06-19-2022, 01:40 AM
(06-18-2022, 10:36 PM)F Gump Wrote: Not necessarily so.
Presti is running a Buy-A-Player service, more or less. He took players like Horford and Kemba and D Green and CP3 and others, with a view that he would have them on his shelf where GMs could shop for a player they need, at a later date. It's not so much about the years with Presti, and more about who might bring a higher value for him at a later date.
Now he might not think that THJ can net him more than Favors-JaGreen. But he might. Some team may need a scorer/shooter at the TDL or next summer, to bolster playoff hopes, and THJ (whose contract is not onerous) might be the very guy.
The Mavs can't go that same route like Presti, because they would have to get a good fit back in return. But all Presti cares about is the sellability of what he gets in return - fit doesn't matter at all.
Yeah, but usually Presti is double-dipping. He makes teams pay for accepting a bad asset, then he tries to rebuild the asset, and make another team pay, too. In this case he gets nothing, I´d argue given that Favors/Green are expiring, Presti actually loses the trade.
My favourite TPE team is actually the Spurs. If they have to maximize their capspace, I´m sure Zach Collins + #38 could be done. Collins is definitely a buy low candidate and if he ever gets healthy....still only 24 years old. This might be the alternative avenue to our back-up big. Also very cost controlled. His salary is completely non-guaranteed for next year.