up with additions that get Sexton more than Cleveland is offering (but not the money Sexton wants) while staying under the apron.  Making it a 3-way also helps overcome the BYC issue.

With all that said, I can’t bring myself to get too excited about anything I’m coming up with (nor a logical place to send Powell).  The only thing that gets me interested is the idea of Sexton is as a trade chip for a future deal.  Interesting question…who is a more valuable trade chip, Sexton at something in the mid teems or THJ at something in the upper teens.