02-04-2026, 12:12 PM
(02-03-2026, 06:17 PM)Smitty Wrote: MEM now has ~$34M of space below the tax and a ~$29M TPE. Idk what they’ll do with Ja but it seems like they’re the perfect team to take on the Poeltl contract ($19.5M) in a potential Sabonis/AD trade.
TOR: Sabonis
SAC: Barrett
MEM: Poeltl
Toronto is $967k over the Tax line, but the big deal there is them missing out on the ~$14M distribution check from the league as a non-taxpayer. Barrett+Poeltl for Sabonis is a net -$4.8M for Toronto. Landing them their Big and getting them under the tax. How many picks it takes, I don’t know, but it makes a lot of sense for all involved. I can see TOR sending up to the maximum amount of cash in the deal to MEM also.
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Domantas Sabonis trade talks between the Kings and Raptors, which would include RJ Barrett and Ochai Agbaji to Sacramento, have paused. Toronto is concerned about giving up too much first-round draft pick compensation to move Jakob Poeltl to a third team. Reporting on @YESNetwork