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Looking from TDL perspective - teams that could use a center (any of them could then resign him in the summer):
- GSW
- BKN (more as a PF option, but can play next to Claxton or when he is on the bench)
- LAC
- LAL
- Tor

Here are some options, looking from the summer perspective:
- Chicago (they might trade Vuc or he can walk in the summer - they will have cap space if Vuc and White are gone without additional salary)
- Cha
- Ind (pending on Turners future)
- LAL
- Tor (they still need a center and there are scenarios where they could have cap space in the summer)

Thanks for playing along…

I’m going to mildly object to Brooklyn.  Wood would be their fourth big behind Claxton, Durant and Simmons.  In a playoff rotation, Claxton is playing very well and is a much better defender than Wood.  He wouldn’t start there.

I don’t see LAL at all, starter or bench.  Bryant is playing well and there is AD, Lebron and now Hachimura.

Toronto does need a C and shooting is an issue.  He might fit, but this kind of pre-supposes they make another move.  Otherwise, I suspect Nurse would stick with Siakam/Barnes and Wood would take the place of one of their several mediocre backup bigs.

I think GSW and LAC are interesting, but he’d definitely come off the bench for Golden State (and I’m not sure his D would be welcomed there even off the bench).  I think they’d still start Zubac and Morris in LA.  Its pretty ingrained in what they do  Plus, if everyone is healthy, there aren’t any shots for him next to Kawhi and George.  But, he could potentially come off the bench with Covington.  

The original question was “pay us something to start for them”.  I can see him being valued in some of the teams you named, but I doubt he’d be valued as a starter for any of them..  If not, that further begs the question about starter money in the summer.  Speaking of the summer, I’ve previously mentioned CHA and IND.  I don’t see it for LAL for the reasons stated above and it feels like Toronto and Chicago would have to make another move before they’d pay Wood starter money.   If we are going to say ‘so and so team might trade someone’, then I guess you can include almost any team.  The original question had more to do with paying us something to slot Wood in as a starter with what they already have.  I still think that market is extremely limited and therefore his ability to command money this summer is also limited.