Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1007...oby-linked

Analyzing the Raptors situation:

1. They will waive the last year of Thad Young´s contract. That is a given.
2. They will hope that FVV, Trent Jr. and OPJ don´t pick up the last year of their options and will happily assist them with any S&T options.
3. If these three players opt in they´ll likely explore trade options for all of them.
4. Anunoby/Barnes are untouchable, unless you put some STUPID offer on the table that the Mavs don´t even have available.  Unless the Mavs win a top 3 lottery pick.

That much is obvious to me. Now comes the part, that is less clear and where Nick Nurses recent comments become relevant.

5. Pascal Siakam is 29 years old, on a different timeline that Anunoby/Barnes and in the last year of his contract. Under normal circumstances I´d argue he´s also part of your core. Maybe Siakam has already made it clear, he wants to leave in 12 months. Therefore all the trade rumours, since normal teams don´t like to let assets walk for nothing. 
6. Tied into the decision regarding Siakam is the future of Poetl. If you trade Siakam, it also makes no sense to re-sign him.

That´s where we circle back to the comments made by Nick Nurse. That seem to indicate Siakam/Poetl are not part of their long-term future and Nurse has no interest in the rebuilding job from scratch around the core of Anunoby/Barnes/Achiuwa/Koloko.

So what´s my takeaway for the Mavs.

I don´t give into Ujiri´s request of our 2023 pick, our 2027 future 1st round pick, Hardy and Green for Siakam and OPJ.

Here in a language our doofus in charge understands:





That´s where long-term planning comes into play. When the smartest man in the room pretends to negotiate a summer trade with the Raptors that costs us all our assets, but instead tampers a future FA promise out of Siakam. Then starts working toward cleaning the necessary cap for 2024 before he finishes the Raptors off with a sh*t TDL offer like Bertans + McGee + ONE future 1st for Siakam or we take him for NOTHING in the summer. Your choice.

The correct answer is: GET NICK NURSE!!!!

Or in Cuban language: