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Gordon Hayward was back in the lineup on Friday.  P J Washington sat out for personal reasons.  I personally don't think Charlotte wants to pay Washington.  They have younger guys coming up behind him that can handle things until they get their second star.  Moving off of Hayward's $31.5mm next season is also seemingly a goal for Charlotte.  

What about Powell/THJ for Washington/Hayward?  It makes your nine man:

Wood, Washington, DFS, Green and Luka

Maxi, Hayward, Bullock and Dinwiddie

You surround Luka/Wood with three plus defenders.  Hayward gives you the offensive creation THJ doesn't and has much more of a passing mentality.  Pretty much any starter can be the fifth man in the bench unit.  Any bench guy can play with the starters if you want to go smaller (removing Washington) or go with a more veteran closing lineup (removing Green).  Deep bench is McGee, Bertans, Frank, Hardy, Walker and Pinson.

We would most definitely need to add an asset to this package. I'd be happy with it if MJ would accept the 28 unprotected. That gives us 3 picks in the offseason to use with Hayward to get another piece or 2.

Only way I can see not using first round draft capital is to expand this trade by adding Bertans and Rozier. It works on Fanspo, might not IRL, not sure cause it saves CHA $10.6M this year. It also saves them roughly $23MM over the life of the various contracts and if they can get THJ going, he can be offloaded in a year or 2.