THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

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What I hear about the NY/Utah negotiations is all over the place.  I’m pretty certain in my read of things that Utah doesn’t want Barrett or Randle.  As you’ve shown, there are Rose-plus constructs that work, but I also know that Thibs loves him some Rose.  Obviously, Rose can’t be a deal killer for Mitchell, but while you are trying to illustrate paths to get Rose here, I’ve been looking for paths to get Fournier somewhere (and the math works well with the remaining Detroit space).  Its not that I’m against Rose, I’m not.  I hope it works out.  I’m just looking for ways to do the bigger deal that don’t include him leaving NY and don’t include Fournier ending up in Utah.  I do think there is a role in Detroit for what Fournier or Hardaway do…especially if Burks is gone.

I agree that NY would prefer Fournier outgoing, far more than Rose.

But I am wishing that Ainge is not interested in salary and veterans in return, and that sending Rose becomes a practical requirement -- because I don't think NY would let keeping Rose be a deal-killer. That's the angle I would hope to see, that would allow the framework of what I'm hoping for. FWIW, some of the room to make that happen comes from DET, of course, but the rest is coming from DAL, as well as presumably the better player in the THJ-Burks swap that then packages all that cap space together to keep UT from having to take Rose.