10-15-2020, 06:33 AM
(10-14-2020, 11:55 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Is it impossible to imagine that he and #18 COMBINED could get an even BETTER player, like maybe someone we’re not even talking about?
Not much to add to the conversation except this reminder...we can all look up the list of 2021 FA's for a proposed Wright + 18 for expiring deal, but we aren't strictly limited to that list. It presents more challenges, but the target can be a S&T current FA willing to take one year guaranteed to push their free agency to 2021. It would take a pretty special situation. The other team has to want Wright and has to have a FA who would be willing to be controlled past one year but guaranteed for only one. The dollars would probably need to be at or above market value for that player. The other team has to be fine with whoever we draft at 18 since we can't agree to this in advance of drafting since no one controls said free agent. Maybe Gallinari would take $14mm in a scenario like this and OKC says yes after trading away Paul and Schroder? Something like that.
Also of note...I don't think the reporting in The Bleacher Report is new news. It quotes a guy who says it has been reported that... Seems like what was said at the end of the bubble. Who knows what the plan actually is.