TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Atlanta wants to use Collins to get better.  So, they aren’t taking our junk.

The reason a Hayward trade might work is he’s a big dollar injury prone guy who no longer fits his team’s timeline.  The main two things about this for Dallas is getting out of the Hardaway mistake a year earlier and getting that third creator (doesn’t have to be a pg to be a creator).  Hayward would also be a big expiring contract to be used in a summer trade or at the 2023 TDL.

I don’t see a place for Rozier here if Hayward is incoming.  I’d rather focus on a mobile big who can hit threes and play some D.  Washington (and to a lesser extent Jones) provides that.  Washington could also be potentially helpful in a big summer trade.  How can we make a deal that sets up the next deal while keeping us competitive in the near term should be the focus.

Wood.        Powell
PJ-Wash.    Maxi
DFS.          Green
Hayward.   Luka or Hayward
Luka.         SD

I love this trade and have been wanting PJ Washington for a long time but the one thing I would point out in this hypothetical is that I would assume Wood stays on the bench and Green starts with either PJ or Maxi starting as the lone big.  We still need to replace Bullock's defense at the point of attack in the starting lineup, which is why I think Green would be that guy.  Frank would probably play a lot more minutes (which you noted in a previous post) behind DFS and I think Powell would end up being the odd man out and would be used as a change of pace sort of center.  The real question around all of this is the value of Bullock/Hardaway and whether we would need to add some seconds or Hardy.

The entire time typing this all I could think is "man Javale McGee really just stole 17 mil from us".