08-17-2021, 07:58 AM
(08-17-2021, 07:38 AM)haveitall Wrote: Maxi is a nice player who gives a lot of effort and plays good defense. He is a 7ppg 5 rpg bench player. He is not in the same tier as Markannen. If its him for LM you do that trade. Brunson and picks on the other hand are some of the remaining limited assets that can be used in a bigger trade and Id be hesitant to use anything other than a second round pick.
The details definitely matter. It also matters whether we are dealing strictly with Chicago for LM or whether it is a combo deal where we get LM and Dragic. I'll continue to ask...if the former, why hasn't it happened already (which leads me to believe it is the latter and we are waiting to be able to aggregate Moses). BTW, we don't have to wait to send Moses to Chicago right now, even while also sending Powell or Maxi as long as the LM salary matches Powell or Maxi on a BYC basis. Chicago can take Moses into their TPE. The aggregation issue with Moses is strictly a Dragic trade match issue.
Either Maxi or Powell almost has to be in any version of this. If LM is returning, I'm fine with either.
Then, you need some combination of smaller contracts if you are doing the deal that trade matches Dragic and brings LM into our TPE. Those might include Brunson, DFS, WCS, Moses, Green Burke and Terry. Brunson and DFS are a bridge too far for me. The rest? They can send any combination they want as far as I'm concerned. An off season of LM, Dragic, Bullock and S. Brown is fantastic no matter what the outgoing combo is as long as it doesn't include Brunson or Finney-Smith.
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