2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Branduil]

A few thoughts...

Dallas denials mean nothing.  We've seen this movie before.

Bertans can't be traded until March 3rd...less than a week away

I find it interesting that the likely packages from GS and Kamm's Washington deal are so similar.  Wiseman/Pick/Filler (Wiggins) vs. Avdija/Pick/Filler (Bertans and a C).

I think a Collins based deal could look roughly equivalent to these other deals with Collins/Pick/Filler (Bodganovic +).  Are the GS and Wash rumors designed to put pressure on Atlanta?

You have to be careful with these deals as you can only have two designated rookie max contracts.  Luka will be one.  Wiggins is one, but would expire before you'd extend Wiseman.  If you gave one to Collins, the player you'd get with Atlanta's pick would not be eligible.

You aren't adding a third star to Luka and KP in any of these deals (disappointing).  In fact, you are hoping you just replace KP with any Wiseman, Collins and Avdija.  But, with the lottery pick and cap room, you'd have more avenues to get that third star than you currently have.

In terms of sunk cost, count the pick we'd get as a replacement for our unprotected 2021 pick.  Count the filler as roughly equivalent to the filler we sent out in Jordan/Matthews/DSJ (nothing special there).  Count the true target of such a deal (Wiseman/Avdija/Collins) as roughly equivalent to the 2023 pick we gave up.  This doesn't sound crazy to me.

Collins is easily the best get of those 3, I think. Wiseman could be good too but that would also include the bitterest pill to swallow(Wiggins).