08-20-2022, 09:04 PM
(08-20-2022, 07:51 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Grimes can’t be the hold up. If Utah wants him that bad, they have to let go of 1 or 2 picks instead. That’s the issue IMO.
I believe that UT wants Grimes not Barrett. But it isn't solely about player values. It also has a lot to do with the salaries.
Barrett is 2 years further down the road, and he'll make 11M this year and require a MASSIVE contract beginning next summer if you want to keep him. There's no value to UT in that, while they are tanking and rebuilding.
OTOH Grimes is minimum this year, then for another year, then RFA the following summer (of 2024), salaries and a timeline that is way more suited to UT's intended path.
In addition, if NY is getting Mitchell, and already has JB, there's not really a path for developing guards there. And frankly, at this point both the teams probably are trying to win at the edges of such a deal, and not leave extra on the table for lack of trying. But I would expect both Grimes and Quickley to logically be sent the other way with DM incoming.
As far as the NY picks, most of them are fairly junky, so I can't imagine the ask being lowered on that front.