NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Here's another way of looking at this.  If you wait until the summer, you either lose one or both of JB and DFS, or you have $120mm committed multi-year to this five-some.  Is that a championship group?  Oh, BTW, there is another $30mm (taking you to $150mm) committed to Powell, Maxi and Bullock (though none of those are long term deals).  Does this seem realistic?  If not, what needs to change and to your point, when?

$35.7    Luka
$33.8    KP
$19.6    THJ
$20.0    Brunson
$12.0    DFS

I think the obvious choice is to move KP and or THJ.  That's just me though.  I doubt JB is taking a hometown discount to re-sign him. This is his 1st chance to get paid, and I believe he will by some team.  DFS might not ask for the moon, but you never know.  If they stand pat, it doesn't make them better to compete against the top teams in the West.