Sacramento and Minny are slowly calling it a season after yet another loss against out of playoff east teams. Unless something drastic changes, they should be sellers at TDL. What's the point of keeping (and paying) Bogdanovic if this team is far from playoff picture. Not saying it is Bogi fault. Similar goes for Minny.
Dallas has very meh assets but can offer what no other contender can - take bad salaries (which are actually in a form of usefull players for Dallas - Dieng or Dedmon). The only question is, how much Minny and Sac value cap space.
Sacramento: getting rid of Dedmon would give them some 30 million of cap space on 9 contracts. The real question here is - can they get someone better than Bogi in free agency? They are not really a dream come true free agent destination. Wouldn't it make more sense to just extend Bogi and try to get anything that fits better than Dedmon? I tend to say answer to those questions would be yes. I would give up Bogi, if I receive picks or good young players. Their roster is well rounded, the problem is just that the players are not really that good. They have plenty of back-up point guards, so Wright is not really interesting for them, unless the deal includes Jospeh horrible contract. I guess someone like Philadelphia might make more appealing offer for Sacramento: Smith+Bolden and a first round pick. They can raise the offer with Thybulle. Dallas offer perhaps: Lee+DFS+GSW2nd for Bogi+Dedmon. I don't think we can win this one - lower ceiling guy, worse pick. They are not taking JJ back and Brunson is just another back up point guard for them - not many minutes available behind Fox.
Minnesota: it all comes down to how much they would like to have cap space in 2020. They need to start making win now moves or KAT will demand a trade sooner or later. So, experienced role players might be appealing for them, as contribution from non KAT/Wiggins players is low. On the other hand those two don't play defense. Covington is a perfect role player for them. To be honest, he is a perfect role player for any team. We can give them good role players, plenty of options: Wright, Curry, Brunson, JJ can all contribute and we wouldn't really miss them that much in any kind of combination. Dieng is irelevant in any Russel trade, as I don't believe Dubs will take that contract. He is decent player but you don't waste 16 mil for a KAT back-up that will play less than 20 minutes per game. Comparing this to Philadelphia example, I would prefer Dallas options, if I am Minny. Philly option takes too much time for Minny - they need to start improving starting next season.
New Orleans is playing Denver, Boston, Cleveland, Memphis, Houston and Milwaukee until February 4th. Tough stretch with only one easy game. Losing more than half of these games might be enough for them to admit playoff is not realistic this season - sell vets for more assets.
Dallas has very meh assets but can offer what no other contender can - take bad salaries (which are actually in a form of usefull players for Dallas - Dieng or Dedmon). The only question is, how much Minny and Sac value cap space.
Sacramento: getting rid of Dedmon would give them some 30 million of cap space on 9 contracts. The real question here is - can they get someone better than Bogi in free agency? They are not really a dream come true free agent destination. Wouldn't it make more sense to just extend Bogi and try to get anything that fits better than Dedmon? I tend to say answer to those questions would be yes. I would give up Bogi, if I receive picks or good young players. Their roster is well rounded, the problem is just that the players are not really that good. They have plenty of back-up point guards, so Wright is not really interesting for them, unless the deal includes Jospeh horrible contract. I guess someone like Philadelphia might make more appealing offer for Sacramento: Smith+Bolden and a first round pick. They can raise the offer with Thybulle. Dallas offer perhaps: Lee+DFS+GSW2nd for Bogi+Dedmon. I don't think we can win this one - lower ceiling guy, worse pick. They are not taking JJ back and Brunson is just another back up point guard for them - not many minutes available behind Fox.
Minnesota: it all comes down to how much they would like to have cap space in 2020. They need to start making win now moves or KAT will demand a trade sooner or later. So, experienced role players might be appealing for them, as contribution from non KAT/Wiggins players is low. On the other hand those two don't play defense. Covington is a perfect role player for them. To be honest, he is a perfect role player for any team. We can give them good role players, plenty of options: Wright, Curry, Brunson, JJ can all contribute and we wouldn't really miss them that much in any kind of combination. Dieng is irelevant in any Russel trade, as I don't believe Dubs will take that contract. He is decent player but you don't waste 16 mil for a KAT back-up that will play less than 20 minutes per game. Comparing this to Philadelphia example, I would prefer Dallas options, if I am Minny. Philly option takes too much time for Minny - they need to start improving starting next season.
New Orleans is playing Denver, Boston, Cleveland, Memphis, Houston and Milwaukee until February 4th. Tough stretch with only one easy game. Losing more than half of these games might be enough for them to admit playoff is not realistic this season - sell vets for more assets.