NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[mvossman]

This is the one that I keep coming back to.  Hardaway's contract really doesn't look that bad moving forward as it declines, it's hard for Orlando to get FAs anyway, Hardaway has ties to Mosley and Florida.  Harris would give us less than what Hardaway does offensively but could still play some decent minutes for us defensively in the playoffs when called upon (although I would expect that Josh Green would jump him in the rotation in this scenario).  The biggest win is obviously the expiring contract which makes it much easier to retain DFS and JB.

Then you have Maxi and Powell's expiring plus our 2022 pick and future picks to package up in deals moving forward.

Gary Harris has not been good for the last couple of years (THJ has been much better the previous two) but this does get you off THJ contract and Harris is a better fit on this team.  This move makes some sense, although I would probably rather engineer a Dragic trade if possible.