07-02-2023, 06:22 AM
(07-02-2023, 05:30 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: One more thought on this. What if we are in the middle of the Harden deal to LAC. I like Zubac and would take one year of Morris as the incoming. Lots of outgoing combinations would work, but the idea is to reduce the amount of incoming salary for both LAC and Philly.
With Harden trade to Clippers, the big question is what would Philly get. If Philly wouild be satisfied with a poo poo platter of vet role players, Harden would already be gone. But I think they will do everything to recoupe star value. Lillard would make a lot of sense to everyone involved if Philly includes Maxey. However, Lillard seems to be determined he wants Miami only. How nice of him to sign that supermax contract and then screw Portland like that.
I think Clippers will be dumping Morris to save tax. They don't need him with Martin Jr and other PF (Batum, RoCo) they have, and it seems his contract is not needed for Harden trade. I would be ok just with Bullock for Morris (with Clippers paying us some minor assets for the saved tax). We need Morris more than we need Bullock. If we would also want Zubac, than I am not sure what we have to convince them to include him. He is their starter and they will not just give him away.