TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

I hope I'm wrong, and there's something big coming, but what I expect at this point:

--some type of trade involving either Powell or Bertans, possibly using Green as a sweetener of some type, that either removes their salary completely or drastically reduces it in order to get under the tax. I think the best possible version of this trade could bring back a wing or forward they believe they can play, but it probably won't be a player people here will be excited about. 

--a Dragic signing, possibly for much more salary than we're expecting, to the point where people here are surprised and don't see it as a positive.

--a small signing (like McGee, but not him, necessarily) as a backup big. They will give multiple years, just like WCS, and people won't like that, probably. 

--go to war with our boys in blue

I think we're all going to see soon that the best outcome for this off season, by far, would've been re-signing Brunson.

I agree with all of this except the first one.  Green is not near enough to get off of Bertans, and I would be pissed if they send out Green just to avoid tax on one year of Powell (who might have value at the TDL as an expiring).