(12-15-2020, 07:09 PM)aguiar95 Wrote: I'm just so in love with our roster I'd have a hard time including anyone but THJ/Johnson in the deal (I don't think we should spend major assets to dump Powell as well) . THJ + Johnson + 2 2nd rounders for OPJ + Felicio (CHI would probably be on tank mode) seems fair.
Why are you all looking to replace a starter for a starter? This just marginally improves us... The goal should be to sacrifice a bit of our bench depth and future assets for trading our weakest starter (Powell).
I am looking it this way. At the moment Brunson might be our biggest trade asset if he can keep playing the way he played those first two preseason games. He is great, but he is destined to be a back up PG behind Luka with the Mavs. This means a guy playing 15-20 minutes per game in regular season and less than 10 minutes in playoffs. Is it really worth paying 10 million per season (this is the range his next contract would look like) for him? I would rather put a vet min ring chasing vet on this position and cash out Brunson while we can. After him we have a couple of cheap wings - Green or DFS. One of them can be traded, since their minutes would reduce drastically anyway, if we bring a guy like OPJ in the picture. Than we have 2027 first and second rounders. Johnson is just an expiring contract. He will be vet min next year.