07-20-2021, 07:35 AM
(07-19-2021, 10:18 PM)mvossman Wrote: eh, I'm getting to the point where if my options are to do nothing (something we have done way too much the last two years) or overpay a little bit for a guy with real NBA talent who we could probably move if we needed to, I lean towards pulling the trigger.
I am open to other S&T suggestions, but nobody seems inclined to provide any, leading me to believe there are very limited choices beyond Dinwiddie/Oubre.
It could be anyone up to the trade match limit (true whether operating over the cap or using space on someone other than THJ first). It works better with teams at or over the cap (no means of replacing the lost FA). It doesn't have to be just teams approaching or above the hard cap. I think Dinwiddie and Oubre get brought up a lot because there is absolutely no means of replacing them outside of the TP-MLE.
I looked at teams rather than FA's to think through this. All of the potential LAL FA's are possibilities. I would have said Danny Green in Philly, but.... Do you contemplate a large one year deal for Dipo? Does Miami play along if they can't land what they want with cap room. Or, do they use a portion of their room and trade Dragic for JRich and WCS? Will Barton? Tristan Thompson (not a FA and only if Powell is sent somewhere in another deal)? I would have said Indy's free agents but... OPJ? Boucher (mainly if they decide to carry-forward space for next year).
If is a pretty thin list outside of Dinwiddie and Oubre. There are probably guys like Thompson who aren't FA's (I've been surprised how much love Gordon and Bledsoe have been getting both here and among members of the media. I think I've seen three publications suggest some kind of Gordon deal). Of course, you can expand up to the $21mm range is you pair expiring JRich with expiring WCS. I'm not sure that changes the FA list that much, but it might the non-FA trade list.