07-16-2022, 11:33 AM
(07-16-2022, 11:27 AM)mvossman Wrote: I think stripping the team of trade ballast is a really good point. It makes it much harder to make a trade and it makes it much harder to be significantly over the cap (which will be necessary to have enough talent to compete).
Right. In my mind, the "trade route" only works from where they are now, in the tax without Brunson, if they're willing to ADD salary just to add it.
Ask yourself: do we think they're currently searching for deals for Dwight Powell that ADD salary, even for a talent upgrade, or do we think they'd only move his expiring deal for another expiring deal attached to a player who might fit into their plans for the season a little better?