01-31-2023, 04:12 PM
(01-31-2023, 01:11 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: A few things to think about. Utah has 3 firsts in 23. They have three sizable TPE’s. There are all sorts of things to potentially add to such a deal. If there is a DFS deal to Utah, it almost has to be part of something else or lead directly to something else.
One way to get value out of DFS that isn’t player or pick related would be to move a body to one of Utah’s TPE’s. What if the outgoing was DFS and McGee with McGee going into an Utah TPE. The pick from Utah and Beasley go to Detroit and Bojan goes to Dallas. There is room for another small salary player to end up in Dallas. Maybe NAW. Maybe Vanderbilt.
NAW is RFA this summer. If he’s not part of the LT plan, is he that valuable to Ainge. He’s getting a nice fit starter in DFS and all he’s really giving of any value is a first he’s not likely to get much from anyway. Interestingly, Detroit would add Beasley to its collection of TO players. He, Burks and Noel give them optionality on $37mm worth of contracts (not to mention the cap room they have).