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(1 hour ago)Smitty Wrote: It's less about the on-court product this year and more about the asset management for me. I don't want to give Naji the extension. I don't think Klay has any real value. By trading both for Jrue, I not only get another competent guard next to Year 2 Flagg, to go along with Kyrie, I also get a valuable expiring next year of $37m, and his name carries some weight around the league...
I can kind of see it, from this perspective. Good stuff.
I kind of think Marshall (as an expiring AND as a player) and Thompson (as an expiring AND a bench shooter for a very close contender) might have some value NOW. Would your desire to kick the can down the road, asset wise, be about who's available? I'm not sure I'm confident you'd get a better young player than Henderson or Sharpe then, and I kind of think the higher price tag narrows the field of possibilities then, even with it being expiring.
But it's good conversation, thanks.