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If the Lakers coveted Iguodala, for instance, they could package DeMarcus Cousins, Quinn Cook and Troy Daniels to Charlotte for MKG and Willie Hernangomez — generating a $9.5 million trade exception for the Hornets while saving them over $2 million in salary the rest of the season. (The Lakers can take Hernangomez into the Cousins injury exception. L.A. would likely have to throw in $1 million cash to cover Cook’s guarantee next year, if not more. Using Hernangomez to offset Cooks’ salary and taking Daniels into a minimum exception allows the trade exception to be $9.5 million – the difference between Kidd-Gilchrist’s salary and Cousins’.) The Lakers could then turn and send Kidd-Gilchrist to Memphis straight up for Iguodala, attaching, say, second-round picks in 2023 and 2025 to finish it off. They’d finish all this with 14 players and still be $1.4 million from the tax line – enabling them to add a buyout guy with their last spot.
If the Lakers coveted Iguodala, for instance, they could package DeMarcus Cousins, Quinn Cook and Troy Daniels to Charlotte for MKG and Willie Hernangomez — generating a $9.5 million trade exception for the Hornets while saving them over $2 million in salary the rest of the season. (The Lakers can take Hernangomez into the Cousins injury exception. L.A. would likely have to throw in $1 million cash to cover Cook’s guarantee next year, if not more. Using Hernangomez to offset Cooks’ salary and taking Daniels into a minimum exception allows the trade exception to be $9.5 million – the difference between Kidd-Gilchrist’s salary and Cousins’.) The Lakers could then turn and send Kidd-Gilchrist to Memphis straight up for Iguodala, attaching, say, second-round picks in 2023 and 2025 to finish it off. They’d finish all this with 14 players and still be $1.4 million from the tax line – enabling them to add a buyout guy with their last spot.