07-02-2023, 04:15 AM
(07-02-2023, 04:02 AM)cow Wrote: I'd love to know the timing of Grant's contract versus Dame's decision. I'd guess Grant agreed to the deal with full knowledge that Dame was going to hit the eject button. Portland enters the rebuild and are paying Grant that massive contract to set the culture for all the young pups.
Siakam is really the only name on your list I'd be interested in giving up a future pick for and I'm honestly not sure that gets it done, even if you included Hardy or Josh.
A couple more wrinkles….If Holmes ends up with the third team, we can actually take back something like 41.57mm (17-Bertans + 10.5-Bullock + 5.7-McGee x 1.25 +$250k). Again, you can swap in and out other players. Maybe that is someone that doesn’t require Hardy or 2027 as the receiving team is only taking back Bullock and McGee, but is sending out big money.
I’m hoping they are trying to be creative. With the Harden and Lillard shoes still to drop, there are reasons why some deals haven’t been done yet.
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