03-17-2022, 09:50 AM
(03-17-2022, 07:57 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Let's break it down to two deals and see.
Detroit can sign Brunson outright. They'd be doing us a favor to create a TPE and wouldn't need to provide much in the form of a return. To me, the value for Detroit of sending anyone our way would be to add something beyond just Brunson. I have Detroit with $27mm in room (assumes the #3 pick) minus whatever they give Bagley. He needs to be signed first and then Brunson would go into space to avoid BYC. So, Detroit is only looking at the Room MLE at that point and sending a player back for Brunson (say Hayes) is of little consequence from a cap space standpoint. They have TO's on Diallo and Jackson, but even if they didn't want those guys, they wouldn't have significant cap space.
If we wanted to expand a deal that sent Brunson to Detroit (based on him wanting to go there, not on a desire on our part to trade him there), then we'd need the incoming to trade match Hardaway (both in terms of salary and value as we don't really get any credit for Brunson as they can sign him outright). My guess is it would be Olynyk and one of the guys on the list of Hayes, Diallo or Stewart. Few here would WANT to "trade" Brunson/Hardway for say Olynyk and Hayes. But Brunson is already lost in this hypothetical. The question is whether we'd have to add anything (pick) to get Hayes as a backup PG to replace Brunson and Olynyk to be another big who happens to actually have a good outside shot.
If we are sending out THJ, do we really want/need another big who can't rebound or protect the rim? If we somehow acquire a legit center via another method, we are looking at new guy/Powell/Maxi/DFS/Olynk/Bertans in our big rotation. Even if we send one of those guys out we still have a crowded frontcourt.