06-09-2021, 04:45 AM
(06-08-2021, 10:55 PM)mvossman Wrote: What if that asset is ..... KP. If the alternative options for a KP trade is Walker or Wiggins, then give me Ball. That gives us a true two way player we really need. He has his warts but the fit with Luka would be great.
Sorry, but I'm not getting why NO would want KP in any way. Whether it be this trade or something involving Lonzo and Adams. Defensive fit with Zion is terrible.
Back to Orlando and Bobby Marks...who is more valuable, Vucevic at 30 or KP at 25? Vuc is obviously older, but is owed less money. Vuc has a much better injury history, but probably doesn't sell tickets like KP. Are they roughly equivalent in the eyes of Orlando?
I might break the Vuc. trade down like this. Vuc got them two protected firsts and WCJ and there was also a swap of expiring $28mm Porter for $20 million Aminu who eats into cap room in 21/22. Neither player had any on-court value to their new team. Is taking on Gary Harris at $20 million for a year (as necessary cap filler) similar to the Porter/Aminu swap? If JRich opts in before the draft, then adding him to the deal makes it almost exactly like the Porter/Aminu swap...net $9mm to Dallas. Orlando has a $17mm TPE that would make that possible. Whichever way that goes, the true compensation for KP then becomes the two Chicago picks and WCJ? Isn't that basically what we gave up for him...two picks and DSJ? Doesn't that basically make KP similarly valued to Vuc?
The lottery will tell you where you stand on the first Chicago pick (top 4 protected this year and top 3 the next). I wouldn't hold up the deal for the 8th or 9th pick. If KP is deemed to be less valuable than Vuc, then just guarantee me a pick in 2023. It could be the worst of the Orlando and Chicago pick with the guarantee that one pick conveys one way or another. That puts Dallas back in the position of being able to convey 22, 24 and 26 in a deal if they wish. You can still do the Lonzo deal, but with cash. You could even add Burke to the deal to give Dallas $41mm in space.
WCJ/Powell
DFS/Maxi
THJ/RMLE
Lonzo/Harris-Green
Luka/Brunson
Orlando is:
KP/Bamba/Wagner
Issac/Okeke
ORL Pick/Ross
Hampton/JRich/Burke
Fultz/Anthony/MCW