06-18-2021, 10:06 PM
(06-18-2021, 09:18 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Best potential KP partners:
- GSW: Wiggins-based. GSW may not see enough of an upgrade for the risk of KP but you never know.
- Wiz: Bertans, young guys, probably third team involved. Wiz are desperate enough to make a big move and the pieces they are giving up aren't that great.
- Hornets: Hayward-based, similar situation in Charlotte and they have a surplus of wings, guards but no center.
- Pels: Adams/Bledsoe. Pels need spacing and I think would like the upside of KP. Adams/Bledsoe are basically dumps. Adams fits Dallas much better. Dallas also gets their cap sheet in order given the much easier-to-move contracts. Pels have a surplus of picks. They could easily dump KP next year if it didn't work out.
That's ab it. I don't see an OKC deal. I think Horford would have been the target there, but Celtics already made that deal.
Going to amend my statement on Wiz. Looking back at https://fortyeightminutes.com/wizards-rumors-porzingis/ I think they are looking at KP on the cheap which would be Bertans and Bryant, maybe a pick if we are lucky.
KP would be an expensive upgrade combination of those guys (ie stretch big). Bryant has his own injury issues and is not known as a defender. KP has more defensive potential than he does. KP also has a lot more upside than Bertans.
Bertans is useful as a stretch big and the deal sheds a lot of future cap space for Dallas. Both Bertans and Bryant could be more easily moved in other deals. Sometimes the first deal isn't the main point, its trying to break a dollar into quarters so you can make other moves.