NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[DanSchwartzgan]

I disagree that this is a discount 

Can't help you then.  Milton and Reed were the 54th and 58th pick of their drafts.  Milton is UFA a year later than Brunson, so all you are doing is kicking the can on a significantly inferior player.  If he is the prize of this deal, you can find him or his equivalent every summer without sending out the potential sixth man of the year.  There is no point in locking yourself into Milton at the TDL when Brunson could be part of a much bigger deal in the summer where you have the ability to add in your 2022 pick (after it is made) and use the TPE (through 7/31)

There is nothing you can do if Brunson wants to go to Orlando and be a cellar dweller the rest of his career.  My bet is he doesn't want to do that.  Because of BYC, it will take a fairly significant deal to get him to any good team.  None of the teams you list intended to keep the players mentioned.  They just wanted something more than losing them for nothing.  That isn't the situation here.  Terry Rozier is probably a better example.  Harrison Barnes is another (the deal that brought him here).  No, Brunson isn't Kemba or Durant.  But, Dallas doesn't have to just give Brunson away to an over-the-cap contender for nothing.  Milton and Reed aren't much better than nothing.  This is basically the pipe dream of some writer on a homer Philly website.