2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

You can do this deal at the draft (my preference) by adding a small salary in place of Washington (I’d prefer McDaniels).  I’d want a pick also, but my preference would be their 2023 pick so we’d have more options to trade all of our future picks.  Such a deal adds $6.5mm to cap room taking us to over $40mm without JRich/THJ/WCS.  Or, almost $37mm if you keep WCS.  I’d probably sign Holmes and keep Powell and WCS to be a 3 headed C rotation.  You have Bridges/DFS/Maxi at the 3/4 with Bey and McDaniels eventually joining the rotation.  You have Rozier/Luka/Brunson as your guard rotation with Green/Burke getting some minutes also.  And you have somewhere in the $20-$22mm range in cap room still.  With Rozier on board, you can carry room into 22 if you wish.  You have a solid 8 man with backups at all positions.  And, when some star comes on the market, you have Rozier’s expiring deal and the ability to trade 22, 24 and 26 if you’d like.

One thing to consider. With this trade you basically cover positions 1-3 as far as starters are considered. And if you are comfortable promoting Green to fourth guard, you also have your bench. I am not really a believer at Bridges at PF - as DFS is not the best option there, I assume he would have similar problems. This means the only high level FA available that is not on positions 1-3 is basically Collins. Which is fine, as we should fit Collins and Holmes in 40 million, and that Charlotte pick allows us to offer a nice enough package for Collins SnT, if needed. You can always resign WCS with exception money. 

Luka, Brunson
Rozier, Green, Burke
DFS, Bridges
Collins, Maxi
Holmes, Powell