05-24-2024, 10:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2024, 10:59 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
We should probably bring TPE's into this discussion. Some of the list below can be used either in a June trade or a July trade and some are obviously not realistic possibilities or have trouble being legal besides the two I'll note below.
Atlanta and Brooklyn currently have TPE's large enough to take on THJ
Additionally, Memphis can take on Green on his 24/25 salary next season
Additionally, Chicago, Detroit, NY, Philly, Portland, Toronto, Utah and Washington have TPE's large enough to take on Green's number in the current season. I haven't checked hard-caps or other reasons some of these might not work. For instance, Miami and Phoenix also have a TPE of this size, but would not be able to use it because of their salary status.
Any team that can use their NT MLE next season can use it like a TPE and take on Green since his salary is less than the projected NT MLE.
Dallas has two TPE's ($4.95 and $4.0) it can use to facilitate a trade that isn't a salary match.
There are more paths available to us to reduce salary for DJJ (and possibly add an asset) than we've really explored fully in these discussions. I'm not a fan of trading Green, but his contract amount appears to have been set in a way it could easily be traded under the new MLE rules that start this coming season. If you do that and create the room needed for DJJ (it would need to be a bit under the NT MLE, but well more than the TP MLE according to FG's numbers), then you still have THJ's contract (and 2025) to use to add an upgrade. We can afford two outgoing players for one returning player if that one returning player upgrades the THJ/Green minutes while also getting us the money needed to keep DJJ.
Atlanta and Brooklyn currently have TPE's large enough to take on THJ
Additionally, Memphis can take on Green on his 24/25 salary next season
Additionally, Chicago, Detroit, NY, Philly, Portland, Toronto, Utah and Washington have TPE's large enough to take on Green's number in the current season. I haven't checked hard-caps or other reasons some of these might not work. For instance, Miami and Phoenix also have a TPE of this size, but would not be able to use it because of their salary status.
Any team that can use their NT MLE next season can use it like a TPE and take on Green since his salary is less than the projected NT MLE.
Dallas has two TPE's ($4.95 and $4.0) it can use to facilitate a trade that isn't a salary match.
There are more paths available to us to reduce salary for DJJ (and possibly add an asset) than we've really explored fully in these discussions. I'm not a fan of trading Green, but his contract amount appears to have been set in a way it could easily be traded under the new MLE rules that start this coming season. If you do that and create the room needed for DJJ (it would need to be a bit under the NT MLE, but well more than the TP MLE according to FG's numbers), then you still have THJ's contract (and 2025) to use to add an upgrade. We can afford two outgoing players for one returning player if that one returning player upgrades the THJ/Green minutes while also getting us the money needed to keep DJJ.
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