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[DanSchwartzgan]

I saw that and quickly skimmed through the other posts hoping you calculated your answer.  Respectfully waiting.

Sorry, yesterday was too busy to post.  It is pretty challenging to find something that lands a wing and a PG for the outgoing of THJ and/or Powell (which was the tea leaf reading Cato did on his podcast).  Powell as an expiring doesn't have to be too useful, but someone in the deal has to want three years of Hardaway.  I think the other thing fantasy traders need to do is figure why such a trade needed to wait until mid July (or later).  

It seems like NY is the favorite in the Mitchell sweepstakes now.  Pretty clearly Dallas and NY (and maybe Detroit) were trying to do something before everything became official.  The problem I'm having is making sense of Hardaway in NY (even if they send out Fournier) or Utah.  So, I'm struggling to get involved in something that brings back a NY player.  I had some other thoughts if Mitchell went elsewhere, but will sit on those until it is proven he's not going to NY (CAA rules the world).

I think Conley and Bogdonovic make the most sense coming in from Utah, but again, I don't see Ainge wanting 3 years of THJ.  Can THJ go to a third team and Powell to Utah?  Maybe.  Detroit?  Yeah, you can do Diallo/Olynyk to Utah, Conley to Dallas and THJ to Detroit (you could add Powell for Burks as a separate deal with Powell replacing Olynyk with a shorter deal.  That's a PG and a Wing and I kind of like Olynyk as a C next to Vanderbilt (who I suspect Utah will keep).  I'd pay up if there was a good non-aggregated way to get Vanderbilt.  Him next to Wood?  I like that.

I think there is a Cleveland deal where Sexton ends up in Utah with Powell, THJ goes to Cleveland and Dallas ends up with Conley.  Sexton is BYC, so Cleveland has to send out more salary to somewhere. 

I'd be in favor of one of the versions of the Hayward deals people posted yesterday.  I don't think the version where Indy gets Powell and THJ with Turner to Charlotte works for Indy.  But with Ayton and Turner up in the air, I could see Charlotte wanting to wait before doing anything big until they are sure they can't have Turner.  A simple THJ/Powell for Hayward works.  Hayward kind of fills the ball handling wing role, but now we have two open roster spots.  

I have no idea what to think of the Simmons talk.  The deal Marks proposed makes sense if Mitchell is going to Brooklyn.  Would Ainge want Simmons?  Or, THJ and Powell and more picks from Dallas (and how many picks is it worth).  Might be academic now unless Mitchell to Brooklyn becomes a thing.  Yes, we could deal directly with Brooklyn regardless of the Mitchell thing.  I just don't have any idea what that roster is going to look like and I'd just be guessing on what it would take in addition to THJ/Powell.  Brooklyn has two versions of THJ already, but one could be outgoing in a Laker's deal for Westbrook.

I think the other thing Dallas may be trying to do is have a clean cap in 24/25.  Moving THJ is part of that.  So, bringing back two year guys like Conley for a three year guy like THJ is a good thing.  The idea being that next summer and the 2024 TDL we will have all sorts of expiring contracts and our full compliment of picks to make "the" trade.  And, if nothing happens, we have Luka, DFS, McGee's PO and a $5mm guaranteed amount for Bertans.  That's $62mm, but the cap might be big enough to add two high dollar guys the summer of 24.  Interestingly, Bertans might be an interesting trade chip at the 2024 TDL.