02-03-2022, 12:17 AM
(02-02-2022, 11:17 PM)RedFlag41 Wrote: Mvossman, the Mavs can offload THJ in the summer when he is healthy. I do not think THJ will be traded before the deadline because of his injury.
The primary concern with KP is his availability. Replacing him with capable rotation players who will be available is a fair trade I think. The Blazers will alsp be rolling the dice with KP if they trade for him because of his health concerns.
Whats the point of trading for one THJ just to offload the other? That means you are trading for 2 months of Powell/THJ and 2 months of Covington. That is basically a salary dump. There is no point in that. It will not generate any cap space but will reduce our available salary to trade. It will greatly reduce the ceiling of the team without generating any assets. That does not seem like value move, regardless of how frustrating KP health issues are.
And regardless of what you or I think make sense, I don't see any way the Mavs salary dump KP this TDL, especially the way he is playing this year. If they do trade him, it is going to be for a similarly big name, moderately overpaid contract (like CJ or Hayward).