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[DanSchwartzgan]

Do you believe that this impending challenge might motivate some teams to get bigger deals done at this deadline?

Theoretically, yes.  In addition to the trade restrictions for over-apron teams regarding aggregation and trade spreads (or lack thereof), the TDL is the last time a team can positively impact their tax position for the current season.  Teams used to be able to do this before the end of the season, but now teams can't get out of their current season tax situation using post-season trades.  It needs to be done now.

Golden State can put on a brave face (we are looking for a player for player deal...IOW, we aren't paying to move Wiggins).  But, when push comes to shove.  they are working with a deadline.  The decisions they make now also impact the future because if they don't create a path to get under the 2nd apron for next season the 100% spread kicks in and they can't aggregate to get under the line.  We've not seen this before, so we don't know how aggressive some of these teams will be.