NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[cow]

Honestly....

I mean I love Brunson. But he isn't a 20+mil a year player. I guess it depends on how he does in the playoffs? But if the GSW game is any indication, he'll get swallowed alive. 

Lets say we just trade Brunson to the Knicks, let them offer him his 20mil deal, and we get our first and maybe another pick out of the deal. We then use those to get Collins and Schroeder. Then sign Dragic on the eventual buyout market. 

Can a platoon of Dragic+Schroeder replicate at least 50-70% of what JB brings? And if so wouldn't it just make sense to go that way if we can net a guy like Collins?

I don't want Shroeder in the locker room.  Maybe you could squeeze more value out of Knicks if you offered a second trade and take Kemba in the TPE.  Part of me wonders if they could just be creative with their team options or look at other salary dumps which would allow them to sign JB in the offseason without needed to trade with us.