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There is a ton of good perspective in this post.  Well done!

My only add is I wonder if it is the Bufkin deadline more than the Holmes deadline.  If this is a KAT trade instead of a Siakam trade, you can break it up in a way where Holmes doesn’t have to be aggregated.

Three way is Holmes to Atlanta/Anderson to Dallas and a couple of young guys to Minnesota from Atlanta (Bufkin plus the other $2+mm it takes to match Holmes incoming for Atlanta)

Then the bigger trade has Atlanta sending Hunter to Minnesota and Capela to Dallas.  KAT  to ATL and THJ goes to Minnesota.  This could wait until September and be one big aggregated trade, but the only thing that really changes is Atlanta doesn’t have to send out a fourth body (the small salary on top of Bufkin needed to match Holmes in the non-aggregated trade).

I kind of like this for everyone.  Holmes backs up Okongwu with KAT playing PF.  Minnesota could use THJ’s shooting.  Conley gives Bufkin a year to acclimate and Hunter and McDaniels are their starting wings.  The only role Anderson really plays here is buying a year for OMax to acclimate.  Capela is the same for Lively, but on a two year basis.

The idea that a 3-way can be done earlier -- that's an interesting option, with its own reasonable explanation for a wait. That date for trading Bufkin would be Aug 6.

I still like the basic concept of Holmes-McGee FOR Capela, as a standalone, whether within a larger trade or not. And while DAL does seem to want CC to a real degree, I find it quite possible that ATL may want to be out from under his contract just as much. One man's trash can be another man's treasure.
 
While ATL getting either PS or KAT certainly ratchets up their urgency, I'm not convinced that those stars will make or break ATL's eagerness to move Capela.