07-02-2023, 12:27 PM
(07-02-2023, 03:22 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Realizing this is sacrilegious, but I could see something that includes McGee/Reggie/Hardy and #27…so big game hunting, not Grant Williams hunting.
Just as an example…It isn’t too late for Portland to turn J. Grant into a S&T (4 years instead of five). It would be easy enough to salary match $27mm. Maybe part of the arrangement is they agree not to match our offer to Thybulle.
Holmes/Lively/Powell
Grant/Maxi/OMax
Luka/THJ
Green/Thybulle
Irving/Seth/Exum
I laughed so hard at the Portland deal for Grant. I called it a wild overpay. For the Mavs to be the ones to end up paying for him would hurt and I'd have to eat a passive pile of crow.
Yet the fit is so obvious here it pains me to say that I might prefer this route over any other.
Grant+ Thybulle pretty much solves all of our woes regarding wings.
I'd even reluctantly include Hardy in such a deal. The roster above is ready to compete, can even still do the THJ+Holmes reported deal for a center or maybe even throw Nurkic into the deal.
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