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Sounds like he´s very motivated to have a proper contract year for himself. Pacers are a proactive team. I´d send them Wright, Brunson and #18 for Oladipo this summer. That´s more than fair. That way we can test Oladipo for 12 months and see how good he still is before paying him. Draft Reed, Stewart or Pokusevski at #31 to groom as back-up center, when Boban expires. Use the MLE for Dunn or Saric.

Luka / Oladipo / JJB
THJ / Curry / Lee
DFS / Jackson /MKG
Kleber / Saric / Reed 
Porzingis / Powell / Boban

50/50 whether our second unit could make the play-offs in the East.

This sounds good, but it gives me ugly Rondo-Vibes:
Trading for an injury-riddled former all-star try-out. Giving up a solid contributor in Wright, a #1*-Pick and a own secondround drafty I really like (too much?). And we are not even getting a Powell as a throw-in.

Nah. That was a unique situation, cause the roster construction was bad and Cuban forced a player onto Carlisle. To make matters worse this player was a (very opinionated strong-minded) PG, who Carlisle often clashed with, even in good times. Add some unresolved feelings about the decision to breakup a championship team and a little Party Parsons with his degenerative knees. In retrospect it´s actually surprising the Cuban/Carlisle relationship survived that internal struggle. Luckily they found some common ground to blame it all on Rondo and his backcourt violation.  

If Carlisle is on board with Oladipo the very legit worries are strictly about Oladipo´s health and return to his pre-injury levels.